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.

Fluent-Themes

WP Featured News plugin allows you to display your posts anywhere of your web-pages with 10 powerful and creatively designed post blocks. Moreover, this plugin is not limited to widgetized areas of your website, instead you can show your posts anywhere of your web-pages. Not only providing a pleasing outlook to the front-end, it also eases your work at the back-end. It is extremely flexible to use and users always have options to choose according to their requirements generating posts to the front-end. Also, WP Featured News Posts Listing plugin is based on WPBakery page builder. So you can create lists of posts and place them anywhere of your web page using the drag and drop feature of WPBakery (formerly visual composer) page builder. Though you can use this plugin without WPBakery page builder also.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>10 uniquely designed Post Blocks</li>
<li>Fully mobile responsive with Bootstrap 4+ support</li>
<li>Display any lists of Posts at Anywhere of your web-page</li>
<li>Change/Choose Post Category from Dropdown. Whenever you create a new category for a post, that category will be automatically included in the Dropdown of the Post Blocks</li>
<li>On/Off animation of Featured Images</li>
<li>Of/Off Border. Choose if you want to use Border or not for the Post Block</li>
<li>Choose specific Large post by post ID. You can control which post will show as Large post and which ones are as small posts of your Post Blocks</li>
<li>Of/Off Large post category meta. Choose if you want to show the name and link of the post category for the Large Post.</li>
<li>Large post author, date, comment meta switch. Choose if you want to show the author, date or number of comments for the Large Post.</li>
<li>Choose Large Post Meta Color</li>
<li>Choose Small Post Title Color</li>
<li>Choose Small Post Meta Color</li>
<li>Choose Block Meta anchor color</li>
<li>Choose Block Block Text color</li>
<li>Choose Block Link Hover color</li>
<li>Choose Block Category Background color</li>
<li>Set Block Padding</li>
<li>Set Block Margin</li>
<li>Organize posts by Parameter (date, author, name, type, title etc)</li>
<li>Organize posts by Ascending or Descending order</li>
<li>Hundreds of Google Fonts available to use for Title of the Post Blocks</li>
<li>Change/Choose Font Family, Font Size, Font Weight and Line Height for Title</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
Shortcodes to use (if you do not have WPBakery plugin): 
[wfnews_post_block_1_post] 
[wfnews_post_block_2_post] 
[wfnews_post_block_3_post] 
[wfnews_post_block_4_post] 
[wfnews_post_block_5_post] 
[wfnews_post_block_6_post] 
[wfnews_post_block_7_post] 
[wfnews_post_block_8_post] 
[wfnews_post_block_19_post] 
[wfnews_post_block_10_post]
Example Usage of a Shortcode: 
 [wfnews_post_block_4_post category=”1″ heading=”Popular Posts” itemcount=”5″]
The above shortcode will display Post Block Layout 4. The post block will have 5 posts from a category (whose ID is 1), the title of the post block will be Popular Posts. 
<a href="https://fluentthemes.com/wp/wfnews-doc/#post-block-without-wpbakery" rel="nofollow ugc">Find more parameters with explanations here</a>
<h4>Drag and Drop Post Blocks using WPBakery</h4>
No need to write any shortcode as above example, if WPBakery is installed in your WordPress. You can just Drag and Drop the post blocks and choose your options from here. 
<a href="https://fluentthemes.com/wp/wfnews-doc/#post-block-with-wpbakery" rel="nofollow ugc">How to use with WPBakery</a>
<h4>Documentation and Video Tutorials</h4>
<a href="https://fluentthemes.com/wp/wfnews-doc/" rel="nofollow ugc">Online Documentation</a> 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcgj_N607jP8ko8kz2Spnx-a8sAv9dvbx" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Tutorials</a>
<a href="https://fluentthemes.com/wp-plugins/wp-featured-news/" rel="nofollow ugc">View PRO Version</a> 
<a href="https://codecanyon.net/item/wp-featured-news-pro-custom-posts-listing-plugin/24515933" rel="nofollow ugc">Get PRO Version</a>
<h4>PRO Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>All the features of the Free version are also available in the Pro version. In addition, the following features are extra in Pro version:</li>
<li>More than 31 uniquely designed Post Blocks and a Popular Posts widget and Google AdSense widget</li>
<li>Change/Choose Heading and Heading styles. 13 different heading styles available for each Post Block.</li>
<li>Choose which Title Tag (H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6) you want to use. Important for SEO</li>
<li>Select Next – Prev button switch with Ajax results. Clicking on ‘Next’ OR ‘Previous’ button will show you necessary posts without reloading the whole page</li>
<li>Select Tab options switch with Ajax results. You can show different categories in different tabs of a Post Block</li>
<li>Use Ajax Load More button to show More Posts without reloading/refreshing the page</li>
<li>Large Post Title Limit control. Control how many characters of the post title you want to show for the large post.</li>
<li>Large Post Excerpt Limit set. Control how many words of the post excerpt you want to show for the large post.</li>
<li>Choose Large Post Title Color</li>
<li>Small Posts Title Limit Set. Control how many characters of the post title you want to show for the small posts.</li>
<li>Small Posts Excerpt Limit Set. Control how many words of the post excerpt you want to show for the small posts.</li>
<li>Choose Block Active Tab color</li>
<li>Choose Block Heading color</li>
<li>Choose Block Heading Background Color</li>
<li>Choose Heading Border Color</li>
<li>Hundreds of Google Fonts available to use for Titles/Content of all Post Blocks</li>
<li>Change/Choose Font Family, Font Size, Font Weight and Line Height for Title</li>
<li>Change/Choose Font Family, Font Size, Font Weight and Line Height for Headline</li>
<li>Change/Choose Font Family, Font Size, Font Weight and Line Height for Meta</li>
<li>Change/Choose Font Family, Font Size, Font Weight and Line Height for Excerpt</li>
<li>Change/Choose Font Family, Font Size, Font Weight and Line Height for Button</li>
<li>Priority Support usual respond time is less than 24 hours</li>
<li>And more..</li>
</ul>

WP Featured News – Custom Posts Listing Elements

WP Featured News plugin allows you to display your posts anywhere of your web-pages with 10 powerful and creatively designed post blocks.

Tidyhive Featured Posts vs WP Featured News – Custom Posts Listing Elements