Is Featured Post Widget free?

Yes, Featured Post Widget is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Featured Post Widget?

Featured Post Widget has 300 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Featured Post Widget alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Featured Post Widget include Post Type Switcher, Post Duplicator, Header and Footer Scripts. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Featured Post Widget work with the latest WordPress?

Featured Post Widget has been tested up to WordPress 4.5.33. It requires WordPress 2.9+ and PHP false+.

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Featured Post Widget

Name: Featured Post Widget
Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Author: tepelstreel

With the Featured Post Widget you can put a certain post in the focus and style it differently.

By tepelstreel·Post·Free

4(5 reviews)

·300 active installs·Updated 10 years ago

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As of April 2026, Featured Post Widget is a WordPress post plugin with 300 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 66K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Post Type Switcher.

4/55 reviews

300active installs

66K+total downloads

15 yearssince 2011

Overview

The Featured Post Widget is a fully customizable widget, that displays a single post. You can decide, whether or not the post thumbnail is displayed, whether the post title is above or beneath the thumbnail and a couple of more things. And of course, you can style the widget individually.

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