Featured posts in Extra Theme (by Elegant Themes) is widget plugin for displaying featured posts in widget area.
Main Features
- Featured posts - Filters You can have several widgets of WordPress Popular Posts on your blog, each with its own settings!
- Title - Customize widget title as you need
- Numer of posts to show - Number of post to display in widget. Posts are ordered by date of publishing or any other order ex. plugin Simple Custom Post Order (https://www.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-post-order/)
- Display post date - shows date of post in widget, formated by global settings
- Display post thumbnail - shows thumbnail of featured image
- Display post category - shows another post meta data in the same line as post date
Please make sure your site meets the before proceeding.
Automatic installation
- Log in into your WordPress dashboard.
- Go to Plugins > Add New.
- In the "Search Plugins" field, type in Featured Posts Widget Walaski and hit Enter.
- Find the plugin in the search results list and click on the "Install Now" button.
Manual installation
- Download the plugin and extract its contents.
- Upload the
featured-posts-for-extra-theme-widget
folder to the /wp-content/plugins/
directory.
- Activate the Featured Posts Widget for Extra Theme plugin through the "Plugins" menu in WordPress.
Done! What's next?
- Go to Appearance > Widgets, drag and drop the Featured Posts Widget for Extra Theme widget to your sidebar. Once you're done configuring it, hit the Save button.
That's all!
USAGE
Featured Posts Widget for Extra Theme can be used in this ways:
- As a widget: simply drag and drop it into your theme's sidebar and configure it.