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Free Plugin by Nelio Software v2.2.4

Nelio Featured Posts

Select the featured posts you want to show at any time and include them in your theme using a widget.

Nelio Featured Posts

The facts

Rating
4.8★ from 9
Active installs
300+
Price
Free
Last updated
29 Nov 2019
Added
Sep 2014
Requires WP
3.3
Tested up to
WP 5.3.23
Downloads
24,882

Our analysis

AI-assisted

Nelio Featured Posts is a WordPress plugin that allows you to easily define and display a set of featured posts on your site. You can add these posts to your theme using a widget, making it straightforward to showcase specific content. The plugin saves selected posts in a cache to reduce database queries, enhancing performance.

The plugin also offers customization options, allowing you to tweak details like the section title and excerpt length. Additionally, you can create custom templates for displaying featured posts by adding them to your theme's directory.

Best for: This plugin suits users who want to highlight specific posts on their WordPress site.

What it does well

  • Easily define and manage featured posts
  • Add featured posts to your theme via a widget
  • Customizable section title and excerpt length
  • Supports custom templates for display

Where it falls short

  • Limited information available about additional features
  • Last updated in November 2019

Verdict

Nelio Featured Posts provides a simple way to manage and display featured content, but its outdated status may be a concern for some users.

From the developer

Nelio Software's own description of Nelio Featured Posts, lightly tidied.

With this WordPress plugin, you can define a set of featured posts easily.
These featured posts can be added to your theme wherever you want via a widget.

The plugin is extremely simple, fast, and reliable. Once you have selected the
featured posts, they are saved in a cache, so that the amount of database
queries is kept to the minimum.

Custom Templates
Version 2.0.0 let’s you define your own templates for displaying each related
post. Just create a directory named neliofp in your theme’s directory and
create the template you want to use such as, for instance,
template-name.php. When inserting the widget, specify that the template is
template-name and you’re ready to go!

Warning Remember to save your templates somewhere save before updating
your theme!

(In the directory template-examples you’ll find some examples).

Featured image by Abulic
Monkey

Features

  • Featured Posts Selection Set the list of featured posts from one single
    place.
  • Powered by a Widget Use the featured images wherever you want by simply
    adding a widget.
  • Customization You can tweak a few details of the featured post list, such
    as the section title or the number of words in the excerpt.

Featured On

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Featured image by Abulic
Monkey

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