Display Last Posts on Menu Item

Description

This plugin allows you to dynamically update a specific menu item with the latest posts, ensuring your site menu always stays current with your most recent content.

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/display-last-posts-on-menu-item directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the โ€˜Pluginsโ€™ screen in WordPress.
  3. Find the plugin settings under the โ€˜Display Last Posts on Menu Itemโ€™ menu in the WordPress admin dashboard.

FAQ

How do I use this plugin?

1 Select Configuration:
– Go to the โ€˜Display Last Posts on Menu Itemโ€™ settings page in the WordPress admin dashboard.
– Select the menu, menu item, and the number of posts you want to display.
– Click the โ€˜Update Configurationโ€™ button to save your settings.

2 Manual Update:
– Click the โ€˜Update Menu with Latest Postsโ€™ button.
– This will trigger the plugin to remove any existing items in the specified menu item and add the most recent posts according to your configuration.

3 Schedule Operation:
– Set Start Timestamp and Repeat periodicity.
– This will create a scheduled task that will update the menu.

Can I schedule the plugin to automatically trigger menu updates at a certain time with some periodicity?

Yes, this is currently possible.

Reviews

โ„๏ธ1๏ธโƒฃ 27, 2025 1 reply
Thank you for your plugin. it does what it says , and what i needed.It will be great when you will be hooked at save_post and the list will update on its own. Keep on the good work. The 1.1.1 update adds a cron task. thank you.
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Contributors & Developers

“Display Last Posts on Menu Item” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

1.1.4

  • Fix: Fixed checkbox persistence view issue on admin page.

1.1.3

  • Tested up to WordPress 6.8

1.1.2

  • Fix: replaced date() with gmdate() to ensure correct UTC time handling

1.1.1

  • Initial release.