=== Custom Recent Posts Widget ===
Contributors: prasannasp 
Donate link: http://www.prasannasp.net/
License: GPLv3
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Tags: recent posts, category, categories, widget, post list, exclude, include
Requires at least: 3.2.1
Tested up to: 3.4.1
Stable tag: 1.1

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.

You can see the working example of this plugin on Kennneth John Odle's <a href="http://blog.kjodle.net/">blog</a>. See these widgets in sidebar,

<ul>
<li><a href="http://blog.kjodle.net/#custom-recent-posts-2">WordPress Tutorials</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.kjodle.net/#custom-recent-posts-3">WordPress Plugin Tutorials</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.kjodle.net/#custom-recent-posts-4">Graphene Tutorials</a></li>
</ul>

Visit <a href="http://www.prasannasp.net/custom-recent-posts-widget">plugin page</a> or check out on <a href="https://github.com/prasannasp/customa-recent-posts-widget">GitHub repository</a>.

<strong>Get in touch:</strong><br />
<ul>
<li>Visit <a href="http://www.prasannasp.net/blog">developer's blog</a> for news and updates.</li>
<li>Follow his <a href="http://github.com/prasannasp">GitHub repositories</a> for codes and goodies.</li>
<li>Follow him on <a href="http://twitter.com/prasannasp">twitter</a>.</li>
</ul>

A special thanks to <a href="http://blog.kjodle.net/">Ken</a> and <a href="http://www.joshlobe.com">Josh</a> for testing the code.

== 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. Custom Recent Post Widget
2. 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
3. Custom Recent Post Widget showing a list of 6 recent posts from the category 'Wordpress'
4. Custom Recent Post Widget in Kennneth John Odle's blog

== Changelog ==

= 1.0 =

* Initial public release

= 1.1 =
* Changed class names
* Updated style sheet
* Using `crpw_register_widgets` function to register the widget
* Added another screen shot

== Upgrade Notice ==
*No Upgrade Notice so far.