Flexible Featured Post Widget

Easily add a post assigned as featured to a sidebar with flexible options.

Author:Mark Wilkinson (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:4.3.1
WordPress version tested:4.4
Plugin version:1.0.1
Added to WordPress repository:17-12-2015
Last updated:17-12-2015
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:https://github.com/wpmark/flexible-featured-p...
Total downloads:579
Active installs:10+
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This plugin allow you to mark posts (by default) as featured, using a checkbox added to the post edit screen in the Publish meta box. You can then display a random, or the latest, featured post in any sidebar using the widget. The widget provides many flexible options such as choosing whether to display the post meta, featured image and a read more link.

Through extensible features, additional widget options can be added and the widget output can easily be customised. Additional there are a number of hooks and filters in place to allow developers to extend the plugin, for example making additional post types have the ability to be featured as well as just posts.

You can read the accompanying blog about this plugin here: http://markwilkinson.me/2015/12/flexible-featured-post-widget/