# Ultimate Posts Widget

> The ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:31 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `ultimate-posts-widget`
- Author: cl272
- Version: 2.3.2
- Active installs: 10,000+
- Last update: 2024-07-17 (2 years ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 6.6.11 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 3.5, PHP any
- Tags: custom post types, featured image, recent posts, sticky posts, widget
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-posts-widget/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- FLAG: Not updated in over a year (last update 2024-07-17).
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 6.6.11).
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2024-04-10 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 2.2.9). WF-fee47bb5-5af9-426c-8760-193276e046ea-3, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fee47bb5-5af9-426c-8760-193276e046ea?source=api-prod
- 2024-02-13 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.3.0). CVE-2024-0561, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d21209a7-efed-4526-8dd6-199e0fdf8657?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-27 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery on handle_installation function (up to 2.2.4). WF-ab7c8926-c762-49b1-bc97-4b7a2f4f97fc-3, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab7c8926-c762-49b1-bc97-4b7a2f4f97fc?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-27 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization on handle_installation function (up to 2.2.4). WF-cf7bdd0e-f3b3-4be5-8a30-2c6d9cb783a3-3, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cf7bdd0e-f3b3-4be5-8a30-2c6d9cb783a3?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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