Simple Category Posts

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1. ★★★★★ Abdul Muqsit

   12.1y ago

   I would like to suggest another parameter in widget setting to set the orientation for display whether the users want to show the list in vertical or horizontal.

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2. ★★★★★ Das Capitolin

   13.2y ago

   This is a full-featured replacement for the bundled WordPress ‘latest posts’ widget. Unfortunately, this plugin doesn’t have the line separators that the WordPress widget makes (which it should), so I tweaked some code to fix that: <div class="scpcontainer<?php echo $lastcont; ?>"> <ul> <?php $scporder = array(); $feat_image = ''; $feat_image = wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID) ); $pluginurl = site_url('/wp-content/plugins/simple-seo-categories-posts/timthumb.php'); if ($displthumb == 'displthumb' && $feat_image != '') { // get thumb $scporder[$thumborder] = ' <div class="scpthumb"> <a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) .'" title="'. get_the_title($post->ID) .'"> <img src="'. $pluginurl .'?src='. $feat_image .'&w='. $thumbwidth .'&h='. $thumbheight .'&zc='. $thumbcrop .'" width="'. $thumbwidth .'" height="'. $thumbheight .'" title="'. get_the_title($post->ID) .'" alt="'. get_the_title($post->ID) .'" /> </a> </div> '; } if ($disptitle == 'disptitle') { // get title $scporder[$titleorder] = ' <li> <div class="scptitle"> <a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) .'" title="'. get_the_title($post->ID) .'">'. get_the_title($post->ID) .'</a> </div> </li> '; } if ($dispdate == 'dispdate') { // get date $scporder[$dateorder] = '<div class="scpdate">'. get_the_date() .'</div> '; } if ($dispauthor == 'dispauthor') { // get date $scporder[$authororder] = '<div class="scpauthor">'. $beforeauthor .get_the_author_link() .'</div> '; } if ($exclength > 0 && $displexc == 'displexc') { // get excerpt $scporder[$excorder] = '<div class="scptext">'. scpexcerpt($exclength) .'</div>'; } if ($exclength == 0 && $displexc == 'displexc') { $scporder[$excorder] = '<div class="scptext">'. get_the_excerpt() .'</div>'; } ksort($scporder); foreach ($scporder as $scpkey => $scpoutput) { echo $scpoutput; } ?> </ul> </div>

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3. ★★★★★ Galaxy-Design.co.uk

   13.3y ago

   Great plugin! This is the only plugin that Ive found that does the job perfectly. Wide range of options... just what Ive been looking for. Hope you will continue supporting it! Thank you!

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4. ★★★★★ greenhat

   13.6y ago

   nice plugin with many features but basic HTML structure is missing (all in <div>s)

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-11-15 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2024-11-14 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2024-11-11 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-11-10 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-11-09 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-11-08 100+ → 200+ up after 6 days in tier
7. 2024-11-02 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
8. 2024-10-29 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Latest Posts 5K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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• Flex Posts – Responsive Posts Block 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Widget Post Slider 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
• N news ticker benaceur 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B
• Relevant – Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft 800+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag C

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Simple Category Posts: 100+ active installs, 4.3★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-seo-categories-posts