Security snapshot
Across the 18 advanced-posts-widget sites we've scanned, compared to the all-WordPress average.
Grade A 0%
Grade B 0%
Grade C 6%
Grade D 6%
Grade F 89%
Fail the header check (F)89%vs 82.6% avg
Leak usernames28%vs 38.5% avg
Expose a sensitive file0%vs 1.8% avg
Use HTTPS100%vs 96.1% avg
Advanced Posts Widget
Build a better post list.
The Advanced Posts Widget is an enhanced version of the default WordPress Recent Posts widget. It allows for greater customization and stying of your recent content lists.
Make your post lists stand out with this highly customizable recent post widget!
Features
- Build multiple lists!
- Select which post types to display. (You can choose either all types, or a specific type.)
- Set the number of posts to show.
- Choose how to order your posts: publish date, alphabetically, random, etc.
- Set the order for displaying the posts.
- Filter by category, tag, or custom taxonomy.
- Supports post thumbnails.
- Set and preview custom thumbnail sizes, or choose from your site’s registered image sizes.
- Show an excerpt of the post.
- Set and preview the length of the excerpt.
- Select the list format to match your site’s markup. Choose from:
ol,ul, ordiv. - Select the listing format. Choose between
html5orxhtml. - Show post date.
- Set and preview multiple date formats.
- Choose the default (basic) CSS styling or roll your own.
Developer Features
This widget was built not only with end-users in mind, but also plugin developers. Almost every aspect of this widget is extensible through filters and action hooks. You can even add your own form fields to the widget form!
- Need to remove a field from the widget form? Not a problem! Every field is passed through its own filter for easy customization.
- Need to modify the output of the widget? Easy! The output is passed through numerous filters, allowing you to customize the post list to meet your project’s requirements.
- For a full list of action hooks and filters, please see the plugin documentation: http://darrinb.com/plugins/advanced-posts-widget
For sample functions check out this small testing plugin: https://github.com/dboutote/Advanced-Posts-Widget-Testing
| Domain | Exposures | Headers | Last Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| z*s*a*e*e*g*.com (WP 7.1) | F | Sep 3, 2026 | |
| n*v*n*o*e*.com (WP 6.4.10) | F | Sep 3, 2026 | |
| h*v*g*l.com | F | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| t*n*e*r*i*.com (WP 4.6.1) | C | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| c*y*i*a*.com | F | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| a*g*.c*m.ua | F | Aug 29, 2026 | |
| a*a*i*i*i*e*a.it | D | Aug 23, 2026 | |
| t*e*m*l*p*i*g*.ru (WP 6.8.8) | F | Aug 19, 2026 | |
| s*p*h*t*c*.com | F | Aug 18, 2026 | |
| i*o*e*.ir | F | Aug 18, 2026 | |
| u*a*s*o*f*g*t*r*.com | F | Aug 16, 2026 | |
| c*n*r*l*f*r*c*r*i.ro (WP 5.1.24) | F | Aug 13, 2026 | |
| n*l*m*t*o*l*.ru | F | Jul 31, 2026 | |
| d*f*r*o*h*h*d*b.com | F | Jul 30, 2026 | |
| c*r*o*p*a*t*a*s.com | F | Jul 30, 2026 | |
| k*t*a*i*a*r*n*k.de | F | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| k*n*a*t*a.com | F | Jul 16, 2026 | |
| e*p*a*g*.com | F | Jul 14, 2026 |
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