diff --git a/Block/Widget/Recent.php b/Block/Widget/Recent.php
index b3471b29..14b50f14 100755
--- a/Block/Widget/Recent.php
+++ b/Block/Widget/Recent.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Copyright © 2015-2017 Ihor Vansach (ihor@magefan.com). All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright © Magefan (support@magefan.com). All rights reserved.
  * See LICENSE.txt for license details (http://opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php).
  *
  * Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!
@@ -94,6 +94,24 @@ protected function _preparePostCollection()
         if ($category = $this->getCategory()) {
             $this->_postCollection->addCategoryFilter($category);
         }
+
+        if ($tagId = $this->getData('tag_id')) {
+            $this->_postCollection->addTagFilter($tagId);
+        }
+
+        if ($authorId = $this->getData('author_id')) {
+            $this->_postCollection->addAuthorFilter($authorId);
+        }
+
+        if ($from = $this->getData('from')) {
+            $this->_postCollection
+                ->addFieldToFilter('publish_time', array('gteq' => $from . " 00:00:00"));
+        }
+
+        if ($to = $this->getData('to')) {
+            $this->_postCollection
+                ->addFieldToFilter('publish_time', array('lteq' => $to . " 00:00:00"));
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Model/Config/Source/Tag.php b/Model/Config/Source/Tag.php
index f839f7cf..f924019f 100755
--- a/Model/Config/Source/Tag.php
+++ b/Model/Config/Source/Tag.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 namespace Magefan\Blog\Model\Config\Source;
 
 /**
- * Used in recent post widget
+ * Used in recent post widget & post edit page
  *
  */
 class Tag implements \Magento\Framework\Option\ArrayInterface
diff --git a/Model/Config/Source/WidgetTag.php b/Model/Config/Source/WidgetTag.php
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..abcb4291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Model/Config/Source/WidgetTag.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © 2016 Ihor Vansach (ihor@magefan.com). All rights reserved.
+ * See LICENSE.txt for license details (http://opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php).
+ *
+ * Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!
+ */
+
+namespace Magefan\Blog\Model\Config\Source;
+
+/**
+ * Used in recent post widget
+ *
+ */
+class WidgetTag extends Tag 
+{
+    /**
+     * Options getter
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toOptionArray()
+    {   
+        if ($this->options === null) {
+            parent::toOptionArray();
+            array_unshift($this->options, ['label' => __('Please select'), 'value' => 0]);
+        }
+
+        return $this->options;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/etc/widget.xml b/etc/widget.xml
index dc3b5144..de92ba05 100755
--- a/etc/widget.xml
+++ b/etc/widget.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <!--
 /**
- * Copyright © 2015-2017 Ihor Vansach (ihor@magefan.com). All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright © Magefan (support@magefan.com). All rights reserved.
  * See LICENSE.txt for license details (http://opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php).
  *
  * Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!
@@ -24,7 +24,23 @@
                 <label translate="true">Blog Category</label>
                 <description translate="true">Leave blank to display posts from all categories.</description>
             </parameter>
-            <parameter name="custom_template" xsi:type="text" visible="true" sort_order="40" >
+            <parameter name="tag_id" xsi:type="select" source_model="Magefan\Blog\Model\Config\Source\WidgetTag" visible="true" sort_order="40" >
+                <label translate="true">Blog Tag</label>
+                <description translate="true">Leave blank to display posts from all tags.</description>
+            </parameter>
+            <parameter name="author_id" xsi:type="select" source_model="Magefan\Blog\Model\Config\Source\Author" visible="true" sort_order="50" >
+                <label translate="true">Blog Author</label>
+                <description translate="true">Leave blank to display posts from all author.</description>
+            </parameter>
+            <parameter name="from" xsi:type="text" visible="true" sort_order="60" >
+                <label translate="true">Blog Publish Date From</label>
+                <description translate="true">Please use date format YYYY-MM-DD.</description>
+            </parameter>
+            <parameter name="to" xsi:type="text"  visible="true" sort_order="70" >
+                <label translate="true">Blog Publish Date To</label>
+                <description translate="true">Please use date format YYYY-MM-DD.</description>
+            </parameter>
+            <parameter name="custom_template" xsi:type="text" visible="true" sort_order="80" >
                 <label translate="true">Custom Template</label>
                 <description translate="true"><![CDATA[
                     Leave blank to use default template <em>Magefan_Blog::widget/recent.phtml</em>.<br/>
@@ -54,4 +70,4 @@
             </parameter>
         </parameters>
     </widget>
-</widgets>
\ No newline at end of file
+</widgets>