Title: Recently Edited Content Widget
Author: webdeveric
Published: <strong>Yanvar 21, 2014</strong>
Last modified: Dekabr 9, 2015

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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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# Recently Edited Content Widget

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/recently-edited-content-widget.0.3.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://uz.wordpress.org/plugins/recently-edited-content-widget/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://uz.wordpress.org/plugins/recently-edited-content-widget/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://uz.wordpress.org/plugins/recently-edited-content-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://uz.wordpress.org/plugins/recently-edited-content-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recently-edited-content-widget/)

## Description

This plugin provides a dashboard widget that lists recently edited content for quick
access.

Options (per user settings):

 * Number of items to show
 * Excerpt length – number of words (0 = hide)
 * Show only your edits
 * What post types to show
 * What post statuses to show

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * This dashboard widget shows you content that was edited recently and styles each
   item by status (draft, publish, etc).
 * [[
 * There are several configuration options available.

## Installation

 1. Upload `recently-edited-content-widget` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Go to dashboard and see for yourself.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Working just fine 4.8.5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/working-just-fine-4-8-5/)󠁿

 [conradish](https://profiles.wordpress.org/conradish/) Mart 10, 2018

Simple wee plugin does the trick nicely.

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### 󠀁[Very usefool widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-usefool-widget/)󠁿

 [kylar101](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kylar101/) Oktabr 26, 2016

Could be easier to use if there was an external settings page, and the ability to
split up the different categories into different widgets

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

### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-1209/)󠁿

 [lindholmfotografie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lindholmfotografie/) Oktabr
10, 2016

Does exactly what it’s meant to do. Nice & sleek.

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

### 󠀁[An awesome tool](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/an-awesome-tool/)󠁿

 [Frank Gomez](https://profiles.wordpress.org/frank6tg/) Sentabr 3, 2016

Improves my and my clients efficiency. A wonderful tool for large sites.

 [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recently-edited-content-widget/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Recently Edited Content Widget” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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

[Translate “Recently Edited Content Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recently-edited-content-widget)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 0.3.2

 * Verified compatibility with WordPress 4.4.

#### 0.3.1

 * Verified compatibility with WordPress 4.2.
 * Grunt workflow updates.

#### 0.3

 * Added a search box with autocomplete and ajax search results.

#### 0.2.14

 * Updated which post types and statuses are checked by default. It will now show
   public post types by default.
 * Minor style updates for configuration panel.

#### 0.2.13

 * Compatibility fixes for WordPress 3.0.

#### 0.2.12

 * Updated styles for WordPress versions older than 3.8.

#### 0.2.11

 * Updated layout and styles.
 * Updated empty featured image box styles to use a color from the user’s admin 
   color scheme.

#### 0.2.10

 * Updated styles.
 * Began using Grunt and SASS/Compass.
 * Added action links like what is on the edit posts screen.

#### 0.2.9

 * Fixed PHP warning when WP_DEBUG is true.

#### 0.2.8

 * Updated HTML input type number to have min and max attributes.

#### 0.2.7

 * Updated permissions check. The widget does not get added with `wp_add_dashboard_widget`
   unless the current user can `edit_posts` or `edit_others_posts`.
 * Minor updates so it works better in WP 3.5.

#### 0.2.6

 * Changed default value of «Only show my edits» to unchecked.

#### 0.2.5

 * Style update on configure panel.
 * Updated no content message for new sites without any new content.

#### 0.2.4

 * Updated no content message for when you have imported data, but haven’t made 
   any edits yet.

#### 0.2.3

 * Rewrote configuration options – new options, saved per user.
 * Updated CSS – added post status background images.

#### 0.1

 * Initial build of plugin. Nothing fancy.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.3.2**
 *  Last updated **10 yil ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.0**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recently-edited-content-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [dashboard](https://uz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard/)[dashboard widget](https://uz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard-widget/)
   [post types](https://uz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-types/)[widget](https://uz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://uz.wordpress.org/plugins/recently-edited-content-widget/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

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

## Support

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