Title: TW Recent Posts Widget
Author: tweetysha
Published: <strong>November 23, 2012</strong>
Last modified: January 8, 2016

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# TW Recent Posts Widget

 By [tweetysha](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tweetysha/)

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

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

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

## Description

TW Recent Posts Widget is advanced version of the WordPress Recent Posts widget 
allowing increased customization to display recent posts from category you define.

Output will depend on your settings, and you may define to set post title, post 
date, featured image and post excerpt.

If you set to display featured image, than you will be able to define image width
and height in px.

If you set to display excerpt, than you will be able to define how many characters
to print and also you may add custom `read more` text.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The widget configuration dialog.
 * [[
 * The widget output based on it’s settings

## Installation

_Install and Activate_

 1. Unzip the downloaded `tw-recent-posts-widget` zip file
 2. Upload the `tw-recent-posts-widget` folder and its contents into the `wp-content/
    plugins/` directory of your WordPress installation
 3. Activate TW Recent Posts Widget from Plugins page

_Implement_

1) Go to the Appearance / Widgets tab and make new instance of this widget as many
time as you wish.

_Configure_

1) Features

 * Display post title
 * Display post date
 * Display post thumbnails, with customizable size
 * Display post excerpt and how long the excerpt should be
 * Display read more link with custom text linked to post
 * Custom post order by: date, ID, title, author, comment count, rand
 * Multiple widgets

2) The styles can be changed with the following methods:

 * Add your custom CSS to your theme’s `styles.css`
 * Modify the `tw-recent-posts-widget.css` file in the `tw-recent-posts-widget` 
   plugin directory

_Note:_ The first option will ensure that TW Recent Posts updates will not overwrite
your custom styles.

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

_Install and Activate_

 1. Unzip the downloaded `tw-recent-posts-widget` zip file
 2. Upload the `tw-recent-posts-widget` folder and its contents into the `wp-content/
    plugins/` directory of your WordPress installation
 3. Activate TW Recent Posts Widget from Plugins page

_Implement_

1) Go to the Appearance / Widgets tab and make new instance of this widget as many
time as you wish.

_Configure_

1) Features

 * Display post title
 * Display post date
 * Display post thumbnails, with customizable size
 * Display post excerpt and how long the excerpt should be
 * Display read more link with custom text linked to post
 * Custom post order by: date, ID, title, author, comment count, rand
 * Multiple widgets

2) The styles can be changed with the following methods:

 * Add your custom CSS to your theme’s `styles.css`
 * Modify the `tw-recent-posts-widget.css` file in the `tw-recent-posts-widget` 
   plugin directory

_Note:_ The first option will ensure that TW Recent Posts updates will not overwrite
your custom styles.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c0c0fe1119f5c6d76c47868de509aa14a2213d6bdf7f15f36926d7a598e5cf74?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Bon plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bon-plugin-8/)󠁿

 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/increase_book/) September 3, 2016

Simple et efficace. Une bonne alternative au défunt Special Recent Posts FREE Edition.
Merci

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Excellent Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-1912/)󠁿

 [dailyshoe](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dailyshoe/) September 3, 2016

I’m so glad I found it! The only thing I’d like to do is be able to centre the image
in the widget.

 [ Read all 16 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tw-recent-posts-widget/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ tweetysha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tweetysha/)

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

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0.5

 * Removed constructor method for WP_Widget which is now deprecated
 * Fixed bug with listing categories

#### 1.0.4

 * Removed PHP4 constructor
 * Code improvements

#### 1.0.3

 * New feature : Show post date
 * New feature : Ability to show posts from all categories

#### 1.0.2

 * Bugfix : Restore original Query & Post Data

#### 1.0.1

 * Bugfix : Remove various PHP notices

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.5**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **1,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.34**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tw-recent-posts-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [advanced recent posts](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/advanced-recent-posts/)
   [advanced recent posts widget](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/advanced-recent-posts-widget/)
   [category](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[recent posts](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recent-posts/)
   [recent posts widget](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recent-posts-widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tw-recent-posts-widget/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.4 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  10 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tw-recent-posts-widget/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  3 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tw-recent-posts-widget/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  1 3-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tw-recent-posts-widget/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tw-recent-posts-widget/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tw-recent-posts-widget/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ tweetysha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tweetysha/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

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