Title: Excerpts in Recent Posts
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Excerpts in Recent Posts

 *  [redelectric1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/redelectric1/)
 * (@redelectric1)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpts-in-recent-posts/)
 * Hi Everyone,
 * I am trying to find a plugin, or code etc to do following:
 * Where it has recent posts in the sidebar, I want it to either show what category
   the recent post was posted in, or an excerpt from the post itself.
 * I have been searching and searching but I just cant seem to find anything, so
   does anyone know of a widget or plugin that can do this, or point me in the right
   direction?
 * Many Thanks
 * Red

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpts-in-recent-posts/#post-575951)
 * This plugin does it for sure:
    [http://www.coffee2code.com/archives/2004/08/27/plugin-customizable-post-listings/](http://www.coffee2code.com/archives/2004/08/27/plugin-customizable-post-listings/)
   It is not a widget, it’s a traditional plugin. Didn’t check if it works with 
   the latest WP versions (it works on 2.0.x branch for sure)
 *  [djgeeked](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djgeeked/)
 * (@djgeeked)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpts-in-recent-posts/#post-576242)
 * Great link and thank you to coffe2code.com for the plug in
 *  [kerimfriedman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kerimfriedman/)
 * (@kerimfriedman)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpts-in-recent-posts/#post-576290)
 * Seems crazy that there isn’t a simple widget for WP 2.5 which offers excerpts
   with your recent posts … I spent 40 min looking but couldn’t find anything nice
   and simple and easy to use. I’d like something like the default widget but with
   excerpts…
 *  [kerimfriedman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kerimfriedman/)
 * (@kerimfriedman)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpts-in-recent-posts/#post-576291)
 * I was able to get excerpts by using the RSS feed widget – although its seems 
   crazy to have to do this. It would also be nice if all the built-in widgets were
   also offered as stand alone plugins so that one could more easily modify them…

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 * Last reply from: [kerimfriedman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kerimfriedman/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpts-in-recent-posts/#post-576291)
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