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GridNews Featured Grid Slider is a powerful WordPress plugin that creates beautiful, responsive featured post grids and sliders for any post type and taxonomy. Perfect for news sites, magazines, blogs, and portfolios.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Universal Compatibility – Works with any post type (posts, pages, custom post types)</li>
<li>Flexible Taxonomy Support – Use with categories, tags, or custom taxonomies</li>
<li>Responsive Design – Looks great on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices</li>
<li>Touch & Swipe Support – Native touch gestures for mobile users</li>
<li>Customizable Layout – 1 large post + 4 smaller posts per slide</li>
<li>Multiple Transition Modes – Choose between fade or slide transitions</li>
<li>Autoplay Control – Enable/disable autoplay with customizable speed</li>
<li>Category Colors – Display color-coded category badges</li>
<li>Excerpt Control – Show/hide excerpts with customizable length</li>
<li>Date Formatting – Multiple date format options</li>
<li>Easy Shortcode – Simple <code>[gridfegr_featured_grid]</code> shortcode</li>
<li>AJAX-Powered Admin – Dynamic taxonomy and term loading</li>
<li>Accessibility Ready – ARIA labels and keyboard navigation support</li>
</ul>
<h4>Usage</h4>
After activation, go to Settings > GridNews Featured Grid to configure your preferences.
Basic Usage: 
 [gridfegr_featured_grid]
Filter by Section: 
 [gridfegr_featured_grid section=”technology”]
Custom Post Type & Taxonomy: 
 [gridfegr_featured_grid post_type=”product” taxonomy=”product_category”]
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>News websites</li>
<li>Magazine sites</li>
<li>Blog homepages</li>
<li>Portfolio showcases</li>
<li>Product highlights</li>
<li>Event listings</li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
Developed by O11Labs

GridNews Featured Grid Slider

Advanced Featured Grid & Slider for any Post Type & Taxonomy with responsive design and touch support.

Mohit Chawla

This plugin adds the ability for the user to mark a post to be a featured post with just one click without the need of editing an individual post. The plugin also includes a widget which can display all the posts which have been marked featured.
<h4>Usage</h4>
<ul>
<li>Go to your admin dashboard page.</li>
<li>Open all posts page which displays the list of posts in table.</li>
<li>A column name ‘Featured posts’ will be there with a star icon in each row.</li>
<li>Click the star to make that post as featured.</li>
</ul>
Dashboard->Posts>All Posts
<h4>Instructions</h4>
Q1. How to display feature posts?
Plugin comes with a widget, which can be added to sidebar
Q2. How to display featured posts in any desired section of theme(Developers)?
In order to display featured posts in your theme, use the following code to fetch the posts.
<pre><code>$featured_posts = Thfp_public::thfp_get_featured_posts();
</code></pre>
The above code return WP_Query object which you can use in a loop. Above static function accepts a parameter(int) which limits the number of posts which it can return.
Show the posts with the help of custom loop:-
<pre><code>if($featured_posts->have_posts()):
 while($featured_posts->have_posts()): $featured_posts->the_post();
 //Your code here
 endwhile;
endif;
</code></pre>
You can also use your own wp_query. Make sure you use ‘tag’ key to be ‘featured’.
<pre><code>$args = array(
 'post_status' => 'publish',
 'tag' => 'featured',
 //Use any other needed args
);
$featured_posts = new WP_Query($args);
</code></pre>
and then use the loop to display posts.

Tidyhive Featured Posts

Set featured posts with single click, no page refresh from admin panel.

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