=== Plugin Name === Contributors: safiweb Donate link: http://www.safiweb.co.ke/ Tags: category, posts, recent, recent posts, widget, post-plugins Requires at least: 3.0 Tested up to: 3.2.1 Stable tag: 1.0.0 Adds a widget that can display recent posts from multiple categories or from custom post types. == Description == Advanced Recent Posts Widget is a light widget advanced version of the WordPress Recent Posts widget allowing increased customization to display recent posts from multiple categories or from custom post types. Features: * Display post thumbnails, with customizable size and automatic resizing using timthumb script. * Display post excerpt, date, comment count, and more. * Provides option to: ***show the post excerpt and how long the excerpt should be. ***show the post excerpt and how long the excerpt should be. ***show the post date. ***show read more link ***show the comment count. ***override the post order to order by; date, title, random, comment count etc. ***select multiple categories ***select custom post type * Multiple widgets. == Installation == 1. Download the plugin. 2. Upload it to the plugins folder of your blog. 3. Goto the Plugins section of the WordPress admin and activate the plugin. 4. Goto the Widget tab of the Presentation section and configure the widget. 5. Changing the CSS - If you need to configure the CSS style of Advanced Recent Posts Widget, you can copy the 'advanced-recent-posts-widget.css' file from the plugin directory to your theme's directory and make your modifications there. This way, you won't lose your changes when you update the plugin. == Frequently Asked Questions == See documentation at http://www.safiweb.co.ke/advanced-recent-posts-widget == Screenshots == 1. The widget configuration dialog. == Changelog == N/A == Upgrade Notice == Copy the 'advanced-recent-posts-widget.css' file from the plugin directory to your theme's directory and make your modifications there. This way, you won't lose your changes when you update the plugin.