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Recent Category Posts Widget

Recent Category Posts Widget

v2.0.1

This widget will let you display a list of the most recent posts in a single category in your sidebar.

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Rank

#10,31236

22 hours ago

Official installs

300+

public bucket

Est. installs

374
High confidence

Total downloads

21.8K1

all time

Rating

5 ★

2 reviews

Support threads

0

open topics

Support resolved

of threads

Tested up to

WP 7.0.2

compatibility

Historical growth

Growth %, estimated installs, rank and downloads — updated daily.

Install, rank and growth cover 10 of the last 30 days; downloads go back 90.

Growth %

Daily active-install growth.

-20%-10%0%10%20%
Jul 27Jul 30Aug 1Aug 4

Estimated installs

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320340360380
Jul 26Jul 29Aug 1Aug 4

Rank position

WP.org popularity order — lower is better.

#10.3K#10.3K#10.3K#10.4K#10.4K
Jul 26Jul 29Aug 1Aug 4

Downloads

Cumulative downloads over the selected range.

21.7K21.7K21.8K21.8K
Jul 1Jul 11Jul 20Jul 30

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Metric
Recent Category Posts Widget
Recent Posts by Category Widget
No category parents
Top Level Categories
Estimated installs3744.5K6.6K2.7K
WP.org rank#10,312#3,452#2,849#4,502
30d growth-57.3%-10.6%+3.8%-26.3%
Rating5 ★4.7 ★5 ★5 ★
Reviews21234
Support resolved
Version2.0.11.30.2.4.11.0.1
Tested up to7.0.24.2.394.1.422.5

Review stats

52 reviews
5★
100%
4★
0%
3★
0%
2★
0%
1★
0%

Development activity

Last updated
2026-06-10 3:52pm GMT
Latest version
2.0.1
Compatible up to
WordPress 7.0.2
Requires
WordPress 2.8
Plugin site
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Estimated installs

374

Confidence

high

Data updated

Aug 4, 2026

Tracking since

2026-07-26

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