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by impnerd 1 (0 reviews)

Featured Posts

Display a featured post on your index.php or category pages.

Featured Posts ranks #16,753 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #318 of 1,454 in the Taxonomy category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Jun 11, 2009. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 2.8 (Current: 7.1.4)
v0.2.1 Current Version v0.2.1
Updated 17 years ago Last Update on 11 Jun, 2009
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#318 of 1,454 in Taxonomy Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Active Installs
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Downloads
17.9K
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Rank Changes

15,915 16,334 16,753 17,172 17,591 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026 06-11-2026 07-11-2026
16,690 16,734 16,778 16,821 16,865 23-10-2026 24-10-2026 25-10-2026 26-10-2026 27-10-2026 28-10-2026 29-10-2026 30-10-2026 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026 06-11-2026 07-11-2026
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Active Installs 0,000,000+
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Featured Posts. Checked 1 month ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to highlight specific posts outside the main loop, such as on the homepage or category pages. It solves the problem of displaying a customizable featured post excerpt and image anywhere on the site outside the standard post loop.

  • Display featured post on index.php
  • Display featured post on category pages
  • Customizable display
  • Shows post excerpt
  • Shows custom excerpt
  • Displays image with excerpt
  • Works outside the_loop

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Featured Posts

Any number at or below the size you chose for thumbnails within the admin panel. This will help minimize bandwidth usage and allow for faster loading.
Place within your index.php but outside the loop.
Place within your categories.php file (or index.php file is categories.php doesn't exist).

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