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Author: Ryan Scott

This plugin gives the look of a magazine-style website with thumbnails and excerpts in a clean layout. Thumbnails are generated automatically, and there is a settings page to set an unholy amount of options. (Really, it's out of control and I'm sorry.) The latest release also has a "featured post" add-on so you can specify any post you want or just the most recent one to be put in the featured post box. You can also add a css popup for the image that includes the post title and

Are you using Thesis from DIYThemes.com? Easily place your Recent Visual Posts by simply inserting your desired Thesis hook on the settings page. No code changes needed.

This plugin uses a slightly modified version of the excellent Image Extractor plugin found at wordpress.org/extend/plugins/image-extractor/.