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Live from WordPress.org · Sep 29, 2026

Best Recent Post Plugins for WordPress

20 plugins are tagged “recent post” on WordPress.org. We rank them by active installs and score every one on update freshness, compatibility, ratings and support — so you can pick a safe one in seconds. The most popular right now is Post Slider and Post Carousel… with 10K+ active installs.

Plugins in category20
#1 by installsPost Slider and Post…
Top-20 installs13.9K+
Avg. health (this page)41/100

20 Recent Post plugins

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Best Recent Post Plugins for WordPress
Rank Plugin Active installs Rating Updated Health
1 Post Slider and Post Carousel with Post Vertical Scrolling Widget – A Responsive Post Slider Post Slider and Post Carousel with Post Vertical Scrolling… Post Slider and Post Carousel display WordPress post in slider and carousel layouts with… by pluginandplay 10K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (31) 1 month ago 82
2 Post slider elementor addons Post slider elementor addons A beautiful, easy to use post slider widget for Elementor to display your recent posts. by solverwp 2K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 3 months ago 62
3 Post List Designer – Category Post, Recent Post, Post List Post List Designer – Category Post, Recent Post, Post List Display WordPress Post on your website in a List or Archive list view. Display category… by InfornWeb 1K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (8) 3 weeks ago 80
4 Recent Posts Widget Plus Recent Posts Widget Plus This plugin allows you to display the most recent posts with an excerpt in a WordPress… by Johan van der Wijk 500+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 3 years ago 34
5 Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds Displays the recent posts of your blogroll links via RSS Feeds in a customizable sidebar… by Jan Teriete 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 13 years ago 32
6 Footer Widget Bundle Footer Widget Bundle Footer widget bundle includes company information, latest post, contact address and opening… by Kamrul Hasan 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 4 months ago 60
7 Smart Recent Post Smart Recent Post Smart recent posts shows the recent posts from your wordpress blog by Sandeep Sharma 50+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 7 years ago 32
8 Recent Post for Custom Post Type Recent Post for Custom Post Type Creates "Recent Posts" widget for Custom Post Types by Jimmy Ngu 50+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 16 years ago 25
9 Bake Posts Bake Posts Bake Post can be used to display recent posts and posts from particular category and tags… by wpnaga 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 7 years ago 31
10 Recent Post Scroll Widget Recent Post Scroll Widget Recent Post Scroll Widget is very customizable post widget . There are a lot's of option to… by quazisazzad 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 6 years ago 23
11 SOGO Author's Recent Posts SOGO Author's Recent Posts Simple widget to show author's recent post, support RTL by SOGO 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 8 years ago 30
12 Thumbnail RecentPost Thumbnail RecentPost Thumbnail RecentPost is widget by gapgag55 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 12 years ago 30
13 WPR General Posts WPR General Posts Gives you full control of a post listing widget. by aryanduntley 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 8 years ago 30
14 Sticky Recent Random Posts Sticky Recent Random Posts Sticky Recent Random Posts Plugin lets user to add sticky bar at bottom. by mahavirnahata 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 10 years ago 30
15 LATEST-POST-NEW LATEST-POST-NEW Using Recent post widget You can select the post type from available custom post type or… by Uvais 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 13 years ago 30
16 A5 Recent Post Widget A5 Recent Post Widget With the A5 Recent Post Widget you can put your latest post in the focus and style it… by tepelstreel 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3) 10 years ago 29
17 RW Recent Post RW Recent Post Display recent posts in Grid, List, or Carousel layouts with a Gutenberg Block. by webdevramyash <10 ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 1 month ago 60
18 Recent CPT Widget Thumbnails Recent CPT Widget Thumbnails Display recent local or remote WordPress posts and custom post types with thumbnails… by Ali Qureshi <10 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 3 weeks ago 71
19 Featured Lyth Slide Featured Lyth Slide Easy to use WordPress slide plugin for featured post with thumbnail and nice Breaking… by lythium92 <10 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 9 years ago 28
20 WP Flash News Notification WP Flash News Notification Display recent blog posts in a smart way. Auto Flash news with floating position(left/right) by WP-EXPERTS.IN <10 ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 3 years ago 21

Top Recent Post plugins, head to head

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How we rank

Popularity first, then a health check you can trust

Plugins are ordered the way WordPress.org ranks them for this category. Next to each one you’ll see its health score, so a popular-but-neglected option never sneaks into your stack.

  • 25 Update freshness
  • 20 Works with the latest WordPress
  • 25 Rating, weighted by review count
  • 15 Support threads resolved
  • 15 Active installs

Popular plugins categories

woocommerce 11.9Kwidget 5.1Kseo 3.5Kadmin 3Kpost 2.8Kshortcode 2.5KAI 2.3Kposts 2.2Ksecurity 2.1Kcomments 2.1Kecommerce 2Kimages 1.8Kemail 1.8Kimage 1.7Kgoogle 1.6Kanalytics 1.6Kgutenberg 1.5Kfacebook 1.5Kelementor 1.5Ktwitter 1.5Kgallery 1.5Klogin 1.5Ksidebar 1.3Kcontent 1.3Kpayment gateway 1.3Kblock 1.2Ksocial 1.2Kperformance 1.2Kpayment 1.2Kvideo 1.2Kpage 1.2Kmedia 1.1Kwidgets 1.1Kslider 1.1Kcontact form 1.1Ke-commerce 1.1Kspam 1Kchatbot 1Ksearch 995links 979

FAQ

Quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 29, 2026

What is the most popular recent post plugin for WordPress?

Post Slider and Post Carousel with Post Vertical Scrolling Widget – A Responsive Post Slider is the most popular recent post plugin with 10K+ active installs and a 4.7/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many recent post plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 20 plugins tagged “recent post” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Which recent post plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, Post Slider and Post Carousel with Post Vertical Scrolling Widget – A Responsive Post Slider has the highest rating at 4.7/5 from 31 reviews.

Are these recent post plugins actively maintained?

2 of the top 20 recent post plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

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