=== Recent Posts by Category Widget === Contributors: RossC Tags: widget, category, categories, recent posts, sidebar Requires at least: 3.0.1 Tested up to: 4.2.4 Stable tag: trunk License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from. == Description == This plugin adds a simple widget that allows you to display a number of recent blog posts from a specific category. You have the options to choose a title, category, number of posts and whether or not to show the post date. The posts will be ordered by date just like the default Recent Posts widget included with WordPress. == Installation == 1. Upload the 'recent-posts-by-category-widget' directory to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory 2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 3. Navigate to the 'Widgets' page found under the 'Appearance' menu item 4. Drag 'Recent Posts by Category Widget' to the target widget area and choose your options == Screenshots == 1. The widget UI == Changelog == = 1.3 = * Removed an anonymous function that was breaking sites running PHP 5.2 = 1.2 = * Switch to PHP5 style constructors for WP v4.3 = 1.1 = * Better use of 'widget_title' filter to allow hooks to be used on it. = 1.0 = * Initial release.