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1. Konziner
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello,

   I am currently using trying to use the "Featured Post" plugin. I am fairly new when it comes to coding in WordPress, and I was wondering if someone could give me a few pointers on this.

   On the one hand, I am wondering the EXACT code to just call this plugin. The whole thing, all the way from the <?php function(); ?> to the end of the code.

   The other thing I was wondering, I am also using the "Advanced Excerpt" Plugin. The issue with this, is it changes the size of ALL of my excerpts. I have 2 seperate excerpts on the static page of my blog. I want one to be a 50-60 word count excerpt, and the other to be a 20-30 word count. People to do it this way would be a lot better than using the featured post for my needs.

   Thanks very much WordPress.Org.

   - Brett

2. flick
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   For point one, I'm assuming you mean: call this plugin so that it is displayed on the website?

   If this is the case, then the author provides quite a few examples:
   http://www.mydollarplan.com/random-featured-post-plugin/

3. pusbucket
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Speak n00b to me here mosey. I activate the plugin and set the category stuff up then stick `if ( function_exists('show_featured_post') )
   if (is_home() && !is_paged())
   show_featured_post('<span class="container">','</div>');`
   at the top of my index.php but nothing happens.

4. pusbucket
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Alright, I was being a little facetious to highlight the point that some of us only know enough to get into trouble :)

   Turns out I was having problems when "Display excerpt." was checked.
   So Konziner, if you're still completely lost, I stuck
   

   <?php if ( function_exists('show_featured_post') )
    show_featured_post('', '', true, 3320);?>

   just before where the posts are called in the template; i.e. <?php if (have_posts()) : ?> ...

   btw, '3320' is the ID of the category I want featured posts from.

5. flick
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Glad it worked out for you, pusbucket :)

   If it's any help, the code should just go where you would like the content to be displayed rather than at the top of the page.

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