[Support request] Thumbnail on Recent Posts Widget

[Amit]

I want to show thumbnail on recent posts widget on right side bar. How can I do this?

[Leo]

Hi there,

This plugin is good:
https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/

We’ve used it from time to time in our site library templates.

[Amit]

When I use the plugin it just increased the load time of my website.

Is there any way to do that manually or with a code??

[Leo]

You’d need a custom solution unfortunately.

Code is code – a custom solution would add load time to your site as well.

[David]

Which other plugins have you tried?
This for example:

https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails/

[Amit]

1.Recent posts widget with thumbnail, 2.Recent posts widget extended.

Specially the first one is the worst plugin I have ever seen. It always adds 2 to 3 secends in load time.

[David]

Can you add the second plugin so i can see what the delay is related to ?

[Amit]

I have added the 2nd plugin. You can see that in right sidebar with the tittle “Recent Posts”.

Have a look https://www.adisikha.com/blog

[David]

Any related post query made to the server is going to impact performance and there isn’t anything the theme does in regards to how long your server takes to complete the request. The only solution i am aware of is Biblio related posts which does all the work on their own server and loads the content after page load – but there is a limit to the free option.

Overall you could do with optimizing the site as a single post is making a lot of requests. These tips may help with that:

https://generatepress.com/fastest-wordpress-theme/

[Amit]

Is there any code or CSS which I can use to show thumbnail with the default WordPress Recent Posts widget??

If yes please let me know.

[Leo]

Unfortunately not.

We would’ve provided the code if it’s available.

You could try checking with WordPress’ support as it’s their widget.

[Author]

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