Newest Posts Widget
Newest Posts Widget is a light widget designed to do one thing and do it well: display the most recent posts from your site with various options like excerpt, featured image, date by sorting & ordering feature.
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Newest Posts Widget shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Newest Posts Widget stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| latest posts widget | >100 |
| new posts widget | >100 |
| posts | >100 |
| posts-widget | >100 |
| widget | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Newest Posts Widget
From the official readme · v1.0Description
Newest Posts Widget is a light widget designed to do one thing and do it well: display the most recent posts from your site with various options like excerpt, featured image, date by sorting & ordering feature.
Features
- Option to change ordering of posts.
- Option to show post thumbnail & set dimension by width & height.
- Set how many posts to show.
- Option to show the post excerpt and how long the excerpt should be.
- Option to show the post date.
- Option to show the comment count.
- Multiple widgets.
Contribute
While using this plugin if you find any bug or any conflict, please submit an issue.
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Installation
Automatic installation
Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of Newest Posts Widget,
- log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.
- In the search field type “Newest Posts Widget” and click Search Plugins.
- Once you’ve found plugin, you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now”.
- Then, go to plugins page of WordPress admin activate the plugin.
- Now, goto the Widgets page of the Appearance section and configure the Newest Posts widget.
Manual installation
- Download the plugin.
- Upload it to the plugins folder of your blog.
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Now, goto the Widgets page of the Appearance section and configure the Newest Posts widget.
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Newest Posts Widget: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 13, 2026
Is Newest Posts Widget free?
Yes. Newest Posts Widget is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Newest Posts Widget safe to use in 2026?
Newest Posts Widget shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Newest Posts Widget?
Newest Posts Widget is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,584 times since it launched in April 2018. It was downloaded 65 times in the last 30 days.
Does Newest Posts Widget work with WordPress 7.1?
Newest Posts Widget is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.34, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Newest Posts Widget last updated?
The latest version, 1.0, was released on April 1, 2018 (9 years ago).
Who makes Newest Posts Widget?
Newest Posts Widget is developed and maintained by Nipun Tyagi.
What are the best alternatives to Newest Posts Widget?
The most popular alternatives to Newest Posts Widget are Latest News Widget (200+ installs), Latest Posts Widget (200+ installs) and WPCT Drag & Drop Recent Pos… (<10 installs).
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