Featured Post
Plugin for featured wordpress posts. This is a cool plugin that makes it easier to mark posts as featured posts (not using specific categories) and simple markup to show theme from your theme file.
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Featured Post shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 800+ sites, is rated 4.6/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 37/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (800+ active installs)
- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.0 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Featured Post stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| featured | >100 |
| Featured Custom Posts | >100 |
| featured post | >100 |
| post | >100 |
| posts | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 from 14 reviews
About Featured Post
From the official readme · v3.2.1Description
Plugin for featured wordpress posts. This is a cool plugin that makes it easier to mark posts as featured posts (not using specific categories) and simple markup to show theme from your theme file.
Add <?php query_posts($query_string."&featured=yes"); ?> before the post loop starts and manage the featured posts from the post edit list.
Now added widget for listing featured post in sidebar widgets with custom number of post.
Supports Custom Post Type
Visit us on GitHub to support and donate
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
- Upload the plugin folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to post list are then choose your featured post.
- Put the code
<?php query_posts($query_string."&featured=yes"); ?>before the post loop starts where you want to showt he featured posts. - Put a widget on sidebar for listing featured post in unordered list
- NOTE: ****Please just after the loop you have called the custom query don’t forget to add wp_reset_query(); after the loop, else you will have all other normal post loops showing the featured posts.
Changelog
Fixed Featured Post Widget and featured toggle not appearing on custom post types
2.0.1
Fixed Some Minor Bugs
2.0
Did major update to work with Worpdress Version 3.5
1.4.1
Fixed some other minor bug with widget (Just for some more features updates)
1.4.0
Fixed Some Minor bugs with featured post management (I really didn’t want to do it)
1.3.1
Fixed some bug with widget and backend post section (I wanted to work it out)
1.3
Added multi-instance widget(I am not sure if this was needed)
For developers
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FAQ
Featured Post: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026
Is Featured Post free?
Yes. Featured Post is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Featured Post safe to use in 2026?
Featured Post shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 800+ sites, is rated 4.6/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 37/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Featured Post?
Featured Post is active on 800+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 40,575 times since it launched in June 2010. It was downloaded 96 times in the last 30 days.
Does Featured Post work with WordPress 7.1?
Featured Post is officially tested up to WordPress 4.0.38, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Featured Post last updated?
The latest version, 3.2.1, was released on November 28, 2017 (9 years ago).
Who makes Featured Post?
Featured Post is developed and maintained by Sovit Tamrakar.
What are the best alternatives to Featured Post?
The most popular alternatives to Featured Post are Featured Image from URL (FI… (60K+ installs), Conditionally display featu… (30K+ installs) and Hide Featured Image (10K+ installs).
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