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Flexible Recent Posts

Displays recent posts using flexible template system. Define template for each post entry, set needed taxonomy and much more.

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Tested up to WordPress 3.9
Current version1.0.4
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 3.9
Minimum stackWP 3.0 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update18 Oct 201511y ago
Active installations300Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 8 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Flexible Recent Posts version 1.0.4 as active, updated 11y ago and tested up to WordPress 3.9.

Overview

About this plugin

Looking for maintainer. Write me to [email protected]

Flexible Recent Posts (FRP) plugin gives you possibility to add widget to your blog with recent posts using user-defined template.

The main features are:

  • Template for each post in widget. You can write your HTML-template or overwrite default in widget form.
  • Shortcodes support in template. You can use built-in shortcodes to insert info related to current post in widget: title, featured image, excerpt, date, permalink, author, comments.
  • Restrict terms from which you want to display posts. Display posts from all terms or from selected only.
  • Number of posts to display. Set number of latest posts that will be displayed in widget.
  • All posts links. Select option to display link near the title or/and after all posts that will open selected posts category page. Set link title or custom link URL.

Useful links:

  • Template shortcodes
  • Feature requests
  • Bugs
  • Donate (Flattr)

Translators:

  • Russian (ru) – Paul Annekov

Licenses

  • Uses FatCow Icon Set licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Shortcodes

Plugin template system supports 5 shortcodes related to current widget post, that you can use in your template:

Title [frp_title]

Displays post title.

Example: <h4>[frp_title]</h4>

Excerpt [frp_excerpt length=””]

Displays post excerpt using get_the_excerpt function.

You can specify excerpt length using length attribute. If not specified – default WordPress excerpt length used.

Example: <div class="excerpt">[frp_excerpt]</div>, [frp_excerpt length="15"]

Date [frp_date format=”F j, Y” time_since=”0″]

Displays post date. You can add format shortcode parameter to change date format. Read about format value here.

Add time_since parameter with 1 as value to display amount of elapsed time: 30 seconds ago, 5 minutes ago, 12 hours ago, 3 Jun.

Example: <div class="date">[frp_date format="Y/m/d g:i:s A"]</div>, <div class="elapsed">[frp_date time_since="1"]</div>

Link [frp_link]

Displays post permalink.

Example: <a href="[frp_link]">read more</a>

Featured image [frp_thumbnail size=”32×32″]

Displays featured post image. Add size shortcode parameter to change image size. You can define size using WIDTHxHEIGHT as value or size name (built-in or defined in theme).

Examples: [frp_thumbnail], [frp_thumbnail size="thumbnail"], [frp_thumbnail size="128x128"], [frp_thumbnail size="full"]

Author [frp_author link=”1″]

Displays name of the post’s author. Set link parameter to 0 if you want to disable link (author’s site) from author name.

Examples: [frp_author], [frp_author link="1"], [frp_author link="0"]

Comments [frp_comments no_text=”1″]

Displays the number of comments. Set no_text parameter to 1 if you want to disable comment text (just “23” instead of “23 Comments”).

Examples: [frp_comments], [frp_comments no_text="1"], [frp_comments no_text="0"]

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • post
  • posts
  • recent
  • template
  • widget
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 3.9

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 3.9.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to3.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.0 · PHP not listed
Update activity18 Oct 201511y ago

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