Title: Recent CPT Widget Thumbnails Author: Ali Qureshi Published: October 15, 2024 Last modified: September 7, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/recent-cpt/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3169441) ![](https://ps.w.org/recent-cpt/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3586094) # Recent CPT Widget Thumbnails By [Ali Qureshi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/parorrey/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/recent-cpt.0.7.0.zip) * [Details](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-cpt/#description) * [Reviews](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-cpt/#reviews) * [Installation](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-cpt/#installation) * [Development](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-cpt/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-cpt/) ## Description Recent CPT Widget Thumbnails displays recent posts or custom post types in a WordPress widget. Content can come from the current website or a remote WordPress website through the WordPress REST API. ### Features * List recent posts and public custom post types from the current WordPress website. * List posts or custom post types from a remote WordPress website through its REST API. * Display featured-image thumbnails, excerpts, and post dates. * Display linked categories and tags. * Filter local content by category or tag. * Filter remote content by category ID or tag ID. * Configure the remote REST collection for remote custom post types. * Cache remote responses for a configurable period and fail safely when a remote source is unavailable. * Add an optional link below the post list. ## Screenshots [⌊You can set the widget title, the number of posts, the length of the excerpt and select a category to display the recent posts from or choose to display the recent posts with a certain tag.⌉⌊You can set the widget title, the number of posts, the length of the excerpt and select a category to display the recent posts from or choose to display the recent posts with a certain tag.⌉[ You can set the widget title, the number of posts, the length of the excerpt and select a category to display the recent posts from or choose to display the recent posts with a certain tag. [⌊This is an example of how the widget can look.⌉⌊This is an example of how the widget can look.⌉[ This is an example of how the widget can look. [[ ## Installation 1. First you will have to upload the plugin to the `/wp-content/plugins/` folder. 2. Then activate the plugin in the plugin panel. 3. Go to ‘Appearance’ > ‘Widgets’ and drag the Recent Posts Widget Plus to the required position in the sidebar. 4. Type a title for the widget (you can leave this blank) 5. Type the number of recent posts to show in the widget 6. Specify the excerpt length by number of characters 7. Choose a specific category or select `None (all categories)` to show all categories 8. Choose the post tags you would like to use to filter the list (optional) 9. Click save. ## FAQ ### What is the difference with the default Recent Post widget All WordPress installs come with a default widget for showing recent posts. The advantage of using the Recent Posts Widget Plus plugin, is that you cannot only show the post titles but also an excerpt from the post and define how many characters of the excerpt are displayed. This plugin also allows you to display recent posts from a custom post type. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/beeddc5b601b273a9ee0ead6367a3b45c6d900df182a63233e7d3c79d9c95417? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works well](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-well-2995/)󠁿 [Ali Qureshi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/parorrey/) October 15, 2024 While trying to add 'Latest Posts' for custom post type with thumbnails, I found out, there was no plugin available for CPT, so I authored this small plugin widget, using another plugin, and added required missing features, and cleaned some code. Hope that helps. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-cpt/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Recent CPT Widget Thumbnails” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Ali Qureshi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/parorrey/) [Translate “Recent CPT Widget Thumbnails” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recent-cpt) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/recent-cpt/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/recent-cpt/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/recent-cpt/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/recent-cpt/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.7.0 * Added support for listing posts and custom post types from remote WordPress websites through the REST API. * Added a local or remote content-source selector. * Added configurable remote category, tag, REST collection, and cache settings. * Tested with WordPress 7.1. * Updated the WordPress.org short and full descriptions. * Confirmed the Parorrey donation link. #### 0.6.7 * Added the project donation link. * Bumped the maintenance release version. #### 0.6.6 * Tested and confirmed compatible with WordPress 7.0 * Added Requires PHP header (7.4 minimum); compatible with PHP 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 * Bumped stable tag to 0.6.6 #### 0.6.5 * Fixed bugs for html and displaying date, categories and tags from admin panel #### 0.6.3 * Fixed bugs for html and number of posts * Added displaying post date option for posts * Added displaying post categories option for posts * Added displaying post tags option for posts #### 0.5.0 * Updated for WordPress 6.8 #### 0.3.0 First release ## Meta * Version **0.7.0** * Last updated **2 weeks ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.1** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-cpt/) * Tags * [recent post](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recent-post/)[recent posts](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recent-posts/) [sidebar](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar/)[widget](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-cpt/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-cpt/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-cpt/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-cpt/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-cpt/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-cpt/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-cpt/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-cpt/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Ali Qureshi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/parorrey/) ## Support Got something to say? 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