Title: Recent Posts Widget Extended Author: Theme Junkie Published: December 6, 2012 Last modified: July 31, 2023 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/recent-posts-widget-extended_3384ca. svg) # recent-posts-widget-extended By [Theme Junkie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themejunkie/) * [Details](https://nqo.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/#description) * [Reviews](https://nqo.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/#reviews) * [Development](https://nqo.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-widget-extended/) ## Description This plugin has been closed as of September 4, 2025 and is not available for download. Reason: Security Issue. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fa95ca433a37ec007f59fadb2ef4aa25b8d9087b6d19852266788a01ca85f1b3? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/arguments-dont-all-work/)󠁿 [marxmann](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marxmann/) June 23, 2025 Works perfectly now! Awesome widget with shortcode too, the best one I’ve found. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e7c705399968a370e69c8014f158a70a70398c497ee95feb8411246affa68e4b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Recent posts with shortcode, great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-with-shortcode-great/)󠁿 [jahher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jahher/) February 16, 2023 Needed a recent post plugin that works with shortcode and can be used on page/post/ block etc. This one does it. Awesome. Keep up the good work. Thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/657fedd4572f262469be6c6fcfcead4e66ce521400d160dd6794f0e53724955e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Wonderful plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wonderful-plugin-723/)󠁿 [tfrancisdesigncom](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tfrancisdesigncom/) November 11, 2022 Works fantastically and comes right out of the box with nice thumbnail sizing and borders. Thanks you. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/de0ee844564dc2c3b797013189b94aeeae059d6645b645694d8c67cea36e84ca? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great and simple!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-and-simple-170/)󠁿 [marcin1333](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcin1333/) November 4, 2022 Easy, simple and useful! 5 starz!! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dcfc9e725e033c628fb236b28b0a22a328d811b9e868f1533cc32e6d7bb2f770? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Where are the shortcodes?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/where-are-the-shortcodes-16/)󠁿 [webstpro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webstpro/) October 2, 2022 3 replies It says that one can use shortcode but I can’t find them anywhere. Only widgets. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9232a53646d5d67ffd8ba46ec0399df46f802c891139780779aee616b16f7122? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent! Excellent!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-excellent-4/)󠁿 [patrick_here](https://profiles.wordpress.org/patrick_here/) December 9, 2021 This is an excellent Plugin! It is well designed, does what it claims to do, and doesn’t waste your time. I tried other plugins before finding this one. This one is the REAL THING! [ Read all 160 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-widget-extended/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Recent Posts Widget Extended” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Theme Junkie ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themejunkie/) * [ Ga Satrya ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/satrya/) “Recent Posts Widget Extended” has been translated into 18 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/contributors) for their contributions. 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