=== Recent Posts: Widget and Shortcode ===
Contributors: getseofix
License: GPLv3
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
Tags: recent posts,related posts,posts shortcode
Requires at least: 3.1
Tested up to: 5.2.4
Stable tag: 1.0
Requires PHP: 5.6

Display related posts via widget and shortcode on posts, pages, or template with this SEO-friendly plugin.

== Description ==

### SHOW A LIST OF LATEST POSTS

You can show a list of latest posts in your blog with a few customizations in order to reduce bounce rate and get more pageviews.

#### SEO-friendly and lightweight code
This plugin contains lightweight code to be very fast to load, **SEO-friendly**, and it is developed to have full compatibility with WordPress 3.1 (2011) up to WordPress 5+ (2019), from PHP 5.6 up to PHP 7.3.

#### FEATURES:

* Show a simple list of the latest blogposts
* You can choose the number of posts and the style for the list.
* Lightweight code to quickly load the page and keep a good pagespeed score
* No cookies are set by this plugin to visitors
* Compatible with all resolutions: desktop, tablet and smartphones


#### HOW TO USE:
In order to display a list of latest posts using this plugin in your website, you have 2 easy options to have maximum flexibility.

**OPTION 1: Use a shortcode**

In order to display the output in your specific posts or pages use this code:

`[Recent_Posts title="custom-title"]`

or 

`[Recent_Posts]`


In order to display the output in your WordPress template use this code:
```
<?php echo do_shortcode( '[Recent_Posts title="custom-title"]' ); ?>
```

**OPTION 2: Use a widget**
Go to **Appearance** > **Widgets** and add **Recent_Posts** widget where you want to show it.


== Installation ==
In order to activate the plugin, just go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin and select the .zip file of this plugin.

Then click on activate and the plugin has been installed correctly.

### INSTALL FROM WITHIN WORDPRESS

1. Visit the plugins page within your dashboard and select ‘Add New’;
1. Search for ‘Recent_Posts - Widget and Shortcode’;

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= What is the list of recent posts? =

WordPress contains all the posts you publish, and by using this plugin, you can show the latest entries in a pre-formatted list to your users.

== Screenshots ==

1. Visual aspect
2. Settings
3. Widget

== Changelog ==

= 1.0 =
Release Date: November 15th, 2019