Yeah….I really like this plugin but this ‘Permalink to’ text is unnecessary and a bit odd.
You’ll have to edit the plugin to get rid of this. Go to the plugin editor in WP, use the drop-down to select the plugin.
Go to Includes > functions.php and on line 170, you’ll find this:
$html .= '<h3 class="rpwe-title"><a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" title="' . sprintf( esc_attr__( 'Permalink to %s', 'recent-posts-widget-extended' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) . '" rel="bookmark">' . esc_attr( get_the_title() ) . '</a></h3>';
Delete 'Permalink to %s',
so that you’re left with:
$html .= '<h3 class="rpwe-title"><a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" title="' . sprintf( esc_attr__( 'recent-posts-widget-extended' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) . '" rel="bookmark">' . esc_attr( get_the_title() ) . '</a></h3>';
The ‘Permalink to’ text should now be no more. However, you will have to do this every time the plugin is updated unless the dev removes this permanently. AFAIK, it has no benefit (SEO or other) and isn’t needed.