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A cloud with the most used tags in a sidebar widget, filtered by post category.

★ 3.8WP 7.1PHP 7.4Updated 2mo ago
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This widget will let you display a list of the most recent posts in a single category in your sidebar.

★ 5.0WP 7.0.4PHP not listedUpdated 4mo ago
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Display recent local or remote WordPress posts and custom post types with thumbnails, excerpts, dates, categories, and tags.

★ 5.0WP 7.1PHP 7.4Updated 1mo ago
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Recentlyv4.2.2

A highly customizable, feature-packed Recent Posts widget!

★ 5.0WP 7.1.3PHP 7.2Updated 21d ago
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Display recent posts filtered by post type, category, tag, or author — as a classic widget, Gutenberg block, or shortcode.

★ 5.0WP 7.0.4PHP 7.4Updated 3mo ago
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Adds bbPress forum specific sidebar, wrapper, widgets, user columns, login links and other tweaks.

★ 4.2WP 6.9.7PHP not listedUpdated 10mo ago
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