Title: Featured Posts Widget Author: tomsinger Published: July 18, 2012 Last modified: December 8, 2013 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/featured-posts-widget.svg) # Featured Posts Widget By [tomsinger](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tomsinger/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/featured-posts-widget.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-posts-widget/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-posts-widget/#reviews) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-posts-widget/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-posts-widget/) ## Description A WordPress plugin to create a Featured Posts widget Features: * Customisable title * Select categories to choose posts from * Customisable thumbnails (none, above, below, left, right) * Customisable thumbnail sizes ### Thanks Initial image code, customisations and WP_Query refactor from https://twitter.com/ _ericholmes to help create a real 1.0 version ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Featured Posts Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ tomsinger ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tomsinger/) [Translate “Featured Posts Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/featured-posts-widget) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-posts-widget/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/featured-posts-widget/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/featured-posts-widget/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/featured-posts-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * Customisable title * Select categories to choose posts from * Customisable thumbnails (none, above, below, left, right) * Customisable thumbnail sizes * Better use of WP_Query ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **30+** * WordPress version ** 3.4.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.7.41** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-posts-widget/) * Tags * [featured](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured/)[featured posts](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured-posts/) [Featured Posts Widget](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured-posts-widget/) [posts](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-posts-widget/advanced/) ## Ratings 3 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-posts-widget/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-posts-widget/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-posts-widget/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-posts-widget/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-posts-widget/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-posts-widget/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-posts-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ tomsinger ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tomsinger/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-posts-widget/)