Categories Recent Posts Widget is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 1 review, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Categories Recent Posts Widget is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by The Medios. With a rating of 5.0★ from 1 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
Categories Recent Posts Widget is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 1 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by The Medios — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (1) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Categories Recent Posts Widget works
An easy to use Recent Posts Plugin. This plugin will allow you to display the recent posts in a sidebar only on a category page.
New Features Added
Specify the number of posts to display in the sidebar
Show/ hide excerpt
Specify the number of words to be displayed in the excerpt
Option to specify custom Read More text
The Read More text is also a link to the posts permalink
Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is Categories Recent Posts Widget?
Categories Recent Posts Widget is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 1 merchant review, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by The Medios.