Jeremy Selph

<p>While working on a custom WordPress theme we needed the ability to feature users and authors. So we created this ‘Featured users’ plugin which allows the administrator to easily star (feature) users. Then using a custom query in the theme, shortcode or widget; featured users can be displayed by only retrieving users with the custom user meta <code>jsfeatured_user</code>. The plugin does not make any changes to your current theme it only does the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Adds a featured column in the Users panel of the WordPress Admin.</li>
<li>When a user is featured the plugin adds or updates the custom field ‘jsfeatured_user’ and sets the value to yes.</li>
<li>Provides custom widget that echoes out shortcode.</li>
<li>Provides custom shortcode that echoes ul list of featured users.</li>
<li>Includes theme functions and filters for developers.</li>
</ul>
<p>Feel free to use and include in your WordPress Installs, please think of us if you need a custom theme or plugin developed! Use documented code examples on the settings page to modify the expected output.</p>
<h3>How to</h3>
<p>After activating and after updating the plugin’s settings go to wp-admin > Users > All Users and feature a few users. To use the ‘Featured Users’ plugin edit a page and add the ‘Featured Users’ shortcode or update a sidebar and add the ‘Featured Users’ widget.</p>
<h3>Shortcode Paramaters</h3>
<p>[rd-featured-users role=”administrator,author” avatar=”yes” max=”100″]</p>
<ul>
<li>role = A comma-separated list of roles of the users you want to include in the query. Note the settings page can override this. The default is all roles again unless the settings page specifies which to allow.</li>
<li>avatar = Options are yes or no, specify whether to show or not show the users’ avatar image. The default is no.</li>
<li>max = The maximum number of users to display.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Filters</h3>
<p>WordPress filters allow a ‘developer’ to modify aspects of the ‘Featured Users’ plugin without editing the core plugin. If you are not familiar with filters <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API" rel="nofollow ugc">please read this</a> before continuing.</p>
<ol>
<li>‘featured-users-args’, <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_User_Query" rel="nofollow ugc">https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_User_Query</a></li>
<li>‘featured-users-css’, url to css file</li>
<li>‘featured-users-JS’, url to js file</li>
<li>‘featured-user-shortcode-row’, user row in shortcode and widget</li>
<li>‘featured-user-shortcode-return’, shortcode and widget content</li>
</ol>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For custom WordPress plugin and theme development requests email us at <a href="mailto:info@reactivedevelopment.net" rel="nofollow ugc">info@reactivedevelopment.net</a> or go to <a href="https://www.reactivedevelopment.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.reactivedevelopment.net/</a>. If you have questions or requests for this plugin go to <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-users-wordpress-plugin" rel="ugc">https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-users-wordpress-plugin</a> or for quick and paid support go to <a href="https://www.reactivedevelopment.net/contact/project-mind/?plugin=featured-users" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.reactivedevelopment.net/contact/project-mind/?plugin=featured-users</a> to message us.</p>


Featured Users

Allows the administrator to make users featured. All it does is give the user a custom meta field called jsfeatured_user. Now available are a shortcod …

