The Recent Posts With Featured Image Widget adds widget that displays the 3 most recent posts, with featured image, within any area.
Set number of posts to display in 'Recent Posts with Image widget.
Upload recent-posts-with-featured-image-widget to the wp-content plugins directory or upload the recent-posts-with-featured-image-widget zip file using the add new plugin feature within WordPress admin panel...
Activate the plugin through 'Plugins WordPress..
Add 'Recent Posts with Image widget to your desired widget area...
The widget settings are located in WordPress Theme Customizer.
You can reach Customize interface by going to your WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Customize...
There is no way to set the default 3 articles to any other number, like 1 or 2.
There's no way to enable or disable snippet from appearing, or to toggle the date, etc.
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