Sidebar widget that shows the top post from a particular category plus its thumbnail. The excerpt from the post can be overridden.
| Author: | Chris Abraham (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 2.5 |
| WordPress version tested: | 2.7 |
| Plugin version: | 0.3 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 10-01-2009 |
| Last updated: | 11-03-2009
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Plugin URI: | http://cjyabraham.com/projects/top-post-from-... |
| Total downloads: | 4 278 |
| Active installs: | 40+ |
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Sidebar widget that shows the top post from a particular category plus its thumbnail. The excerpt from the post can be overridden.
Version History
- 0.2
- removes the dependency on the excerpt reloaded plugin
- fixes the "more" tag which used to disappear when you overrode the excerpt
- 0.3
- changes the category selector to a drop-down list in the admin
- is now a multi-widget—allows for multiple instance of the widget in a sidebar showing top posts from different categories