Title: Truncate Recent Posts Titles
Author: pmclain
Published: <strong>27, Payares de 2015</strong>
Last modified: 30, Payares de 2016

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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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# Truncate Recent Posts Titles

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pm-truncated-recent-posts.zip)

 * [Details](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/pm-truncated-recent-posts/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/pm-truncated-recent-posts/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/pm-truncated-recent-posts/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/pm-truncated-recent-posts/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pm-truncated-recent-posts/)

## Description

Maintain layout formatting when post titles are too long. Plugin allows admin to
set maximum title characters and define truncation padding.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Widget Options
 * [[
 * Example Frontend Output

## Installation

 1. Upload `pm-recent-posts.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the \’Plugins\’ menu in WordPress
 3. Add widget to sidebar and define options

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[AMAZING!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-746/)󠁿

 [lesquealer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lesquealer/) 26, Ochobre de 2016

Thanks so much for this plugin!!! I tried so many examples but none worked until
this! Can’t thank you enough for your work.

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### 󠀁[THANK YOU FOR THIS!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-for-this-10/)󠁿

 [Simeon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/simeoncn/) 3, Setiembre de 2016 1 reply

Such a simple thing, but seems your the ONLY ONE who’s answering the need! This 
works well, no issues here, and I’m very grateful to have this because it keeps 
my sidebar neat by preventing long post titles from wrapping onto a 2nd line! Bravo!

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## Contributors & Developers

“Truncate Recent Posts Titles” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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

[Translate “Truncate Recent Posts Titles” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pm-truncated-recent-posts)

### Interested in development?

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

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **9 años ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.7.33**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pm-truncated-recent-posts/)
 * Tags
 * [recent posts widget](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recent-posts-widget/)
   [truncate](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/truncate/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/pm-truncated-recent-posts/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pm-truncated-recent-posts/reviews/?filter=5)
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[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pm-truncated-recent-posts/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

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

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pm-truncated-recent-posts/)