Select the featured posts you want to show at any time and include them in your theme using a widget.
As of April 2026, Nelio Featured Posts is a WordPress widget plugin with 400 active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 24K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.
With this WordPress plugin, you can define a set of featured posts easily.
These featured posts can be added to your theme wherever you want via a widget.
The plugin is extremely simple, fast, and reliable. Once you have selected the
featured posts, they are saved in a cache, so that the amount of database
queries is kept to the minimum.
Custom Templates
Version 2.0.0 let’s you define your own templates for displaying each related
post. Just create a directory namedneliofpin your theme’s directory and
create the template you want to use such as, for instance,
template-name.php. When inserting the widget, specify that the template is
template-nameand you’re ready to go!Warning Remember to save your templates somewhere save before updating
your theme!(In…
| WordPress | 3.3+ requiredTested up to 5.3.21 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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