Title: Edit recent posts widget
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Edit recent posts widget

 *  [peterdreyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterdreyer/)
 * (@peterdreyer)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-recent-posts-widget/)
 * Is there a (simple) way to edit the _recent posts widget_ to display not just
   post titles but also first x characters (or lines) of each listed post?
 * Thanks,
 * Peter

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 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-recent-posts-widget/#post-2285492)
 * There are a number of ‘recent posts’ plugins. One of them might work for you.
   Here are a couple:
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yd-recent-posts-widget/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yd-recent-posts-widget/)
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recent-posts/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recent-posts/)
 *  Thread Starter [peterdreyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterdreyer/)
 * (@peterdreyer)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-recent-posts-widget/#post-2285623)
 * Thanks a lot, the yd-recent-posts widget did the job!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [peterdreyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterdreyer/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-recent-posts-widget/#post-2285623)
 * Status: not resolved

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