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WP Latest posts PRO changelog

Last update : 29 Jul 2025
Compatible with the latest Wordpress version and Stable release: 6.8

Version 4.7.0

  • Add Merged the free versions of WP Latest Posts into the WP Latest Posts Pro
  • Add Redesigned the plugin interface

Version 4.6.6

  • Fix Update PHP requirement
  • Fix PHP warning in Wordpress 6.7

Version 4.6.5

  • Fix Some PHP warnings

Version 4.6.4

  • Add Compatibility with WP Latest Posts version 5.0.3

Version 4.6.3

  • Add Possibility to display/hide in news blocks: post title, thumbnail, author, date, category, text in free version
  • Add Possibility to display/hide in news blocks: post title, thumbnail, author, date, category, text in pro version

Version 4.6.2

  • Add Tooltip text for configuration
  • Fix Auto update plugin

Version 4.6.1

  • Add Image ratio setting for Portfolio and Grid theme
  • Fix Masonry layout display

Version 4.6.0

  • Add New material horizontal theme
  • Add Plugin admin UI and text enhancement

Version 4.5.6

  • Fix Update hook for compatibility with WP Latest Post version 4.8.10

Version 4.5.5

  • Fix Smooth theme display on frontend

Version 4.5.4

  • Fix Load more posts

Version 4.5.3

  • Fix JoomUnited Updater compatible with WordPress 5.5

Version 4.5.2

  • Fix Saving auto animation setting does not apply

Version 4.5.1

  • Add Add the possibility to order content by last updated date
  • Add Possibility to display most popular custom posts

Version 4.5.0

  • Add New material vertical theme
  • Add Possibility to duplicate news block
  • Add Selection of material icon for the hover icon
  • Add Hexadecimal to rgba (add transparency) color selection
  • Add Improve setting style and texts in backend
  • Add Automatic testing for PHP versions, features...

Version 4.4.4

  • Add Move the max number of news loaded on the main config tab
  • Add Update portfolio style with box shadow
  • Add Automatically activate background color when clicking on it
  • Add Better default image when no image is loaded
  • Add Change radio buttons to switcher on theme settings
  • Fix Center information on time line theme
  • Fix Update some description text

Version 4.4.3

  • Add Gutenberg block with latest news preview on admin
  • Add Display the count of news content that will be loaded
  • Add Direct link to the News post in Gutenberg
  • Add Quick shortcode copy on new block list
  • Add Move the publication status to the block configuration

Version 4.4.2

  • Fix ACF plugin compatibility

Version 4.4.1

  • Add WordPress 5.0 compatibility

Version 4.4.0

  • Add New UX for Blocks and Configuration
  • Add Settings UX with AJAX search engine
  • Add Hide settings when not related to the theme selected
  • Add Plugin installer with quick configuration
  • Add Environment checker on install (PHP Version, PHP Extensions, Apache Modules)
  • Add System Check menu to notify of server configuration problems after install

Version 4.3.2

  • Fix Enhance code readability and performance with phpcs

Version 4.3.1

  • Fix Fix load more feature with multilanguage plugin

Version 4.3.0

  • Add Option to load post content using OR and AND option
  • Add Possibility to list as content source, the WordPress post categories

Version 4.2.4

  • Fix Javascript when using the Smooth Hover theme
  • Fix Image stretched to fit this size even if the setting is set to off

Version 4.2.3

  • Fix Disable touch slide on flexslider
  • Fix Align element in Category Grid && Masonry theme

Version 4.2.2

  • Fix Element margin on Portfolio themes

Version 4.2.1

  • Add Using PHPCS to make standard definitions

Version 4.2.0

  • Add Polylang integration: filter news in content by Polylang language

Version 4.1.1

  • Fix Get lists custom post type on multisite
  • Fix Inline-css with multi block

Version 4.1.0

  • Add WPML integration: filter news block content by language

Version 4.0.1

  • Fix PHP error with inline css when insert two blocks

Version 4.0.0

  • Add Change the default theme HTML structure from table to div
  • Add Remove the old news generation framework (optimization)
  • Add Add the between date range possibility as a filter
  • Add Option to open news links in a new window

