Quick and simple featured boxes as widgets
As of April 2026, YD Featured Box Widget is a WordPress posts plugin with 10 active installations and a 3.3/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes….
Adds a widget to display a square or rectangular block in the form of an image, title, and subtitle
pointing to a specific post, page, category or theme.
Nice CSS styling. Recommended for inclusion in “magazine styled” home pages.
Multi-widget is supported, so that numerous articles or categories can be featured in a sidebar or home page template.
You can use the provided additional stylesheet, or customize your own.
Base package includes .pot file for translation of the interface, and English and French versions.
If you want to contribute to a translation of this plugin, please drop me a line by e-mail or leave a comment
on the plugin’s page.
You will get credit for your translation in the plugin file and this documentation, as…
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 3.0.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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