=== Custom Recent Posts Widget ===
Contributors: prasannasp 
Donate link: http://www.prasannasp.net/
Tags: recent posts, category, categories, widget, post list, exclude, include
Requires at least: 3.2.1
Tested up to: 3.3.2
Stable tag: 1.0

Show a list of recent post from the categories you choose.

== Description ==
This plugin adds a new widget where you can show a list of recent posts from a single category or multiple categories. By default the wordpress recent posts widget shows a posts from all category. But in this plugin, you have an option include/exclude one or more categories in the recent posts widget on the sidebar.

== Installation ==

1. Extract the contents of the .zip archive

2. Upload the `custom-recent-posts-widget` folder to your `wp-content/plugins` directory.
     
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

== Screenshots ==

1. <strong>Custom Recent Post Widget.</strong>
2. <strong>Custom Recent Post Widget when added to sidebar on widget menu. Here the number of posts to show is set to 6 and only the 'Wordpress' category is selected.</strong>
3. <strong>Custom Recent Post Widget showing a list of 6 recent posts from the category 'Wordpress'.</strong>

== Changelog ==

= 1.0 =

* Initial public release