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WP PlugIndex currently records Latest News Widget version 1.0.1 as active, updated 15y ago and tested up to WordPress 3.0.
Overview
About this plugin
Show latest posts from specific categories in your sidebar. Simple, easy-to-use, and customizble.
Special Features:
Choose posts from up to three categories to display posts from
Optionally show post titles
Optionally show post bylines
A dashboard widget that displays WordPress blogging tips, SEO tricks, exclusive tutorials, SEO strategies, and more!
Show either the content, the excerpt, or the content with a limited number of characters
Limit the number of posts shown. Offset the posts that are shown
Widget includes a style manager!
Easily change the font size, font family, title font size, etc from within the widget.
This widget is reusable
Very easy to setup. Requires NO technical knowledge to install
Can be translated to multiple languages
Outputs clean, validated code
Free Support via email
Restrictions/Requirements:
Works with WordPress 2.8.1+, WPMU, and BuddyPress (WordPress 3.0+ is highly recommended)
PHP 4 or 5
PHP register_globals and safe_mode should be set to “Off” (this is done in your php.ini file)
Your theme must call wp_head() and wp_footer()
Configuring and Using the Plugin
com/wordpress-plugins
Support
For questions, feature requests, and support concerning the Latest News Widget plugin, please visit:
com/wordpress-plugins
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
featured posts widget
latest news widget
latest posts widget
new posts widget
posts widget
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 3.0
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 3.0.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to3.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 2.8.1 · PHP not listed
Update activity30 Jan 201115y ago
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Recent tracked changes
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