Hi, thanks for your feedback, what error you you get with the widget? and what is your php version?
The latest posts block can be loaded using and editor button that insert directly a shotcode: https://www.joomunited.com/wordpress-demo/wp-latest-posts/presentation/
And don’t forget that you can drop us a support message on the forum here, we reply to every message as you can see.
php version: 5.4.43, wordpress verion 4.8.2
I have uninstalled the plugin, so I cannot give you the exact error message, but it was a string of lines with a runtime error, similar to what others have posted.
Using the editor to insert the php shortcode will still result in the php snippet being deleted if you are using a standard template.
Also, it means the snippet must appear on ALL of the pages using that template. It is not possible to have it appear on just one page unless you create a child theme and a new page template.
Using the editor to insert the php shortcode will still result in the php snippet being deleted if you are using a standard template.
The editor button is adding a shortcode, not the PHP code, so it won’t be removed unless you do it yourself. The PHP code is build to be added in a page layout by editing it’s code, of course like any other plugin, it require that you check how your theme is dealing with overrides.