Version 3.9.5

  • Fix Update the updater for WordPress 4.8

Version 3.9.4

  • Add Add translation tool to configuration

Version 3.9.3

  • Fix Display image background of masonry theme

Version 3.9.2

  • Fix AJAX dynamic custom post selection display

Version 3.9.1

  • Fix Fix get all sites

Version 3.9.0

  • Add Multisite feature: an option to call content from latest post from all sites within the network

Version 3.8.5

  • Fix Convert from .css.php to .css, security fix

Version 3.8.4

  • Fix Handle name to avoid load a js file multiple and some effect of theme

Version 3.8.3

  • Fix Only the last widget is loaded

Version 3.8.2

  • Fix Transition effects are not applied

Version 3.8.1

  • Fix Conflict issues with minify plugin

Version 3.8.0

  • Fix Convert from .js.php to .js, security fix
  • Fix New updater to be compatible with WordPress 4.6
  • Add Add the possibility to add a custom hover icon on Grid and Category Grid themes

Version 3.7.2

  • Fix Fix warning when install on PHP 7

Version 3.7.1

  • Add Add a an option to add a Load more button on Grid themes

Version 3.7.0

  • Add Material design for admin
  • Add New image and date selector

Version 3.6.0

  • Add Possibility to load Advanced custom fields (ACF) field groups and fields
  • Add Display content from the last x hour, x days, x months, x years

Version 3.5.3

  • Add WordPress standard language files .po/.mo and add french translation

Version 3.5.2

  • Fix Fix news blocks not displayed when source is pages or custom posts
  • Add Add RTL content support

Version 3.5.1

  • Fix Fix addon plugin updater

Version 3.5.0

  • Add Order post randomly
  • Add Offset parameter
  • Add Codemirror for custom CSS edition

Version 3.4.0

  • Add PHP shortcode generation to insert latest news blocks in themes
  • Add Color picker for themes
  • Add Disable background for portfolio theme
  • Add Date format help link

Version 3.3.0

  • Add Update default theme and archive the old one
  • Fix Fix line cropping height

Version 3.2.1

  • Fix News image size selection does not load the proper size

Version 3.2.0

  • Add New portfolio theme
  • Add Flexslider 2.5 update for default and smooth hover theme
  • Add Masonry script upgrade
  • Add New image size selection on default theme based on WordPress sizes, thumbnail, normal, large
  • Add Background theme parameter
  • Fix CSS crop and heigh calculation conflict
  • Fix CSS on default theme with Bootstrap WordPress themes
  • Fix Warning display on default theme

Version 3.1.0

  • Add Multiple settings in animation block
  • Add Wordpress 4.3 compatibility

Version 3.0.7

  • Add Enable Crop text in grid theme

Version 3.0.6

  • Add List in Pages filter

Version 3.0.5

  • Add After/before date created filter
  • Add Page selection as content source
  • Fix Order filter Add Custom CSS Field

Version 3.0.4

  • Add Change default image with new logo in editor on Latest posts insertion

Version 3.0.3

  • Fix Remove filter text field JS issue (admin)

Version 3.0.2

  • Fix Category display fix

Version 3.0.1

  • Fix Custom Taxonomies and Terms of CPT

Version 3.0.0

  • Add Custom Post Type core include

Version 2.0.8

  • Fix Create a free version on the plugin directory with new slide script

Version 2.0.7

  • Fix Closing div
  • Fix wp-latest-posts-pro-addon become wp-latest-posts-addon

Version 2.0.6

  • Fix Remove hard coded call

Version 2.0.5

  • Add Tag Source selection, select a WordPress particular tagged content

Version 2.0.4

  • Add Add source tag selection
  • Fix Debug SmoothHover theme loader
  • Fix Fix Category Query POST

Version 2.0.3

  • Fix Refund the source type image (first image work now!)

