Featured Posts Pro
This plugin gives Administrator/Editor an easy option to mark posts, pages & custom posts as featured posts and provides a widget to list the rece …
4.2(5 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 7 years agoAs of April 2026, Featured Posts Pro is a WordPress featured plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Featured Image from URL (FIFU).
4.2/55 reviews
100active installs
4.2K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Featured Posts Pro
allows administrator and editor an option to set posts, pages & custom posts as a featured posts very easily. Posts, pages & custom posts can be set as featured posts using a checkbox on the posts list page or on the edit page of the post. Please see screenshots to be more clear.
Featured Posts Pro
also adds a widget that will list the recent featured posts. This is similar to the default recent posts widget except this widget displays recent featured posts instead. The template for the Featured Posts Pro Widget can be customized with your theme.
How to use in the theme
You can to get the featured posts, you need to make a custom query as follows
sample code to get the featured posts with orders
`$args = array(
‘post_type’ => ‘an…
Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 5.1.22 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.3.0
The ability to include custom post types for the featured posts. The featured post can now be ordered.
Contributors
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