Title: RecentNews ShortCode
Author: alexstocker
Published: <strong>Maret 17, 2017</strong>
Last modified: Maret 25, 2017

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
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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# RecentNews ShortCode

 By [alexstocker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexstocker/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/recentnews-shortcode.zip)

 * [Details](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/recentnews-shortcode/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/recentnews-shortcode/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/recentnews-shortcode/#installation)
 * [Development](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/recentnews-shortcode/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recentnews-shortcode/)

## Description

RecentNews adds a shortcode [recentnews /] and a button to the editor

A few notes to this plugin:

 * Shortcode with default count/number of posts Example: [recentnews /]
 * Shortcode with custom count/number of posts Example: [recentnews count=10 /]

## Screenshots

[⌊Insert Shortcode⌉⌊Insert Shortcode⌉[

Insert Shortcode

[⌊How many items to show⌉⌊How many items to show⌉[

How many items to show

[⌊Working sample⌉⌊Working sample⌉[

Working sample

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Extract and Upload `recentnews.zip` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory or 
    just use Plugin upload backend function
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Set default count of posts to display
 4. Add shortcode to a post

## FAQ

NONE

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Initial Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/initial-reviews/)󠁿

 [alexstocker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexstocker/) Maret 25, 2017

Tested on some different hosts with several wp instances. Works well.

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recentnews-shortcode/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“RecentNews ShortCode” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ alexstocker ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexstocker/)

[Translate “RecentNews ShortCode” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recentnews-shortcode)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/recentnews-shortcode/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/recentnews-shortcode/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/recentnews-shortcode/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/recentnews-shortcode/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

1.0.2

 * Replaced button icon
 * Exclude current post from list

1.0.1

 * Changed headline tag from span to h4
 * Added some styling stuff

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.2**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recentnews-shortcode/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/recentnews-shortcode/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recentnews-shortcode/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recentnews-shortcode/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recentnews-shortcode/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recentnews-shortcode/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recentnews-shortcode/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recentnews-shortcode/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

 *   [ alexstocker ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexstocker/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recentnews-shortcode/)