Version 2.0.2

  • Add Add a div close to fix display on some themes

Version 2.0.1

  • Add Flex slider script integration into default theme

Version 2.0.0

  • Add Category grid theme
  • Add Grid theme
  • Add Smooth hover slider
  • Add Time line theme
  • Add Theme color chooser
  • Add Vector default image
  • Fix Image source selection
  • Fix Remove all themes from Wordpress Frontpage news
  • Fix Javascript and css compatibility with popular WordPress theme providers

Version 1.0.2

  • Add New installer with PHP 5.2 avoid warning during install 
  • Fix CSS problem with twenty fourteen theme

Version 1.0.1

  • Add WP 3.9 compatibility
  • Add New editor button

Version 1.0.0

  • Add 4 responsive themes
  • Add Backend design kit
  • Add Block titles from H2 to H3
  • Add AJAX content move enhancement, possibility to move one element from one place to another
  • Fix Move the About tab from instance to left menu
  • Fix Language string

Version 0.2.4

  • Fix Fixed bug limiting number of blocks to choose from in the widget admin

Version 0.2.3

  • Fix Bug in the admin drag and drop area

Version 0.2.2

  • Add "About" tab with links to official support site
  • Add WP 3.7 and 3.7.1 full compatibility
  • Add Added links to the now available "pro add-on"
  • Fix Small CSS improvements
  • Fix Small performance improvements in the admin
  • Fix Small text improvements
  • Fix Improved readme page with video tutorial and many more screenshots

Version 0.2.1

  • Add Default right and bottom 4px image margins
  • Add Choice of first image or first post attachment
  • Add Drag-and drop containers in the widget display admin now grow in height as items are added
  • Fix Compatible with pro add-on v.0.2.0
  • Fix Image margin

Version 0.2.0

  • Add Widget title can now be displayed at your choice
  • Add Sidebar widgets now seamlessly integrate with your theme's widget styling
  • Add Stylesheet compatibility optimized with WP 3.6 Twentythirteen theme by default
  • Add Admin screenshot has been made to comply with actual output
  • Add Better icons in the admin interface
  • Add Simplified settings, now completely usable out-of-the-box
  • Add Default image now included and pre-configured for perfect output even with articles without images
  • Fix Now retro-compatible up to WP 3.2 at least

Version 0.1.0

  • Add Initial release, free and pro version

Version 5.0.11 (Free plugin)

  • Add Admin notice about merging the free version of WP Latest Posts into the Pro version

Version 5.0.10 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Switch to using the minified JS file

Version 5.0.9 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Open link in new window
  • Fix Some issue in multisite

Version 5.0.8 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Security: sanitize user input data

Version 5.0.7 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Update the message of the PHP version checker in the system check

Version 5.0.6 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Error in the plugin feedback

Version 5.0.5 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Error with Avada theme in some case

Version 5.0.4 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Some PHP warnings

Version 5.0.3 (Free plugin)

  • Add WP Latest Posts module for WPBakery page builder
  • Add WP Latest Posts module for Avada page builder
  • Add Possibility to select which content item to add link

Version 5.0.2 (Free plugin)

  • Add Compatibility with WP Latest Posts addon feature: news item content selection for all themes

Version 5.0.1 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Mobile responsive for the Default theme
  • Fix Disable touch not working on Default theme
  • Fix Incorrect post sort on mobile for the Default theme

Version 5.0.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add WP Latest Posts module for Divi page builder
  • Add WP Latest Posts widget for Elementor page builder
  • Add Option to enable or disable auto scroll in free version
  • Add Add tooltip text for configuration
  • Fix Return the wrong number on custom posts in case of using WPML

Version 4.9.2 (Free plugin)

  • Add Move the number of news, news cols and news per page in the content source view
  • Add Implement the new placeholder of news block on Elementor

Version 4.9.1 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Text align issue on default theme

Version 4.9.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Default theme design enhancement and frontend swipe.js update
  • Add Options to design navigation arrows
  • Add News block loading effect on scroll
  • Add Plugin admin UI and text enhancement: dates, news source count
  • Add Update JU translation tool with autosaving and instant installation of translation
  • Add Different post IDs on sma page news blocks for accessibility purpose
  • Fix Some style issues

Version 4.8.10 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Widget not work on Elementor builder
  • Fix Update the hook wplp_src_category_args to support sort by custom field in addon better

Version 4.8.9 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Install formal language in the plugin translation tool

Version 4.8.8 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Choose icon for overlay image
  • Fix Color picker

Version 4.8.7 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Render default theme on frontend

Version 4.8.6 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Warning PHP on frontend

Version 4.8.5 (Free plugin)

