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.

kaser

Easily configure this widget to display any amount of posts (from 1 to 99) from a category into any widgetized area of your blog.
<ul>
<li>You can create custom titles</li>
<li>You can set how many posts you wish to display</li>
<li>You can choose from Posts or Custom Post Types</li>
<li>You can select any category</li>
<li>You can choose wether or not to link the widget title to the archive of that category or custom post type</li>
<li>You can choose wether or not to display the post title above the featured image</li>
<li>You can choose from predefined image sizes, or set custom width and height</li>
<li>You can choose to align the featured image Left, Center or Right</li>
<li>You can run as many instances of the widget that you want to!</li>
<li>You can order your posts randomly</li>
</ul>

AK Featured Post Widget

A widget that you can use to display your blog posts, custom post types, or woocommerce products!

Tidyhive Featured Posts vs AK Featured Post Widget