Title: Recently
Author: Hector Cabrera
Published: <strong>26 июня, 2015</strong>
Last modified: 2 июня, 2025

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Search plugins

![](https://ps.w.org/recently/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1188315)

![](https://ps.w.org/recently/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1188315)

# Recently

 By [Hector Cabrera](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hcabrera/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/recently.4.2.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/recently/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/recently/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/recently/#installation)
 * [Development](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/recently/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recently/)

## Description

Let’s face it: WordPress’ default Recent Posts widget does the job as promised but
it’s not very flexible. Things like excluding certain entries from the list or displaying
recent posts by category can’t be done with the stock Recent Posts widget. Therefore,
let me introduce Recently.

Recently is a WordPress widget that displays your site’s most recent posts. And 
it doesn’t stop there:

#### Main Features

 * **Multiple Recently lists** — That is, you can have several Recently lists on
   your blog — each with its own settings!
 * **Thumbnails!** — Display a **thumbnail** of your recent posts! (see the [FAQ section](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/3.-FAQ#how-does-recently-pick-my-posts-thumbnails)
   for more details.)
 * **Custom Post-type support** — Want to show other stuff than just posts and pages,
   eg. Recent _Products_? [You can](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/3.-FAQ#i-want-to-have-a-recent-list-of-my-custom-post-type-how-can-i-do-that)!
 * **Taxonomy filtering** — List recent posts filtered by categories, tags, or custom
   taxonomies!
 * **Use your own layout!** — Recently is flexible enough to let you customize the
   look and feel of your recent posts list! (see [customizing Recently’s HTML markup](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/3.-FAQ#how-can-i-use-my-own-html-markup-with-your-plugin)
   and [How to style Recently](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/4.-Styling-the-list)
   for more.)
 * **WordPress Multisite support** — Each site on the network can have its own recent
   posts list!
 * **Localization** — Translate Recently to your own language (See [translating Recently into your language](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/3.-FAQ#i-want-to-translate-your-plugin-into-my-language--help-you-update-a-translation-what-do-i-need-to-do)
   for more info).
 * **[Polylang](https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/)/[WPML 3.2+](https://wpml.org/)
   support** — Show the translated version of your recent posts!
 * **[WordPress Popular Posts](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/)**/**
   [WP-PostViews](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postratings/)** / **[Top 10](https://wordpress.org/plugins/top-10/)****
   support**: — Display the views count of your recent posts!
 * **[WP-PostRatings](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postratings/) support**.
   Show your visitors how your readers are rating your posts!

#### PSA: do not use the classic Recently widget with the new Widgets screen!

The classic Recently widget doesn’t work very well / at all with the new Widgets
screen introduced with WordPress 5.8.

This new Widgets screen expects WordPress blocks instead of regular WordPress widgets.
If you’re using the Recently widget on your block-based Widgets screen please replace
it with the [Recently block](https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/recently-4-0-new-recently-block-php-5-support-dropped-minimum-supported-wordpress-version-changed/).

#### Support the Project!

If you’d like to support my work and efforts to creating and maintaining more open
source projects your donations and messages of support mean a lot!

[Ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/cabrerahector) | [PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cabrerahector)

**Recently** is now also on [GitHub](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently)!

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Widgets Control Panel.
 * [[
 * Recently Widget.
 * [[
 * Recently Widget with Cards theme.
 * [[
 * Recently Widget with Cardview theme.
 * [[
 * Recently Widget with Midnight theme.
 * [[
 * Recently Widget with Tiles theme.
 * [[
 * Recently Widget with Tiny theme.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   Recently

## Installation

Please make sure your site meets the [minimum requirements](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently#requirements)
before proceeding.

#### Automatic installation

 1. Log in into your WordPress dashboard.
 2. Go to Plugins > Add New.
 3. In the «Search Plugins» field, type in **Recently** and hit Enter.
 4. Find the plugin in the search results list and click on the «Install Now» button.

#### Manual installation

 1. Download the plugin and extract its contents.
 2. Upload the `recently` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 3. Activate the **Recently** plugin through the «Plugins» menu in WordPress.

#### Done! What’s next?

 1. Go to _Appearance > Widgets_, drag the _Recently_ widget onto your sidebar, configure
    it, and when you’re done click on _Save_.
 2. If you have a caching plugin installed on your site you may need to adjust some
    settings to make sure Recently can work: [Is Recently compatible with caching plugins?](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/3.-FAQ#can-recently-work-with-caching-plugins-such-as-wp-super-cache)
    Also, if you’re using a JS minifying plugin you may need to add recently.min.js
    to its exclusion list (see [Is Recently compatible with plugins that minify / bundle JavaScript code?](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/3.-FAQ#is-recently-compatible-with-plugins-that-minify--bundle-javascript-code))

Make sure to stop by the **[Wiki](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki)**
as well, you’ll find even more info there!

That’s it!

## FAQ

The FAQ section has been moved [here](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/3.-FAQ).