  • Fix WordPress 5.6 compatibility

Version 4.8.4 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Date format conflict with Another WordPress Classifieds Plugin
  • Fix Load more posts

Version 4.8.3 (Free plugin)

  • Fix First image is not detected from WPBakery Single Image module

Version 4.8.2 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Blank page with multiple shortcodes
  • Fix Add default option for widget

Version 4.8.1 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Conflict with Elementor tabs, Divi tabs

Version 4.8.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Add the possibility to display the most popular posts

Version 4.7.1 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Translation sharing issue in some browsers

Version 4.7.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Possibility to duplicate news block
  • Add Selection of material icon for the hover icon
  • Add Hexadecimal to rgba (add transparency) color selection
  • Add Improve setting style and texts in backend
  • Add Automatic testing for PHP versions, features...
  • Add Material vertical theme compatibility for Pro Addon

Version 4.6.4 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Show/Hide icon on default theme mouse hover
  • Fix Mouse hover icon on gutenberg block preview

Version 4.6.3 (Free plugin)

  • Add Refresh button on Gutenberg WP Latest Posts block
  • Add Move the max number of news loaded on the main config tab
  • Add Automatically activate theme background on click
  • Add Better default image when no image is found
  • Add Change some radio buttons to switcher on theme settings
  • Fix Icon missing on default theme when user isn't connected
  • Fix Update some description text

Version 4.6.2 (Free plugin)

  • Add Material fonts missing

Version 4.6.1 (Free plugin)

  • Add Add Opt In feedback on plugin first disabling & review message

Version 4.6.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Gutenberg block with latest news preview on admin
  • Add Display the count of news content that will be loaded
  • Add Direct link to the News post
  • Add Quick shortcode copy on new block list
  • Add Move the publication status to the block configuration

Version 4.5.8 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Sort by title & date on WP multi-site

Version 4.5.7 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Jutranslation url
  • Fix Conflict with WPML plugin
  • Fix Sort on multiple site

Version 4.5.6 (Free plugin)

  • Fix List categories in block settings on WP multiple site
  • Fix List pages in block settings on multiple site

Version 4.5.5 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Compatibility with ACF plugin
  • Fix Saving some settings does not apply

Version 4.5.4 (Free plugin)

  • Add Gutenberg block to load and search news blocks

Version 4.5.3 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Notice closed for a month
  • Add WordPress 5.0 compatibility

Version 4.5.2 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Update new item in the settings

Version 4.5.1 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Display news block list
  • Fix Blank screen while updating news block

Version 4.5.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add New UX for Blocks and Configuration
  • Add Settings UX with AJAX search engine
  • Add Hide settings when not related to the theme selected
  • Add Plugin installer with quick configuration
  • Add Environment checker on install (PHP Version, PHP Extensions, Apache Modules)
  • Add System Check menu to notify of server configuration problems after install
  • Add Add actions and filters for developers

Version 4.4.2 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Display excerpt content in multisite
  • Fix Enhance code readability and performance with phpcs

Version 4.4.1 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Sharing translations

Version 4.4.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Progressive loading in default theme, performance optimization
  • Add Setting to define arrows color and arrows hover color
  • Add Overlay color on image mouse hover
  • Add Read more button design option

Version 4.3.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Add the possibility to list as content source, the WordPress post categories

Version 4.2.4 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Put the PRO notifications under the content management
  • Fix Image stretched to fit this size even if the setting is set to off

Version 4.2.3 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Disable touch slide on flexslider
  • Fix Disable Crop Text option when using Category Grid theme

Version 4.2.2 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Conflict with Divi Builder and Virtue theme
  • Fix Change display image method from ImageFull to Thumbnail

Version 4.2.1 (Free plugin)

  • Add Using PHPCS to make standard definitions

Version 4.2.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Polylang integration: filter news content by language

Version 4.1.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add WPML integration: filter news block content by language

Version 4.0.4 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Crop text of title and text by default

Version 4.0.3 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Get full content and crop text
  • Fix Get post excerpt

Version 4.0.2 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Prefix on custom CSS not applied

Version 4.0.1 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Php error on update
  • Fix Frontend notice when no image size is set

Version 4.0.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Change the default theme HTML structure from table to div
  • Add Remove the old news generation framework (optimization)
  • Add Add the between date range possibility as a filter
  • Add Option to open news links in a new window

