Description
NS Featured Posts
This plugin adds checkboxes for each list item. You can easily check/uncheck the Featured flag. Checking the Featured will set the meta value yes for meta key _is_ns_featured_post. You can choose which post types you want Featured functionality from plugin settings.
Using in theme
This plugin only sets/unsets the meta key for assigned posts. You need to implement it in your theme to get Featured functionality.
Example:
$query = new WP_Query( array( 'meta_key' => '_is_ns_featured_post', 'meta_value' => 'yes' ) );
This will fetch the list of posts that are checked as Featured.
Want to see how this can be used in a Page Template?
Click this link to see an example
Screenshots
Admin Settings page 
Example of featured in Post listing
Installation
Using The WordPress Dashboard
- Navigate to the ‘Add New’ Plugin Dashboard
- Select ‘ns-featured-posts.zip’ from your computer
- Upload
- Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugin Dashboard
- Place the ‘NS Featured Posts Widget’ into a Widget area through the ‘Appearance -> Widgets’ menu in WordPress.
Using FTP
- Extract ‘ns-featured-posts.zip’ to your computer
- Upload the ‘ns-featured-posts’ directory to your ‘wp-content/plugins’ directory
- Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugins dashboard
- Place the ‘NS Featured Posts Widget’ into a Widget area through the ‘Appearance -> Widgets’ menu in WordPress.
FAQ
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Does this support custom post types?
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Yes. It supports custom post types also. From the Settings page( Settings -> NS Featured Posts), you can enable/disable custom post types for featured.
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Contributors & Developers
“NS Featured Posts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“NS Featured Posts” has been translated into 7 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Changelog
3.0.0 – 30 Jul 2024
- Requirement: PHP 7.2; WP 6.0
- Major code refactoring
- Update dependencies
2.0.13 – 17 May 2024
- Fix PHP 8.3 notice
2.0.12 – 16 May 2024
- Add blueprint
2.0.11 – 15 May 2024
- Fix URLs
2.0.10 – 23 May 2023
- Update packages
2.0.9 – 4 Feb 2023
- Fix PHP 8 notices
2.0.8 – 17 Oct 2022
- Fix PHP notice on the plugins page
2.0.7 – 11 Oct 2022
- Minor bug fixes
2.0.6 – 4 Jul 2022
- Minor bug fixes
2.0.5 – 24 Jun 2022
- Minor bug fixes
2.0.4 – 9 Jan 2022
- Add order options in widget
- Minor bug fixes
2.0.3 – 20 Jul 2021
- Compatibility with WP 5.8
- Minor bug fixes
2.0.2
- Minor bug fixes
2.0.1
- Fix bug of cpt
2.0.0
- Major code refactoring
- Add radio mode
- Add max posts option
- Minor bug fixes
1.4.1
- Fix links
1.4.0
- Fix: Allow Editor to toggle checkbox
- Compatibility with WP 4.6
- Fix: Minor Bug fixes
1.3
- Fix: Minor Bug fixes
1.2
- Fix: Minor Bug fixes
1.1
- New: Metabox added in edit screen to enable/disable featured
- Fix: Minor Bug fixes
- Compatibility: Compatibility check with WP 4.2
1.0.2
- Bug fixes
1.0.1
- Add Featured Posts Widget
- Bug fixes
1.0.0
- Initial release