Quick and simple featured boxes as widgets
Adds a widget to display a square or rectangular block in the form of an image, title, and subtitle
pointing to a specific post, page, category or theme.
Nice CSS styling. Recommended for inclusion in “magazine styled” home pages.
Multi-widget is supported, so that numerous articles or categories can be featured in a sidebar or home page template.
You can use the provided additional stylesheet, or customize your own.
Base package includes .pot file for translation of the interface, and
English and
French versions.
Translation
If you want to contribute to a translation of this plugin, please drop me a line by e-mail or leave a comment
on the
plugin's page.
You will get credit for your translation in the plugin file and this documentation, as well as a link on this page and on my developers' blog.
Active support
Drop me a line on my
YD Recent Posts Widget plugin support site to report bugs, ask for specific feature or improvement, or just tell me how you're using the plugin.
It's still in an active development stage, with new features coming out on a regular basis.
Wordpress automatic installation is fully supported and recommended.
For manual installation:
- Unzip yd-featured-block-widget.zip
- Upload the
yd-featured-block-widget directory and all its contents into the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
- Use the widget admin page to add the widget to one of your sidebars and configure it
For specific installations, some more information might be found on the
YD Featured Box Widget plugin support page