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The default Recent Posts widget is exceptionally basic. I always find myself in need of a way to easily display a selection of posts from any combination post type or taxonomy. Hence, Flexible Post Widget.

Flexible Posts Widget (FPW) is more than just a simple alternative to the default Recent Posts widget. With many per-instance options it is highly customizable and allows advanced users to display the resulting posts virtually any way imaginable.

Version 3.0 is a major enhancement as widgets can now get posts by BOTH post type and/or taxonomy & term as well as select multiple post types and terms. Previous versions of the plugin only allowed post type OR taxonomy & term queries, not both.

Features & options

• Customizable widget title
• Get posts via post type(s) and/or taxonomy & term(s).
• Control the number of posts displayed and the number of posts to offset.
• Option to display the post feature image.
• Select the post feature image size to display from existing image sizes: thumbnail, medium, large, post-thumbnail or any size defined by the current theme.
• Order posts by: date, ID, title, menu order, random; and sort posts: ascending or descending.
• Each widget's output can be customized by user-defined templates added to the current theme folder.

Supported Languages

• English
• Spanish