Shaun Scovil

Want to add a special message or ad code to your most popular blog posts? This plugin enables you to do just that!
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<li>Install and activate the plugin via <code>WP-Admin > Plugins</code>.</li>
<li>Mark your top posts as “Premium” using a checkbox in the Post Editor.</li>
<li>Go to <code>WP-Admin > Settings > Reading</code> and edit your premium post message.</li>
<li>Choose to place your message above or below the post content, or place it manually using the <code><?php premium_posts(); ?></code> template tag inside <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop" title="WordPress Codex: The Loop" rel="nofollow ugc">The Loop</a>.</li>
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This plugin also adds the conditional tag <code>is_premium_post()</code> for use in your theme template files. You can use it to test if a specific post is marked as premium by passing the post ID (or post object) as a parameter.
Example:
<pre><code><?php if ( is_premium_post( $post_id ) ) { ?>

 <?php echo get_the_title( $post_id ); ?> is a premium post!

<?php } ?>
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Premium Posts

Mark posts as "Premium" and display a custom message or ad code.

Mark as Read makes it easy for your users to keep track of changes on your blog. Whenever a post is published or updated the post will show up in this list. When a new comment is posted, the post will also go up in this list and will be marked as “unread”.
Features:
<pre><code>* Keeps track of which articles a logged in user has read.
* Posts bump on new comments
* Posts bump on published / updates
* Customizable output
* Lists per category or all categories
* Usable non-output functions
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Mark as Read

Shows a list of recent changes to posts a registered user hasn't read. Lists the posts with changes (published & updates) and new comments.

Premium Posts vs Mark as Read