內容簡介
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 外掛可在小工具區域顯示最新文章，包含標題、縮圖、摘要、作者、分類及日期等資訊。此外掛輕巧且簡單，符合歐盟一般資料保護條例（GDPR）要求。
【主要功能】
• 顯示最新文章的標題、縮圖和摘要
• 支援自訂縮圖大小設定
• 可在 Elementor 和 Oxygen 中使用
• 無需收集個人資料，符合 GDPR
• 提供自訂文章類型的擴展功能
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開發者團隊
② 後台搜尋「Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails」→ 直接安裝（推薦）
原文外掛簡介
List the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more!
Although the plugin is built only for widget areas users reported that it works in Elementor and works in Oxygen. Whether it runs in other page builders is unknown. Please let me know in which page builder you were able to use the plugin successfully.
The plugin does not collect any personal data, so it is ready for EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance.
Lightweight, simple and effective
No huge widget with hundreds of options. This plugin is based on the well-known WordPress default widget ‘Recent Posts’ and extended to display more information about the posts like e.g. thumbnails, excerpts and assigned categories. And it provides more options to build custom-taylored posts lists.
The thumbnails will be built from the featured image of a post or of the first image in the post content. If there is neither a featured image nor a content image then you can define a default thumbnail.
You can set the width and height of the thumbnails in the list. The thumbnails appear left-aligned to the post titles in left-to-right languages. In right-to-left languages they appear right-aligned.
Custom Post Type
If you want to list custom post types with the featured image, please check out our plugin Ultimate Post List Pro.
Demo
You want to test Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails before installing on your site? Try it out on your individual and free playground site and click here.
What users wrote
“Displaying recent posts in the sidebar, is a core feature for my website and this plugin solves this requirement perfectly. But what i value most is, that although free, the service reacts fast and competent. Thanks!” in the reviews by HSeldon on October 10, 2026
“It’s a great plugin; I use it on several of my websites to display a list of recent posts, and the best part is that it doesn’t just show text—it includes a post preview and a direct link to the post itself.” in the reviews by marjuanm on September 18, 2026
“This plugin performs a simple task but one that I find to be invaluable.” in the reviews by funkster on July 1, 2025
“I just want to say thank you for developing such a good plugin.” in the reviews by modelaid on July 3, 2024
“Excellent plugin!” in the reviews by mystnick on April 18, 2023
“… one of the dynamic and smart, yet admin and user optimized widget plugins …” in How to Add Widgets and Start Using Them in WordPress Website? by SKT Posts Themes on September 3, 2020
“بهترین افزونه های نمایش آخرین نوشته ها در وردپرس” in ابزارک آخرین نوشته وردپرس by Ghodsi on December 16, 2019
“Another good all around widget, suitable for most projects” in Free WordPress recent posts widget – Which one is the best? on December 3, 2019
“In just a few clicks, your website will look considerably more established and professional.” in 3 Best WordPress Thumbnail Plugins to Manage Images Perfectly by HubSpot Staff on October 29, 2019
The best of the recent posts widgets in the reviews by noddemix on June 13, 2019
Number 8 in 14 Plugins para Otimizar seu Site by Ideias Dig on November 8, 2018
“Truly EXCELLENT Plugin!” in the reviews by dnuttal on October 11, 2018
“Easier than making an egg, seriously.” in the reviews by djackofall on October 2, 2017
“This plugin is INCREDIBLE” in the reviews by lucio7 on August 25, 2017
Widgets Users Will Love in 10 Ultra-Useful Free WordPress Widget Plugins by Eric Karkovack on June 16, 2017
listed in 20 WordPress Plugins that Steals Attention to Engage Visitors of Your Site by WP Team Support on March 6, 2017
Number 1 in 8 essential WordPress widgets to supercharge your website by Rafay Ansari on January 31, 2017
“Excellent (after trying a few)!” in the reviews by giorgissimo on January 6, 2017
What users filmed
Some users published video tutorials on YouTube:
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails Setup Tutorial – WordPress Lesson and Tip by Making a Website on April 17, 2016
Options you can set
Title of the widget
Number of listed posts
Open post links in new windows
Different options for post order and sorting
Hide the current post in list
Show only sticky posts
Hide sticky posts
Keep sticky posts on top of the list if not hidden
Hide post title
Maximum length of post title
Show post author name
Label for the author names
Show post categories
Show post category names as links to their archives
Label for categories
Show post date
Show post excerpt
Show number of comments
Excerpt length
Signs after excerpt
Ignore post excerpt field as excerpt source (builds excerpts only from the post content)
Ignore post content as excerpt source (builds excerpts only from the excerpt fields)
Show posts of selected categories (or of all categories)
Show post thumbnail (featured image)
Registered thumbnail dimensions
Thumbnail width in px
Thumbnail height in px
Keep the aspect ratio of thumbnails
Try to take the first post image as thumbnail
Only use the first post image as thumbnail
Use default thumbnail if no thumbnail is available
Always use default thumbnail
Default thumbnail URL
Alternative text of the default thumbnail
Omit all alternative texts of the thumbnails for a better accessibility
Print slugs of post categories in class attribute of LI elements
Print inline CSS instead of creating a CSS file
No CSS generation at all
Useful hints for developers: Supported Hooks
The plugin considers the output of actions hooked on:
rpwwt_widget_posts_args
passed argument: the query arguments as an array
expected return value: an array of query arguments
widget_title
passed arguments:
the widget title as a string
the widget settings as an array
the widget base ID as a string
expected return value: a string
rpwwt_excerpt_length
passed argument: the maximum number of characters for the post excerpt as an integer
expected return value: an integer
rpwwt_excerpt_more
passed argument: the string to append after the post excerpt
expected return value: a string
rpwwt_the_excerpt
passed arguments:
the content of the post excerpt field as a string
the post object
expected return value: a string
the_excerpt
passed argument: the post excerpt as a string
expected return value: a string
rpwwt_categories
passed argument: the category list of each post as a string
expected return value: a string
rpwwt_list_cats
passed arguments:
the category name as a string
the category as an array
expected return value: a string
Useful hints for developers: Available CSS Selectors
To design the list and its items, you can use these CSS selectors:
.rpwwt-widget: the element which contains the post list
.rpwwt-widget ul: the list which contains the list items
.rpwwt-widget ul li: the list item in the list
.rpwwt-widget ul li.rpwwt-sticky: the list item of a sticky post
.rpwwt-widget ul li a: link in the list
.rpwwt-widget ul li a img: linked image
.rpwwt-widget ul li a span.rpwwt-post-title: the post title
.rpwwt-widget ul li div.rpwwt-post-author: the post author
.rpwwt-widget ul li div.rpwwt-post-categories: the post category list
.rpwwt-widget ul li div.rpwwt-post-date: the post date
.rpwwt-widget ul li div.rpwwt-post-excerpt: the post excerpt
.rpwwt-widget ul li div.rpwwt-post-excerpt .rpwwt-post-excerpt-more: the "more" text following the excerpt.
.rpwwt-widget ul li div.rpwwt-post-comments-number: the number of comments
Languages
The user interface is available in several languages.
Starting from version 7.1.0 the handling for translations are moved to translate.wordpress.org.
Please help to translate into more languages, or you can re-work on the current translations if you think it’s needed.
If you have done your translation, please leave a comment in the plugin’s support forum. I’ll take care of the review and approval.
