Easy Featured Content
Quickly and easily mark any content that has an editing UI in the WordPress administrative section as featured. This plugin also provides a template tag that you can use to display certain markup or styles for featured…
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Easy Featured Content shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 40+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (40+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 12 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Easy Featured Content stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| admin | >100 |
| Featured Content | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews
About Easy Featured Content
From the official readme · v1.1.0Description
Quickly and easily mark any content that has an editing UI in the WordPress administrative section as featured. This plugin
also provides a template tag that you can use to display certain markup or styles for featured content and a query
variable that allows you to query for featured (or non-featured) content.
Installation
- Upload
featured-contentto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Indicate featured content through the row actions on the content management screen or the meta box in the content editing screen
- Use the query variable
is_featuredin your queries or the template tagfeatured_content_is_featured_contentin your templates
Changelog
Only posts and pages can be featured by default now - if you wish to have other post types featurable, use add_post_type_support as detailed in the FAQ section
1.1.0
- Better security
- Code cleanup
- Use
has_post_type_supportandadd_post_type_support - Only posts and pages support featured content by default now
1.0.0
- Initial release of plugin
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FAQ
Easy Featured Content: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 13, 2026
Is Easy Featured Content free?
Yes. Easy Featured Content is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Easy Featured Content safe to use in 2026?
Easy Featured Content shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 40+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Easy Featured Content?
Easy Featured Content is active on 40+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 5,453 times since it launched in February 2013. It was downloaded 61 times in the last 30 days.
Does Easy Featured Content work with WordPress 7.1?
Easy Featured Content is officially tested up to WordPress 3.9.40, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Easy Featured Content last updated?
The latest version, 1.1.0, was released on May 23, 2014 (12 years ago).
Who makes Easy Featured Content?
Easy Featured Content is developed and maintained by nickohrn.
What are the best alternatives to Easy Featured Content?
The most popular alternatives to Easy Featured Content are Loginizer (1M+ installs), Redux Framework (900K+ installs) and Admin Menu Editor (300K+ installs).
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