tomsinger

A WordPress plugin to create a Featured Posts widget
Features: 
* Customisable title 
* Select categories to choose posts from 
* Customisable thumbnails (none, above, below, left, right) 
* Customisable thumbnail sizes
<h3>Thanks</h3>
Initial image code, customisations and WP_Query refactor from https://twitter.com/_ericholmes to help create a real 1.0 version

Featured Posts Widget

A Wordpress plugin to create a Featured Posts widget

DannyCooper

Adds eight new widgets you can use in your sidebar.
Author Widget
Add an image and introductory paragraph to your sidebar.
Dribbble Widget
Show your latest shots in the sidebar.
Facebook
Add a Facebook box to your sidebar.
Featured Posts Widget
Display your favourite posts in the sidebar.
Social Widget
Link to your social media profiles with these beautiful icons.
Twitter Widget
Display your latest tweets in the sidebar.
Video Widget
Embed a video (YouTube, HTML5, etc) in your sidebar.
<h4>Get involved</h4>
Developers can contribute to the source code on the <a href="https://github.com/DannyCooper/olympus-widgets" rel="nofollow ugc">Olympus Widgets GitHub Repository</a>.
Translators can contribute new languages to Olympus Widgets through <a href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/olympus-widgets/" rel="nofollow ugc">Transifex</a>.

Olympus Widgets

Adds eight new widgets you can use in your sidebar.

Featured Posts Widget vs Olympus Widgets