Title: Recent Posts by Category Widget Author: Ross Cornell Published: febrero 26, 2014 Last modified: agosto 16, 2015 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/recent-posts-by-category-widget.svg) # Recent Posts by Category Widget By [Ross Cornell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rossc/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/recent-posts-by-category-widget.zip) * [Details](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-by-category-widget/#description) * [Reviews](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-by-category-widget/#reviews) * [Installation](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-by-category-widget/#installation) * [Development](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-by-category-widget/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-by-category-widget/) ## Description This plugin adds a simple widget that allows you to display a number of recent blog posts from a specific category. You have the options to choose a title, category, number of posts and whether or not to show the post date. The posts will be ordered by date just like the default Recent Posts widget included with WordPress. ## Screenshots * [[ * The widget UI ## Installation 1. Upload the ‘recent-posts-by-category-widget’ directory to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Navigate to the ‘Widgets’ page found under the ‘Appearance’ menu item 4. Drag ‘Recent Posts by Category Widget’ to the target widget area and choose your options ## FAQ Installation Instructions 1. Upload the ‘recent-posts-by-category-widget’ directory to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Navigate to the ‘Widgets’ page found under the ‘Appearance’ menu item 4. Drag ‘Recent Posts by Category Widget’ to the target widget area and choose your options ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2115d67d3fafc48d8e124a5b5dd26595a96828efa4db4aa7368c09abe5ce5ea5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very usefull](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-usefull-163/)󠁿 [Jacques Malgrange](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sojahu/) diciembre 15, 2016 Very good and simple plugin. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c9aa73dcba0d3c608dd438274215ee3d6b914a3f9995b4f723fb9b148b819a67? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does not work with Multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-work-with-multisite-6/)󠁿 [ElectricMud](https://profiles.wordpress.org/electricmud/) octubre 25, 2016 Installation and use is simple and practical (5 stars) but it does not support Multi Site, hence the 2 stars ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/747343ceff702be2031b638e3f062a15540ce66610f78410180c056afa88bebc? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[very easy to use](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-easy-to-use-172/)󠁿 [Abbas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xllentech/) septiembre 3, 2016 Works fine, very helpful. Thanks ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c27ec425eeb70515e787520b05bc9af402332de7c5f38d3be48145fd956d8f63? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Multiple categories for the next update ?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-categories-for-the-next-update/)󠁿 [mengeco](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mengeco/) septiembre 3, 2016 This plugin would be perfect if we could select multiple categories. Maybe for the next update? It preserves the default styles css of the original theme, that’s great!! Thank you very much Ross !!!! [ Read all 12 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-by-category-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Recent Posts by Category Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Ross Cornell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rossc/) [Translate “Recent Posts by Category Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recent-posts-by-category-widget) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/recent-posts-by-category-widget/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/recent-posts-by-category-widget/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/recent-posts-by-category-widget/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/recent-posts-by-category-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.3 * Removed an anonymous function that was breaking sites running PHP 5.2 #### 1.2 * Switch to PHP5 style constructors for WP v4.3 #### 1.1 * Better use of ‘widget_title’ filter to allow hooks to be used on it. #### 1.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.3** * Last updated **8 años ago** * Active installations **4.000+** * WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.2.39** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-by-category-widget/) * Tags * [categories](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/categories/)[category](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/) [recent posts](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recent-posts/)[sidebar](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar/) [widget](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-by-category-widget/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 10 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-by-category-widget/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-by-category-widget/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-by-category-widget/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-by-category-widget/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-by-category-widget/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-by-category-widget/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-by-category-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Ross Cornell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rossc/) ## Support Got something to say? 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