Title: Looking for a plugin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Looking for a plugin

 *  [ladycrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladycrow/)
 * (@ladycrow)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/looking-for-a-plugin-3-2/)
 * I’m looking for a plugin (or widget) that will be used in my sidebar to show 
   the most recent updates by category (or tag, I’m not picky). I have 2 sections
   that I’d like to show the most recent 4 – 5 post titles.
 * All the plugins I’ve found seem to be outdated or not customizable enough. Any
   suggestions?

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 *  Thread Starter [ladycrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladycrow/)
 * (@ladycrow)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/looking-for-a-plugin-3-2/#post-802223)
 * All right, I found a way to do this with categories – and not even a plugin! 
   Pretty easy. I’lk post that method..
 *     ```
       <?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=3&showposts=3"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
       <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
       <?php the_title(); ?>
       </a></li>
       <?php endwhile; ?>
       ```
   
 * but I’m wondering if there’s any way to do this with tags? That would work better
   with another plugin I am using

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## Tags

 * [categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/categories/)
 * [recent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/recent/)
 * [sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sidebar/)
 * [tags](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/tags/)

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 * Last reply from: [ladycrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladycrow/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/looking-for-a-plugin-3-2/#post-802223)
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