Title: Recent Posts block
Author: Brijesh Dhanani
Published: <strong>March 18, 2020</strong>
Last modified: March 19, 2020

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Recent Posts block

 By [Brijesh Dhanani](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brijeshdhanani/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/recent-posts-block.zip)

 * [Details](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-block/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-block/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-block/#installation)
 * [Development](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-block/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-block/)

## Description

The Recent Posts Block for Gutenberg lets you add a recent posts section in your
posts or pages. It provides support for your custom post types. simply select post
type from list of post types for which you want to display recent posts. It also
comes with customization options like image size, post meta options, ordering etc.
to suit your needs.

#### Features

 * Get recent posts of your favourite custom post type.
 * Manage ordering like ascending or descending.
 * Image size options.
 * Post meta settings like post date, post excerpt etc.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Open add new blocks from gutenberg editor and go to widgets and add recent posts
   block by just clicking on it.
 * [[
 * Select post type from list of post types for which you want to display recent
   posts.
 * [[
 * Select required settings from sidebar like number of posts, ordering etc.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   Recent Posts block

## Installation

 1. Upload plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-4116/)󠁿

 [Alexey Vertinsky](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexeyvertinsky/) July 24, 2023

in latest gutenberg is not working

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## Contributors & Developers

“Recent Posts block” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Brijesh Dhanani ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brijeshdhanani/)

[Translate “Recent Posts block” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recent-posts-block)

### Interested in development?

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

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **6 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  Tested up to **5.4.19**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-block/)
 * Tags
 * [block](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block/)[gutenberg](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gutenberg/)
   [recent posts](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recent-posts/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-block/advanced/)

## Ratings

 1 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Brijesh Dhanani ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brijeshdhanani/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-block/)