Constantin Boiangiu

CodeFlavors

<p>Convert your current theme into a masonry style theme by simply using a shortcode or a widget. You will no longer be tied to a certain theme that implements masonry to get a good looking masonry layout.</p>
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<p><strong>CodeFlavors Featured Post</strong> allows you to feature any WordPress post type into posts and pages by using the shortcode implemented by the plugin. Besides the featured posts shortcode, the plugin implements a widget that does the exact same thing.</p>
<p>You can use this plugin to display any post type, be it image, regular post, page, WooCommerce product or whatever else.</p>
<p>To display featured posts into the front-end the plugin uses the templates it implements (by default, only 2 are available Fancy and Default) and also offers the possibility to create custom templates that can be used to display the featured posts.</p>
<p><strong>Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Feature <strong>any post type</strong>;</li>
<li>Responsive options for displaying posts;</li>
<li>Plenty of options for choosing posts (post type, taxonomy, number of posts, skipped posts, template);</li>
<li>Compatible with Visual Composer;</li>
<li>Compatible with any WordPress theme;</li>
<li>Feature posts by using the shortcode or the widget;</li>
<li>TinyMCE editor interface for choosing featured posts.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Links:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.codeflavors.com/documents/wordpress-featured-post/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=cf_featured_post" title="CodeFlavors Featured Post for WordPress documentation" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a> on plugin usage and structure;</li>
<li><a href="http://www.codeflavors.com/codeflavors-forums/forum/codeflavors-featured-post/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=cf_featured_post" title="CodeFlavors Featured Post Forum" rel="nofollow ugc">Forum</a> (while we try to keep up with the forums here, please post any requests on our forums for a faster response);</li>
</ul>


CodeFlavors Featured Post

Featured Post Plugin for WordPress with custom post type support.

mrwweb

<p>Feature A Page Widget provides a “just works” solution for showcasing a Page, Post, or custom post type in any widget area (aka sidebar). It leverages core WordPress features, a <em>simple</em> set of options, and a sleek UI for selecting one of three widget layouts.</p>
<h4>How to Use the Widget</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin.</li>
<li>Edit the page you want to feature.</li>
<li>Fill out the <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/excerpts/#creating-excerpts" rel="nofollow ugc">Excerpt</a> and select a <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/#setting-a-featured-image" rel="nofollow ugc">Featured Image</a> on that page.</li>
<li>Go to Appearance > Widgets or Customize > Widgets.</li>
<li>Add an instance of the “Feature a Page Widget” to the widget area (Sidebar, Footer, etc.) of your choosing.</li>
<li>Select the page, choose a layout, and optionally give the widget a title.</li>
<li>Save the widget!</li>
<li>Admire your handiwork.</li>
</ol>
<p>This plugin enables Featured Images (aka “Post Thumbnails”) and Excerpts for Pages and Posts (by default) with the ability to support custom post types. If you don’t see one or both of those fields, they may be hidden in the “Screen Options” (top-right corner) while editing a Page or Post.</p>
<h4>Important Note: Image Sizes</h4>
<p>This plugin creates multiple custom image sizes. If you use images that were uploaded to the  media library before you installed this plugin, you may need to use a plugin like <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/" rel="ugc">Regenerate Thumbnails</a> to create the correctly-sized images.</p>
<h4>Customizing the Widget</h4>
<p>There are multiple ways to modify the widget based on your needs:</p>
<ol>
<li>Prewritten CSS selectors in <code>/css/fpw_starter_styles.css</code> to help you get started with custom CSS styles in a child theme or the Custom CSS Customizer field</li>
<li>Three default overridable templates and the ability to create custom templates</li>
<li>Eight filters to modify most parts of the widget output (Title, Read More, Image sizes, etc.)</li>
<li>Interested in commissioning a custom layout just for your site? <a href="https://mrwweb.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Get in touch.</a></li>
</ol>
<p>See <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/feature-a-page-widget/faq/" rel="ugc">the FAQs</a> for links to code snippets with inline documentation.</p>
<h4>Like the Plugin?</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/feature-a-page-widget" rel="ugc">We love 5-star ratings!</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.paypal.me/rootwiley" rel="nofollow ugc">Donations accepted</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Available Languages</h4>
<p>Please <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/feature-a-page-widget" rel="nofollow ugc">help translate Feature A Page Widget</a>. Users have contributed translations in the following languages:</p>
<p>English (default), German (<code>de_DE</code>), Serbian (<code>sr_RS</code>), Polish (<code>pl_PL</code>), Spanish (<code>es_ES</code>), Italian (<code>it_IT</code>), Dutch (<code>nl_NL</code>)</p>
<h4>Other Plugins by @MRWweb</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mrw-web-design-simple-tinymce/" rel="ugc">MRW Web Design Simple TinyMCE</a> – Get rid of bad and obscure TinyMCE buttons. Move the rest to a single top row. Comes with a bit of help for adding custom CSS classes too.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-status-menu-items/" rel="ugc">Post Status Menu Items</a> – Adds post status links–e.g. “Draft” (7)–to post type admin menus.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-type-archive-descriptions/" rel="ugc">Post Type Archive Description</a> – Enables an editable description for a post type to display at the top of the post type archive page.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/hawaiian-characters/" rel="ugc">Hawaiian Characters</a> – Adds the correct characters with diacriticals to the WordPress editor Character Map for Hawaiian</li>
</ul>


Feature A Page Widget

A widget to display an attractive summary of any page in any widget area.

CodeFlavors Featured Post vs Feature A Page Widget