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/62fe212021d456e5fdb54e3ee53bdd71b42a195b3e9ca74c7c0494cb96425d30?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Just what you need](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-what-you-need-30/)󠁿

 [stevieboy23](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stevieboy23/) 10 Тамыз, 2023 1 reply

Excellent plugin — recommended!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b8f05204fc8f8b28c7fce58e7c4e9af53368ff4b7c892f9c940248c2f60e68fb?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Очень интересный плагин](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/%d0%be%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%8c-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%b9-%d0%bf%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b3%d0%b8%d0%bd-2/)󠁿

 [rianovost](https://profiles.wordpress.org/suryano11/) 24 апреля, 2021

Original text: Если сайт разной тематики, плагин выручает выводить записи на любой
странице (через виджетов) по группам, хот по рубрикам, хот по меткам! Лично мне 
помог разнообразить сайт и автор реагирует на проблемы быстро и быстро устраняет
ошибки! Ещё полезен плагин тем, что выводит первую картинку записи если не установлена
миниатюра, то есть записи не останутся без картинок Yandex translator: If the site
is of different subjects, the plug-in helps to display entries on any page (via 
widgets) in groups, hot on rubrics, hot on labels! Personally, I helped to diversify
the site and the author responds to problems quickly and quickly eliminates errors!
Also useful plug-in is that it displays the first picture of the record if no miniature
is installed, that is, the records will not be left without pictures

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eb93b7717ad5cef94a30fb3180fc496c6156c57621e8227a8ce7f627de4c1653?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Best Recent Posts widget!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-recent-posts-widget/)󠁿

 [bappa9972](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bappa9972/) 22 Наурыз, 2021 1 reply

It is The Best Recent Posts widget. But we need more options like thumbnail size,
show only Post ID(s), excluding current posts.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0dd45b6d35cc26628714aede2ff13972bef9a02156b5d2a8e04536dcaf109264?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[The Best Recent Posts widget!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-best-recent-posts-widget/)󠁿

 [blindpet](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blindpet/) 28 Қазан, 2018

Being somebody who works with WordPress and WooCommerce performance, Recently is
the only plugin that has the options and functionality necessary to help make sure
high traffic websites don’t crash when they want to show their recent posts.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c36d3acc23537b453b22e39179e3fee10f93e556b87b25f94cfd579b719eeeda?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[The Best](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-best-960/)󠁿

 [N3k0](https://profiles.wordpress.org/n3k0/) 29 июня, 2017

Full Customizable and do all you want… LOVE IT!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/34e8af4394622de0986e7c81b9c9e17b0e1e4dcaa3e4bffc4a449139cd0df265?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-1801/)󠁿

 [Lexx](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vorlund/) 3 сентября, 2016

Looks very clean and solid.

 [ Read all 9 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recently/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Recently” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Hector Cabrera ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hcabrera/)

“Recently” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recently/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Recently” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recently)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/recently/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/recently/), or subscribe 
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/recently/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/recently/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 4.2.0

**If you’re using a page caching plugin it’s highly recommended to clear its cache
after upgrading to this version.**

 * Improves compatibility with Autoptimize, LiteSpeed Cache, Polylang, Speed Optimizer,
   W3 Total Cache, and WP Rocket.
 * Fixes an issue where your recent posts list may get stuck in the loading animation
   on macOS/iOS devices.
 * Fixes PHP notice about textdomain being called incorrectly.
 * Modernizes and cleans up Recently’s JS files.
 * Improved CSP compatibility.
 * Block: numeric fields use type=number now.

[Release notes](https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/recently-4-2-better-compat-with-site-optimization-plugins-general-maintenance-updates).

#### 4.1.0

 * Adds WebP / AVIF support.
 * Fixes an issue where the excerpt would not be truncated as expected.
 * Fixes an issue where the fallback thumbnail may revert to the stock one under
   certain conditions.
 * Minor fixes and improvements.

[Release notes](https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/recently-4-1-webp-avif-support-plus-some-minor-improvements/).

#### 4.0.3

**If you’re using a page caching plugin it’s highly recommended to clear its cache
after upgrading to this version.**
 **If you’re using a JS minifying plugin you 
may need to add recently.min.js to its exclusion list (see [FAQ](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/3.-FAQ#is-recently-compatible-with-plugins-that-minify--bundle-javascript-code)).**

 * Min. required WordPress version is now 5.7.
 * Improves PHP 8 support.
 * Improves compatibility with XHTML WordPress themes.
 * Query data caching feature has been removed as it’s now built-in into WordPress.
 * Other minor enhancements.

[Release notes](https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/recently-4-0-new-recently-block-php-5-support-dropped-minimum-supported-wordpress-version-changed/#4.0.3).

#### 4.0.2

 * Fixes an issue where the excerpt would not be truncated at the expected length(
   props to dimalifragis!)
 * Fixes a PHP warning related to the excerpt generator function (props to dimalifragis!)
 * Updates dependencies.

[Release notes](https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/recently-4-0-new-recently-block-php-5-support-dropped-minimum-supported-wordpress-version-changed/#4.0.2).

#### 4.0.1

 * Fixes an issue where the excerpt may output broken HTML under some circumstances.
 * Updated dependencies.

[Release notes](https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/recently-4-0-new-recently-block-php-5-support-dropped-minimum-supported-wordpress-version-changed/#4.0.1).

#### 4.0.0

This release includes a couple of major changes so please review before updating.

 * Minimum required PHP version is now 7.2.
 * Minimum required WordPress version is now 5.3.
 * Introduces Recently’s own block!
 * Admin: only users with `edit_others_posts` capability (usually Editors and Administrators)
   will be able to access certain areas of Recently’s dashboard.
 * Widgets: Users will no longer be able to add the «classic» widget to the block-
   based Widgets screen, only the Recently block.
 * Fixes an issue where widget themes stored in child theme’s folder would not be
   recognized by the plugin.
 * Security enhancements.
 * Minor improvements and fixes.

See the [Release notes](https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/recently-4-0-new-recently-block-php-5-support-dropped-minimum-supported-wordpress-version-changed/)
for more details.

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/blob/master/changelog.md).

## Meta

 *  Version **4.2.0**
 *  Last updated **10 месяца ago**
 *  Active installations **300+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recently/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/recently/)
   и [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/recently/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recently)
 * Tags
 * [posts](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)[recent](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recent/)
   [recently](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recently/)[widget](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/recently/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  9 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recently/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recently/reviews/?filter=4)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Hector Cabrera ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hcabrera/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recently/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://ko-fi.com/cabrerahector)