impnerd

<p>A simple featured posts plugin which allows for a full customizable display. Featured Posts allows you to display a post excerpt or custom excerpt along with an image anywhere outside the_loop.</p>


Featured Posts

Display a featured post on your index.php or category pages.

stesvis

<p>This plugin allows you to choose which post categories youe site will show on your frontpage. Just go to settings and deselect the categories that you want to hide. To display posts from other categories on other pages you need to upgrade to the <a href="http://wppluginspool.com/wp-filter-post-categories/" rel="nofollow ugc">FULL version</a>.</p>


Frontpage category filter

Allows you to show on your frontpage only posts from the categories that you select.

Featured Posts vs Frontpage category filter