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Simplicity at its finest!

This simple plugin adds a widget that allows for the display of recent posts in any custom post type. It functions almost identically to the built-in WordPress "Recent Posts" widget with the added option of letting you choose which post type it pulls from. Just add the "Latest Custom Post Type" widget to a widget area, give it a title, how many posts to show and what post type you want it to pull from. It's that easy!

Advanced Options

The option is also there to allow for filtering the results based on taxonomy tags/categories. This allows you to limit to only posts that are in, not in, or in all of the selected taxonomy tags/categories (thanks to adamlaz for requesting this feature). To keep it simple this option does not display by default making the widget options easy on the eyes unless you need the power, and then it tries to stay as short and simple as possible. As always there is no added admin panel to configure options, it's all configured from the individual widget settings.

A word on support and additional features

While there shouldn't be many bugs in such a simple plugin, if any are found or you would like to request that additional features be added, please let me know! In an effort to help others looking for similar answers and to help build the WordPress.org community I ask that all requests for support and features be made through the WordPress.org forums.