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✒️ Recent posts
This plugin displays recent articles from a specified and supported external source.
Supported features → Full specification	📗 Classic template 📒 Markdown template 📘 Repository template
	👤 Users 👥 Organizations 📓 Repositories
	No tokens are required for this plugin
Latest posts width description and cover image Latest posts

➡️ Available options

Option	Description
plugin_posts	Enable posts plugin
type: boolean default: no
plugin_posts_source	External source dev.to: dev.to hashnode: hashnode.com
type: string allowed values: dev.to hashnode
plugin_posts_user	External source username
⏯️ Cannot be preset type: string default: → User login
plugin_posts_descriptions	Posts descriptions
type: boolean default: no
plugin_posts_covers	Posts cover images
type: boolean default: no
plugin_posts_limit	Display limit
type: number (1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 30) default: 4

ℹ️ Examples workflows

name: Recent posts
uses: lowlighter/metrics@latest
with:
  filename: metrics.plugin.posts.svg
  token: NOT_NEEDED
  base: ""
  plugin_posts: yes
  plugin_posts_source: dev.to

name: Recent posts with descriptions and cover images
uses: lowlighter/metrics@latest
with:
  filename: metrics.plugin.posts.full.svg
  token: NOT_NEEDED
  base: ""
  plugin_posts: yes
  plugin_posts_source: dev.to
  plugin_posts_limit: 2
  plugin_posts_descriptions: yes
  plugin_posts_covers: yes