Featured Post with thumbnail Plugin

A really simple way of putting featured posts on your website.

Installation

The Featured Posts can be installed in 3 easy steps:

  1. Unzip “featured-posts” archive and put all files into your “plugins” folder (/wp-content/plugins/) or to create a sub directory into the plugins folder (recommanded), like /wp-content/plugins/featured-posts/

  2. Activate the plugin

  3. Inside the WordPress admin, go to Appearance > Widgets, Add this widget in the sidebar section in which you want to view it.

Support Forum

For any clarifications, suggestions, or criticism you can leave a comment on Forum Support.

Screenshots

  1. Add featured post

    Add featured post

  2. Admin widget Featured Post

    Admin widget Featured Post

  3. Widget Featured Posts in action

    Widget Featured Posts in action

Changelog

1.5.2

  • fixed: all featured posts are shown
  • fixed: in a post without images the default one is shown

1.5.1

  • fixed: compatible with previous versions of the plugin

1.5

  • fixed: timthumb vulnerability

1.4

  • add: ability to use the plugin as a widget and as a function within the template
  • add: documentation to use the widget as a function
  • add: possibility to using the image provided by the function “the_post_thumbnail()” if it is available

1.3

  • add: brazilian language (thanks to fernando lopes)
  • fixed: problem with the float image

1.2

  • fixed: problem with the draft post

1.1

  • fixed: resolved conflict with wordpress sticky post

1.0

(Initial Version)

  • Italian Language
  • English Language
  • Ability to choose how many posts to display on the sidebar
  • Ordering:
    Random
    Title
    Date
    Author
    Modified
    ID
  • Possibility to choose the size of thumbnails.

Details

  • Version: 1.5.2
  • Active installations: 700
  • Tested up to: 3.4.2

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