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.

IWEBIX

Featured Posts Slideshow shows as many post’s images as you want. It’s a very nice and powerfull Javascript Slideshow. It displays a certain image for every Post of a category that you have defined. You can slide through your Slideshow with the help of nice navigation buttons. The images are directly linked to the specific WordPress post. 
You have a powerfull Administration Area to adjust the Category, the number of Posts, the width and height, and many colours for the Slideshow!
<ul>
<li>Images from as many Posts as you want</li>
<li>Navigation through left and right buttons</li>
<li>Image for every different Post</li>
<li>Powerfull Administration for Posts and Styles of the Slideshow</li>
<li>Javascript Effects between sliding through Posts</li>
<li>Images are linked directly to the specific Post</li>
</ul>
Check out the <a href="http://www.iwebix.de/featured-posts-slideshow-demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">DEMO</a> at <a href="http://www.iwebix.de/" rel="nofollow ugc">Webdesign</a>

Featured Posts Slideshow

Featured Posts Slideshow is a wonderfull Wordpress Javascript Slideshow. It displays as many Post's images as you want.

Tidyhive Featured Posts vs Featured Posts Slideshow