AK Featured Post Widget

Easily configure this widget to display any amount of posts (from 1 to 99) from a category into any widgetized area of your blog.

• You can create custom titles
• You can set how many posts you wish to display
• You can choose from Posts or Custom Post Types
• You can select any category
• You can choose wether or not to link the widget title to the archive of that category or custom post type
• You can choose wether or not to display the post title above the featured image
• You can choose from predefined image sizes, or set custom width and height
• You can choose to align the featured image Left, Center or Right
• You can run as many instances of the widget that you want to!
• You can order your posts randomly

So you want to feature some posts on your blog, Awesome! Let's get it done! To Manually Upload The Plugin :

1. Download and extract the ak-featured-post plugin from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akfeatured-post-widget/
2. Upload ak-featured-post plugin folder to your wordpress plugin directory, default is wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu inside of the wordpress wp-admin dashboard
4. Navigate to the widget page inside of the wordpress wp-admin dashboard, and drag and drop the widget into the desired location
5. Configure the widget as you wish
6. Save and Enjoy :) To Automatically Install The Plugin
7. Navigate to the 'Plugins' menu inside of the wordpress wp-admin dashboard, and select AD NEW
8. Search for AKFeatured Post Widget, and click install
9. When the plugin has been installed, Click 'Activate'
10. Navigate to the widget page inside of your wordpress wp-admin dashboard, drag and drop the widget into the desired location
11. Configure the widget as you wish
12. Save and Enjoy :)

2.0 Organized widget configuration cleaned code updated readme / tested version / 1.9 Updating the readme.txt to fix some errors. More updates coming soon! 1.8 Fixed the category link for the widget title by defining $category_id ( thanks madelynn, mrjive & piantadosi ) Added random ordering (thanks The Crazy Travel) Removed all short php tags, all are <?php now ( thanks eeppo ) Cleaned up code to be more consistent, and added some commenting Fixed javascript to work with widget upon creation with out needing to save Updated the "Link Title To Cat" option to "Make Widget Title A Link", changed $link_title_to_cat to $link_title_to_archive for future expansion Now you have the option to display a text excerpt ( Big thanks to craftzeefactory for this idea haha ) Updated the donate link on the widget, missspelled my own domain name for over an entire year -.- 1.7 Fixed display bug when aligning images left and right Fixed broken link in wordpress widget 1.6 Now you can choose different sizes for the featured image or you can set custom dimensions Added some javascript effects for a more stream lined experience. Added custom post type support Added ability to align image Left, Center or Right 1.5 Included proper html syntax Added ordering of post by either ascending or descending 1.4.1 It's a secret bwahhahaha 1.3 Added optioned to show featured image Added a support link option Cleaned up code Fixed activation error 1.1 Added post count limit, Added option to link the widget title to the category Added ability to select category via a drop down menu Fixed a category display bug Cleaned up code 1.0 initial release show post title option, display featured image, set category by id, Name widget title