AK Featured Post Widget
A widget that you can use to display your blog posts, custom post types, or woocommerce products!
4.2(5 reviews)
·400 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, AK Featured Post Widget is a WordPress Post Widget plugin with 400 active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 40K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Elementor Custom Skin.
4.2/55 reviews
400active installs
40K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
Easily configure this widget to display any amount of posts (from 1 to 99) from a category into any widgetized area of your blog.
- You can create custom titles
- You can set how many posts you wish to display
- You can choose from Posts or Custom Post Types
- You can select any category
- You can choose wether or not to link the widget title to the archive of that category or custom post type
- You can choose wether or not to display the post title above the featured image
- You can choose from predefined image sizes, or set custom width and height
- You can choose to align the featured image Left, Center or Right
- You can run as many instances of the widget that you want to!
- You can order your posts randomly
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Ratings & Reviews
4.25 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.5.3+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0
Organized widget configuration
cleaned code
updated readme / tested version /
Contributors
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