=== Recent CPT Widget Thumbnails ===
Contributors: parorrey
Author URI: https://www.parorrey.com/
Donate link: https://www.parorrey.com/donate/
Tags: widget, sidebar, recent post, recent posts, recent cpt
Requires at least: 2.9.3
Requires PHP: 7.4
Tested up to: 7.1
Stable tag: 0.7.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Display recent local or remote WordPress posts and custom post types with thumbnails, excerpts, dates, categories, and tags.

== Description ==

Recent CPT Widget Thumbnails displays recent posts or custom post types in a WordPress widget. Content can come from the current website or a remote WordPress website through the WordPress REST API.

== Features ==

* List recent posts and public custom post types from the current WordPress website.
* List posts or custom post types from a remote WordPress website through its REST API.
* Display featured-image thumbnails, excerpts, and post dates.
* Display linked categories and tags.
* Filter local content by category or tag.
* Filter remote content by category ID or tag ID.
* Configure the remote REST collection for remote custom post types.
* Cache remote responses for a configurable period and fail safely when a remote source is unavailable.
* Add an optional link below the post list.

== Screenshots ==

1. You can set the widget title, the number of posts, the length of the excerpt and select a category to display the recent posts from or choose to display the recent posts with a certain tag.
2. This is an example of how the widget can look.

== Installation ==

1. First you will have to upload the plugin to the `/wp-content/plugins/` folder.
2. Then activate the plugin in the plugin panel.
3. Go to 'Appearance' > 'Widgets' and drag the Recent Posts Widget Plus to the required position in the sidebar.
5. Type a title for the widget (you can leave this blank)
6. Type the number of recent posts to show in the widget
7. Specify the excerpt length by number of characters
8. Choose a specific category or select `None (all categories)` to show all categories
9. Choose the post tags you would like to use to filter the list (optional)
6. Click save.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= What is the difference with the default Recent Post widget =

All WordPress installs come with a default widget for showing recent posts. The advantage of using the Recent Posts Widget Plus plugin, is that you cannot only show the post titles but also an excerpt from the post and define how many characters of the excerpt are displayed. This plugin also allows you to display recent posts from a custom post type.

== Changelog ==
= 0.7.0 =
* Added support for listing posts and custom post types from remote WordPress websites through the REST API.
* Added a local or remote content-source selector.
* Added configurable remote category, tag, REST collection, and cache settings.
* Tested with WordPress 7.1.
* Updated the WordPress.org short and full descriptions.
* Confirmed the Parorrey donation link.

= 0.6.7 =
* Added the project donation link.
* Bumped the maintenance release version.

= 0.6.6 =
* Tested and confirmed compatible with WordPress 7.0
* Added Requires PHP header (7.4 minimum); compatible with PHP 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
* Bumped stable tag to 0.6.6

= 0.6.5 =
* Fixed bugs for html and displaying date, categories and tags from admin panel

= 0.6.3 =
* Fixed bugs for html and number of posts
* Added displaying post date option for posts
* Added displaying post categories option for posts
* Added displaying post tags option for posts


= 0.5.0 =
* Updated for WordPress 6.8

= 0.3.0 =
First release
