Title: Custom Recent Posts Widget
Author: Prasanna SP
Published: <strong>7 сар 10, 2012</strong>
Last modified: 12 сар 28, 2012

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# Custom Recent Posts Widget

 By [Prasanna SP](https://profiles.wordpress.org/prasannasp/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/custom-recent-posts-widget.2.1.1.zip)

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

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

## Description

This plugin creates a new widget which lets you show a list of recent posts based
on categories or tags. This is a must have plugin if you want to exclude some categories
in recent posts widget or if you want to show recent posts based on tags. By default
the wordpress recent posts widget shows a posts from all category. But this plugin
gives you more power to customize your recent posts widget. You can also display
post date in the widget.

See the live action of this plugin on [demo site](http://demo.prasannasp.net/custom-recent-posts-widget/)
or on Kennneth John Odle’s [blog](http://blog.kjodle.net/).

Have any questions or suggestions? Create a thread in the [support forum](http://forum.prasannasp.net/forum/plugin-support/custom-recent-posts-widget/).

Visit [this page](http://www.prasannasp.net/wordpress-plugins/) for more **WordPress
Plugins** from the developer.

A special thanks to [Ken](http://blog.kjodle.net/) and [Josh](http://www.joshlobe.com)
for testing the code.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Custom Recent Posts Widget
 * [[
 * Custom Recent Post Widget when added to sidebar on widget menu. Here the number
   of posts to show is set to 6 and only the ‘Wordpress’ category is selected
 * [[
 * Custom Recent Post Widget showing a list of 6 recent posts from the category ‘
   Wordpress’
 * [[
 * Custom Recent Post Widget in Kennneth John Odle’s blog
 * [[
 * Custom Recent Posts by Tags Widget
 * [[
 * Custom Recent Posts by Tags Widget configuration
 * [[
 * Custom Recent Posts widget with date in 2012 theme

## Installation

 1. Extract the contents of the .zip archive
 2. Upload the `custom-recent-posts-widget` folder to your `wp-content/plugins` directory.
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 4. Go to Appearance –> Widgets to add the widget to any widgetized areas.

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

 1. Extract the contents of the .zip archive
 2. Upload the `custom-recent-posts-widget` folder to your `wp-content/plugins` directory.
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 4. Go to Appearance –> Widgets to add the widget to any widgetized areas.

  How to style the widget?

The widgets inherit the style of default WordPress Recent Posts widget. You can 
use `.crpw-item` and `.crpw-tag-item` CSS class to style Custom Recent Posts Widget
and Custom Recent Posts by Tags Widget respectively.

**Example**

    ```
    .crpw-item {
        font-weight: bold;
        font-size: 14px;
        list-style: disc inside;
    }
    ```

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Custom Recent Posts Widget” is open source software. The following people have 
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Prasanna SP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/prasannasp/)

[Translate “Custom Recent Posts Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/custom-recent-posts-widget)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 2.1.1

 * Changed classname back to `widget_recent_entries`. No more confusions. All themes
   should be happy now. Thanks Adam Parnala for bringing my attention to this issue.

#### 2.1

 * Added option to show post date. Code taken from Recent Posts widget in WordPress
   3.5
 * Changed classname

Note: If it doesn’t show recent posts after updating the plugin, go to widgets and
just hit Save button in the Recent Posts widget configuration

#### 2.0

 * Added Custom Recent Posts by Tags Widget. You can show recent posts based on 
   tags.
 * Removed style sheet and changed classname to `widget_recent_entries`. So, widget
   will inherit the style of default WordPress Recent Posts widget.

#### 1.1

 * Changed class names
 * Updated style sheet
 * Using `crpw_register_widgets` function to register the widget
 * Added another screen shot

#### 1.0

 * Initial public release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.1.1**
 *  Last updated **8 жил ago**
 *  Active installations **1,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-recent-posts-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [categories](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/categories/)[category](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)
   [recent posts](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recent-posts/)[tag](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tag/)
   [tags](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tags/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-recent-posts-widget/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.9 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Prasanna SP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/prasannasp/)

## Support

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