Posts Viewed Recently
This plugin contains a responsive widget for showing posts or pages recently visited by a visitor. Posts Viewed Recently plugin is capable to show custom post types and you can also show this widget on your page/post…
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Posts Viewed Recently shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 700+ sites, is rated 4.8/5 and was last updated 6 years ago, and scores 38/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (700+ active installs)
- No update in 5 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.6 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Posts Viewed Recently stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| last | >100 |
| recent | >100 |
| recently | >100 |
| Viewed | >100 |
| visited | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 from 10 reviews
About Posts Viewed Recently
From the official readme · v1.3.2Description
This plugin contains a responsive widget for showing posts or pages recently visited by a visitor. Posts Viewed Recently plugin is capable to show custom post types and you can also show this widget on your page/post using shortcode provided in widget options.
With this plugin you can choose post types to show, the number of posts to display, show or hide the featured image, dimensions of the featured image and alternate image URL if featured image is not available, and display post date or not.
For more detail, visit the plugin page at our official website. You are welcome to post issues, contribution and feature requests at GitHub repo.
To show this widget in any post/page, copy and paste the shortcode generated by the widget to that post or page.
This plugin uses cookie and if cookies are not accepted or any two single posts (of selected post types) haven’t been clicked yet, no output will be displayed.
Since Posts Viewed Recently plugin uses cookies so it is your responsibility to obtain user consent before using the plugin to comply with GDPR. Generally, your GDPR related WordPress plugin/implementation should be able to delete cookies upon rejection by the user. In such case, the plugin won’t output anything.
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
e.g.
- Install Posts Viewed Recently plugin either via the WordPress.org plugin directory or by uploading the posts_viewed_recently folder to
/wp-content/plugins/directory at your server - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Drag Posts Viewed Recently widget from list of your
Available Widgetto the sidebar where you want to place the widget - Customize the setting as per your requirement and you’re ready
Changelog
Bugfix: Broken HTML fixed
1.3.2
- Bugfix: Missing closing tags when the number of posts viewed was more than the number of posts to show. Issue fixed
1.3.1
- Direct file access blocked
- Code optimization by avoiding arguments parsing till the cookie existence check
1.3
- Security bug fixes and code enhancement
1.2
- Plugin updated to show post date in the format as set in WordPress setting
1.1
- Bugfix: The widget in the sidebar and the current post, both were displaying the same publish date. Issue fixed
1.0
- Let you specify a title, post types to select, set number of posts, enable/disable featured image, its size and alternative image URL, display or not post date
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FAQ
Posts Viewed Recently: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 28, 2026
Is Posts Viewed Recently free?
Yes. Posts Viewed Recently is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Posts Viewed Recently safe to use in 2026?
Posts Viewed Recently shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 700+ sites, is rated 4.8/5 and was last updated 6 years ago, and scores 38/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Posts Viewed Recently?
Posts Viewed Recently is active on 700+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 14,562 times since it launched in April 2014. It was downloaded 96 times in the last 30 days.
Does Posts Viewed Recently work with WordPress 7.1?
Posts Viewed Recently is officially tested up to WordPress 5.6.21, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Posts Viewed Recently last updated?
The latest version, 1.3.2, was released on December 10, 2020 (6 years ago).
Who makes Posts Viewed Recently?
Posts Viewed Recently is developed and maintained by Amit Sonkhiya.
What are the best alternatives to Posts Viewed Recently?
The most popular alternatives to Posts Viewed Recently are Last Updated Shortcode (700+ installs), User Last Login (600+ installs) and Juiz Last Tweet Widget (500+ installs).
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