Version 3.9.6 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Force CSS margin on UL element to avoid conflict with themes

Version 3.9.5 (Free plugin)

  • Add Builtin translation tool

Version 3.9.4 (Free plugin)

  • Fix PHP warning for multisite

Version 3.9.3 (Free plugin)

  • Fix News order by date for multisite
  • Fix Conflict with SEO Ultimate plugin and bootstrap theme

Version 3.9.2 (Free plugin)

  • Fix AJAX dynamic custom post selection display

Version 3.9.1 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Get all sites

Version 3.9.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Multisite feature: an option to call content from latest post from all sites within the network

Version 3.8.5 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Convert from .css.php to .css, security fix
  • Fix Set grey color by default for background in portfolio theme

Version 3.8.4 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Handle name to avoid load a js file multiple and some effect of theme

Version 3.8.3 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Only the last widget is loaded

Version 3.8.2 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Transition effects are not applied

Version 3.8.1 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Conflict issues with minify plugin

Version 3.8.0 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Convert from .js.php to .js, security fix
  • Fix Remove old default theme and fallback to new one
  • Fix Issue in case of 2+ news block with 'load more' feature activated

Version 3.7.5 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Possible XSS vulnerability

Version 3.7.4 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Display custom post type
  • Add WordPress 4.6 compatibility

Version 3.7.3 (Free plugin)

  • Fix PHP 7 Warning
  • Fix Load more button style on some theme

Version 3.7.2 (Free plugin)

  • Add Add a an option to add a 'load more' button

Version 3.7.1 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Layout of the tooltip to insert news block in content and default logo

Version 3.7.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Material design for admin
  • Add New image and date selector

Version 3.6.1 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Fatal error on front-end, free version

Version 3.6.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Add option to display the post category
  • Add Add an option to display a message when there's no post found
  • Add Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) full integration - PRO version
  • Add Load posts from latest: hours, days, months, years - PRO version

Version 3.5.4 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Update wrong span class
  • Fix Empty span tag

Version 3.5.3 (Free plugin)

  • Add WordPress standard language files .po/.mo and add french translation

Version 3.5.2 (Free plugin)

  • Fix News blocks not displayed when source is pages or custom posts
  • Add Add RTL content support

Version 3.5.1 (Free plugin)

  • Add Add loader when admin interface loading
  • Add Add option for image's position on default theme: center, left, right
  • Fix Error 500 when select custom post with all taxonomies
  • Fix Issue 'all post categories' selection not working
  • Fix Navigation dots moving on slider
  • Fix Option feature image in image source doesn't work
  • Fix Responsive issue for flexslider
  • Fix Apply hook the_title before display title

Version 3.5.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Order post randomly
  • Add Offset parameter
  • Add Codemirror for custom CSS edition

Version 3.4.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add PHP shortcode generation to insert latest news blocks in themes

Version 3.3.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add New default theme

Version 3.2.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add New portfolio theme

Version 3.1.4 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Notice PHP message

Version 3.1.3 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Notice PHP message

Version 3.1.2 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Enqueue style and script (Fusion Page Builder compatibility)

Version 3.1.1 (Free plugin)

  • Add Best Way to enqueue style (header) and script (footer)

Version 3.1.0 (Free plugin)

  • Add Add multiple settings in animation block

Version 3.0.9 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Add htmlentities in 'alt' attribute

Version 3.0.8 (Free plugin)

  • Add Add 'Post content' or 'Excerpt content' settings in advanced tabs

Version 3.0.7 (Free plugin)

  • Add Enable Crop text in grid theme

Version 3.0.6 (Free plugin)

  • Add Add list in Pages filter

Version 3.0.5 (Free plugin)

  • Add After/before date created filter
  • Add Add Custom CSS Field
  • Fix Order filter Add Custom CSS Field

Version 3.0.4 (Free plugin)

  • Add Change default image with new logo in editor on Latest posts insertion

Version 3.0.3 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Remove filter text field JS issue (admin)

Version 3.0.2 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Category display fix

Version 3.0.1 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Custom Taxonomies and Terms of CPT

Version 2.0.9 (Free plugin)

  • Fix Remove Uniform CSS and fix JS bug with WordPress 4.1