Title: WP Post Widget
Author: WP-EXPERTS.IN
Published: <strong>September 16, 2016</strong>
Last modified: November 14, 2023

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Post Widget

 By [WP-EXPERTS.IN](https://profiles.wordpress.org/india-web-developer/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-posts-widget.1.8.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-posts-widget/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-posts-widget/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-posts-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-posts-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-posts-widget/)

## Description

It’s a very simple plugin to display recent posts on your website sidebar widget
and also there are an option to choose posts of your custom post type.

Note : please don’t forget to leave your valuable feedback and suggsations for make
my plugin much more better compare to other plugins.

Do You Have Any Query? **[Submit here](https://www.wp-experts.in/contact-us/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free-plugin&utm_campaign=post-widget)**

Video Tutorial :

#### `Features`

 * An option to show comment count
 * An option to define hide widget title
 * An option to choose custom post type
 * Display post from specific category
 * An option to exclude/include specific posts.
 * An option to define post filter order.
 * An option to define post content limit.
 * An option to define to display number of posts

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * screenshot-1.png
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 * screenshot-2.png

## Installation

Installing the plugin:

 1. Unzip the plugin’s directory into `wp-content/plugins`.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. The categories post will be available on widget “WP Posts Widget” (Apperance >>
    Widget)

## FAQ

1.) Can i hide widget title?
 csv * Yes, You can hide widget title if you do not
show in sidebar.

2.) Can i show list of posts from my custom post type?

 * Yes,You can choose your custom post type for show list of their all posts.

3.) Can i exclude specific posts from list?

 * Yes, you can exclude posts from list.

4.) Can i define post sorting order?

 * Yes, you can define post sorting order.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-54/)󠁿

 [dejudicibus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dejudicibus/) August 9, 2024

It would be nice to add the author below the title for multi-athor sites.

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-posts-widget/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Post Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ WP-EXPERTS.IN ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/india-web-developer/)
 *   [ WP-EXPERTS.IN ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpexpertsin/)

[Translate “WP Post Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-posts-widget)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-posts-widget/), 
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-posts-widget/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-posts-widget/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-posts-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.5

 * Tested with wordpress 5.4
 * Fixed title issue

#### 1.4

 * Tested with wordpress 5.2.4
 * Optimized code

#### 1.3

 * Tested with wordpress 4.9.7
 * Added an option to define content limit
 * Added an option to exclude/include posts

#### 1.2

 * Tested with wordpress 4.9.1
 * Optimized code

#### 1.1

 * Tested with wordpress 4.8.1
 * Optimized code

#### 1.0

First release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.8**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.4.8**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-posts-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [custom post type widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-post-type-widget/)
   [custom post types](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-post-types/)
   [post type widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-type-widget/)[Post Widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-widget/)
   [widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-posts-widget/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-posts-widget/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors

 *   [ WP-EXPERTS.IN ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/india-web-developer/)
 *   [ WP-EXPERTS.IN ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpexpertsin/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-posts-widget/)

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