{"id":11771,"date":"2011-01-15T20:06:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T20:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins-wp\/latest-news-widget\/"},"modified":"2011-01-30T16:50:07","modified_gmt":"2011-01-30T16:50:07","slug":"latest-news-widget","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/latest-news-widget\/","author":6618362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"1.0.1","stable_tag":"1.0.1","tested":"3.0.5","requires":"2.8.1","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":"","header_name":"Latest News Widget","header_author":"Taylor Lovett","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2011-01-30 16:50:07","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"http:\/\/www.taylorlovett.com","header_plugin_uri":"http:\/\/taylorlovett.com\/wordpress-plugins","header_author_uri":"http:\/\/www.taylorlovett.com","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":200,"downloads":23289,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":{"":"<p>For questions, feature requests, updates, and support concerning the Latest News Widget plugin, please visit:\nhttp:\/\/www.taylorlovett.com\/wordpress-plugins<\/p>"},"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0},"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["0.1","0.2","1.0","1.0.1"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[16684,39708,29016,39709,4964],"plugin_category":[],"plugin_contributors":[],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-11771","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-featured-posts-widget","plugin_tags-latest-news-widget","plugin_tags-latest-posts-widget","plugin_tags-new-posts-widget","plugin_tags-posts-widget","plugin_committers-tlovett1"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/latest-news-widget.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>Show latest posts from specific categories in your sidebar. 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