Better Widgets Pack free WordPress plugin

Extend your site’s functionality with these six additional widgets. Author Profile This widget will only display on a post and will feature the post author name, gravatar and bio. Image Text Banner Create a banner with background image, text overlays, and optional button. Enter a heading, choose a heading style, choose an optional subheading and style, create a button with URL, and upload your image. This widget works well for banner images, like ads, in the sidebar as well as in full-width widget areas. MailChimp Form Add a subscription form to your sidebar or footer – a super effective way to build a mailing list. Recent Comments with Gravatars This displays comment authors’ gravatars next to an excerpt of their comment. You can select how many of the most recent comments to display, how many words to truncate the excerpts to, and select a style for the gravatar. Recent Posts Horizontal This widget is intended specifically for full-width widget areas. It will lay out the specified number of recent posts in a grid, according to the number of columns you select, across the full width of the page. Recent Posts Thumbnails This recent posts widget works better in the sidebar. It adds the thumbnail to the standard recent posts widget. Shortcode Widget Extend your widget possibilities by adding shortcode capabilities. This widget runs the standard text widget through the shortcode parser, allowing you to embed any content via shortcode.