NS Featured Posts

NS Featured Posts

This plugin adds checkboxes for each list item. You can easily check/uncheck the Featured flag. Checking the Featured will set the meta value yes for meta key _is_ns_featured_post. You can choose which post types you want Featured functionality from plugin settings.

Using in theme

This plugin only sets/unsets the meta key for assigned posts. You need to implement it in your theme to get Featured functionality.

Example:

$query = new WP_Query( array( 'meta_key' => '_is_ns_featured_post', 'meta_value' => 'yes' ) );

This will fetch the list of posts that are checked as Featured.

Want to see how this can be used in a Page Template?
Click this link to see an example

Using The WordPress Dashboard

1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ Plugin Dashboard
2. Select ‘ns-featured-posts.zip’ from your computer
3. Upload
4. Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugin Dashboard
5. Place the ‘NS Featured Posts Widget’ into a Widget area through the ‘Appearance -> Widgets’ menu in WordPress.

Using FTP

1. Extract ‘ns-featured-posts.zip’ to your computer
2. Upload the ‘ns-featured-posts’ directory to your ‘wp-content/plugins’ directory
3. Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugins dashboard
4. Place the ‘NS Featured Posts Widget’ into a Widget area through the ‘Appearance -> Widgets’ menu in WordPress.

1. 

   Admin Settings page

2. 

   Example of featured in Post listing

3.0.1 – 10 Sep 2025

• WP compatibility

3.0.0 – 30 Jul 2024

• Requirement: PHP 7.2; WP 6.0
• Major code refactoring
• Update dependencies

2.0.13 – 17 May 2024

• Fix PHP 8.3 notice

2.0.12 – 16 May 2024

• Add blueprint

2.0.11 – 15 May 2024

• Fix URLs

2.0.10 – 23 May 2023

• Update packages

2.0.9 – 4 Feb 2023

• Fix PHP 8 notices

2.0.8 – 17 Oct 2022

• Fix PHP notice on the plugins page

2.0.7 – 11 Oct 2022

• Minor bug fixes

2.0.6 – 4 Jul 2022

• Minor bug fixes

2.0.5 – 24 Jun 2022

• Minor bug fixes

2.0.4 – 9 Jan 2022

• Add order options in widget
• Minor bug fixes

2.0.3 – 20 Jul 2021

• Compatibility with WP 5.8
• Minor bug fixes

2.0.2

• Minor bug fixes

2.0.1

• Fix bug of cpt

2.0.0

• Major code refactoring
• Add radio mode
• Add max posts option
• Minor bug fixes

1.4.1

• Fix links

1.4.0

• Fix: Allow Editor to toggle checkbox
• Compatibility with WP 4.6
• Fix: Minor Bug fixes

1.3

• Fix: Minor Bug fixes

1.2

• Fix: Minor Bug fixes

1.1

• New: Metabox added in edit screen to enable/disable featured
• Fix: Minor Bug fixes
• Compatibility: Compatibility check with WP 4.2

1.0.2

• Bug fixes

1.0.1

• Add Featured Posts Widget
• Bug fixes

1.0.0

• Initial release