Title: Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner
Author: jottlieb
Published: Kevardhu 19, 2007
Last modified: Kevardhu 9, 2024
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# Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner
By [jottlieb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jottlieb/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/last-viewed-posts.1.0.2.zip)
* [Details](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/last-viewed-posts/#description)
* [Reviews](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/last-viewed-posts/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/last-viewed-posts/#installation)
* [Development](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/last-viewed-posts/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/last-viewed-posts/)
## Description
Installing this will allow you to use a widget or template tag to show your site’s
visitors a personalized list of posts and pages they have viewed.
The list of posts is saved in each visitor’s web browser, so even if you get millions
of visitors a month it won’t affect the performance of your website.
Note: It doesn’t store a global list of recently viewed posts by all users. Nothing
is stored in your site’s database. Every visitor has a custom lists of posts and
pages they have viewed.
If JavaScript is disabled or no single post has been clicked, no output will be
displayed.
The plugin comes with a widget and a template tag.
This plugin has been adopted and maintained by [WPBeginner](http://www.wpbeginner.com)
#### What’s Next?
To learn more about WordPress, you can visit [WPBeginner](https://www.wpbeginner.com/)
for tutorials on topics like:
* [WordPress Speed and Performance](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-performance-speed/)
* [WordPress Security](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-security/)
* [WordPress SEO](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-seo/)
…and many more [WordPress tutorials](http://www.wpbeginner.com/category/wp-tutorials/).
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Visit [WPBeginner](http://www.wpbeginner.com/) to learn from our [WordPress Tutorials](http://www.wpbeginner.com/category/wp-tutorials/)
and find out about other [best WordPress plugins](http://www.wpbeginner.com/category/plugins/).
## Installation
Viewed posts are always tracked as long as the plugin is active and the visitor
has enabled JavaScript and local storage.
1. Install Last Viewed Posts by uploading the `last-viewed-posts` directory to the`/
wp-content/plugins/` directory. (See instructions on [how to install a WordPress plugin](https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/step-by-step-guide-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin-for-beginners/).)
2. Activate Last Viewed Posts through the `Plugins` menu in WordPress.
To display the list, you can use the widget that comes with the plugin, or use the
following code and place it anywhere you want to outside the loop, e.g. sidebar.
php :
```
Last viewed posts
```
## Reviews
### [No settings whatsoever makes this useless unfortunately](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-settings-whatsoever-makes-this-useless-unfortunately/)
[zonkeroo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zonkeroo/) Mis-Genver 4, 2025
This appears to be the only widget to show an end user the last post they viewed.
My site is a WIKI type of site and users may get lost so this would be extremely
helpful.It works – BUT:You cannot adjust the large heading or indentation in the
sidebar – I can sort of live with that – BUT – Worst is you cannot set a post limit.
The list of last viewed posts goes on forever. It seems like such an obvious setting
to add, it boggles the mind that they left it out. Ruins the widget. Can’t live
with this fail.
### [Broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-629/)
[JJNW](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jjnw/) Mis-Genver 2, 2020
Several issues with this plugin. Great idea, but too many errors: preg_replace():
The /e modifier is no longer supported, use preg_replace_callback instead in last_viewed_posts.
php on line 64, or like Cannot modify header information – headers already sent
by last_viewed_posts.php on line 87, etc.
[ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/last-viewed-posts/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ jottlieb ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jottlieb/)
* [ Noumaan Yaqoob ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/noumaan/)
* [ Syed Balkhi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/)
* [ Andrei Surdu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/_smartik_/)
“Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to
[the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/last-viewed-posts/contributors)
for their contributions.
[Translate “Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/last-viewed-posts)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/last-viewed-posts/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/last-viewed-posts/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/last-viewed-posts/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/last-viewed-posts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.0.2
* Remove the legacy cookie based code.
* Test on WordPress 6.7.1.
#### 1.0.1
* Fix for legacy widget settings.
#### 1.0.0
* Complete rewrite to use JavaScript rather than cookies to store custom posts.
* Updated list of supported WordPress versions.
* Improved performance for sites with a large number of visitors.
#### 0.7.3
* Updated Readme.txt.
* Checked compatibility with WordPress 5.1.1.
* Miscellaneous updates.
#### 0.7.2
* Plugin maintenance update.
#### 0.7.1
* Post/Page ID values in cookie are sanitized for output. Upgrade is recommend
for more security.
#### 0.7
* Pages can now be recognized (optional).
* Custom Loop is no longer used. Now we make a database query to get the post title.
## Meta
* Version **1.0.2**
* Last updated **1 year ago**
* Active installations **500+**
* WordPress version ** 4.9 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.7.5**
* PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
* Languages
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/last-viewed-posts/) and [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/last-viewed-posts/).
* [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/last-viewed-posts)
* Tag
* [recently viewed posts](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recently-viewed-posts/)
* [Advanced View](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/last-viewed-posts/advanced/)
## Ratings
2.3 out of 5 stars.
* [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/last-viewed-posts/reviews/?filter=5)
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* [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/last-viewed-posts/reviews/?filter=1)
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## Contributors
* [ jottlieb ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jottlieb/)
* [ Noumaan Yaqoob ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/noumaan/)
* [ Syed Balkhi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/)
* [ Andrei Surdu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/_smartik_/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/last-viewed-posts/)