Constantin Boiangiu

CodeFlavors

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.
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CodeFlavors Featured Post 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.
You can use this plugin to display any post type, be it image, regular post, page, WooCommerce product or whatever else.
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.
Features:
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<li>Feature any post type;</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>
Links:
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<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.

Ron Rennick

Andrea Rennick

Adds a featured post management page for site admins who can input a sitewide feed address, then select posts via a checkbox. Also includes a widget to disply posts on the main (or any) blog.
We recommend using the <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-sitewide-tags/" rel="ugc">Sitewide tags plugin</a> in WPMU, then placing the feed address from the tags blog in the admin menu. Otherwise, any blog feed can be used.
A widget is included. You can also code the output in your theme with <code><?php ra_featured_show($how_many, $read_more, $show_avatar); ?></code> where
<pre><code>$how_many = how many posts to show - default 1
$read_more = add read more link - default show link
$show_avatar = show author avatar - default show avatar
</code></pre>
Also includes a shortcode with parameters where values & defaults match what is above
<pre><code>[ra-featured howmany=1 readmore=1 showavatar=1]
</code></pre>
For questions & updates, please see this post: 
<a href="http://wpmututorials.com/plugins/featured-posts-plugin-and-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPMU Tutorials</a>

Featured Posts

Featured posts plugin & widget for WordPress or WordPress MU.

CodeFlavors Featured Post vs Featured Posts