fifu.app

<h3>WordPress plugin for remote featured images, videos, audios and more</h3>
<p>FIFU plugin has helped thousands of websites worldwide save money on storage, processing, and copyright since 2015.</p>
<p>If you are tired of wasting time and resources with thumbnail regeneration, image optimization, and never-ending imports, this plugin is for you.</p>
<h4>Featured image</h4>
<p>Use a remote image as featured image of your post, page or custom post type.</p>
<ul>
<li>Remote featured image</li>
<li>Optimized images</li>
<li>Make all images square</li>
<li>Image search (Unsplash)</li>
<li>Default featured image</li>
<li>Hide featured media</li>
<li>Modify post content</li>
<li>Auto set image title</li>
<li>Column for featured image</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Image search (search engine)</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Disable right-click</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Save in the media library</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Replace not found image</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Custom popup</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> bbPress and BuddyBoss Platform integration</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Page redirection</li>
</ul>
<h4>Automatic featured media</h4>
<ul>
<li>Auto set featured media from post content</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Auto set featured image using post title and a search engine</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Auto set featured media using web page address</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Auto set product images from ASIN</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Auto set featured media from custom field</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Auto set featured image using ISBN</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Auto set screenshot as featured image</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Auto set featured image from Unsplash using tags</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Auto-share on social media</li>
</ul>
<h4>Automation</h4>
<ul>
<li>WP-CLI integration</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Add-on for WP All Import</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> WooCommerce import</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> WP REST API</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> WooCommerce REST API</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Schedule metadata generation</li>
</ul>
<h4>WooCommerce</h4>
<ul>
<li>Remote product image</li>
<li>Lightbox and zoom</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Gallery for remote images</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Gallery for remote videos</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Category images auto set</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Variable product</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Variation image</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Gallery for variation image</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Save in the media library</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> FIFU product gallery</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Quick Buy</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Add image to order email</li>
</ul>
<h4>Featured video</h4>
<p>Supports URLs from YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, 9GAG, Cloudinary, Tumblr, Publitio, JW Player, VideoPress, Sprout, Odysee, Rumble, Dailymotion, Cloudflare Stream, Bunny Stream, Amazon, BitChute, Brighteon, Google Drive, Spotify and SoundCloud. External and local video files are supported as well.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Featured video</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Watch later</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Video thumbnail</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Play button</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Minimum width</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Video controls</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Autoplay on mouseover</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Autoplay</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Playback loop</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Mute</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Privacy enhanced mode</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Background video</li>
</ul>
<h4>Widgets for Elementor</h4>
<ul>
<li>Featured image </li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Featured video</li>
</ul>
<h4>Widgets for WordPress</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Featured media </li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Featured grid</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Product gallery</li>
</ul>
<h4>Fields for Gravity-Forms</h4>
<ul>
<li>Featured image </li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Featured video</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Featured slider</li>
</ul>
<h4>Fields for Dokan</h4>
<ul>
<li>Featured image </li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Product gallery</li>
</ul>
<h4>Others</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Quick edit</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Featured audio</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Featured slider</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Shortcode</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> Taxonomy image</li>
</ul>
<h4>Functions for developers</h4>
<ul>
<li>fifu_dev_set_image($post_id, $image_url)</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> fifu_dev_set_video($post_id, $video_url)</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> fifu_dev_set_slider($post_id, $url_list, $alt_list) </li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> fifu_dev_set_image_list($post_id, $image_url_list)</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> fifu_dev_set_video_list($post_id, $video_url_list)</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> fifu_dev_set_category_image($term_id, $image_url)</li>
<li><strong>[PRO]</strong> fifu_dev_set_category_video($term_id, $video_url)</li>
</ul>
<h4>FIFU Cloud</h4>
<ul>
<li>Cloud storage (never lose an image again)</li>
<li>Global CDN (images loaded much faster)</li>
<li>Optimized thumbnails (processed in the cloud)</li>
<li>Usage-based billing (per stored image)</li>
<li>Smart cropping (detects people and objects before cropping)</li>
<li>Hotlink protection (sites can’t embed your images)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Links</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://fifu.app/" rel="nofollow ugc">FIFU PRO</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://tastewp.com/new?pre-installed-plugin-slug=featured-image-from-url&redirect=admin.php%3Fpage%3Dfeatured-image-from-url&ni=true" rel="nofollow ugc">Dummy site for testing</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fifu-scraper/pccimcccbkdeeadhejdmnffmllpicola" rel="nofollow ugc">Extension for Google Chrome</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://plugintests.com/plugins/wporg/featured-image-from-url/latest" rel="nofollow ugc">Smoke Test</a></strong></li>
</ul>


Featured Image from URL (FIFU)

Use remote media as the featured image and beyond.

Featured Users vs Featured Image from URL (FIFU)