Golala Recent Posts

Golala Recent Posts is a lightweight WordPress plugin for displaying recent blog posts in clean, responsive card layouts anywhere on your website. Using the simple shortcode: [lightweight_recent_posts] you can add recent posts to pages, posts, Elementor layouts, templates or widget areas without writing custom code. The plugin includes a dedicated settings page where you can control how recent posts are displayed, including the number of posts, category, cards per row, image position, excerpt length, sorting order, and which post details are shown. Key features include:

• Simple recent-posts shortcode
• Elementor-friendly shortcode support
• Display posts from all categories or a selected category
• Choose the number of posts to display
• 1 to 4 cards per row
• Featured image position: top, left or right
• Show or hide thumbnails
• Show or hide excerpts
• Show or hide author names
• Show or hide publication dates
• Show or hide categories
• Show or hide Read More links
• Adjustable excerpt length
• Sort by date, title, last modified, comment count or random order
• Ascending or descending sorting
• Per-shortcode overrides for flexible placement
• Responsive card-based layout
• Lightweight frontend output
• No custom database tables
• No uploads or external calls
• Secure option sanitisation and escaped frontend output
• Golala Technology central licensing
• Protected product updates
• Manual Check for Updates Now
• Normal WordPress automatic-update controls
• Professional Golala Technology licence and status panel Golala Recent Posts is ideal for blogs, news websites, magazines, company websites and content-heavy WordPress sites that need a simple, flexible way to showcase recent content without relying on a bulky page-builder widget or custom development. It is especially useful for homepage sections, sidebar content areas, landing pages, category-focused sections and Elementor designs where you want full control over how recent posts are presented.