Title: NS Featured Posts Author: Nilambar Sharma Published: June 4, 2014 Last modified: September 11, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/ns-featured-posts/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3359668) ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/ns-featured-posts_fdfdfd.svg) # NS Featured Posts By [Nilambar Sharma](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nilambar/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ns-featured-posts.3.0.1.zip) [Live Preview](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/?preview=1) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-featured-posts/) ## Description ### NS Featured Posts This plugin adds checkboxes for each list item. You can easily check/uncheck the Featured flag. Checking the Featured will set the meta value **yes** for meta key** _is_ns_featured_post**. You can choose which post types you want Featured functionality from plugin settings. #### Using in theme This plugin only sets/unsets the meta key for assigned posts. You need to implement it in your theme to get Featured functionality. Example: ``` $query = new WP_Query( array( 'meta_key' => '_is_ns_featured_post', 'meta_value' => 'yes' ) ); ``` This will fetch the list of posts that are checked as Featured. **Want to see how this can be used in a Page Template?** [Click this link to see an example](https://gist.github.com/ernilambar/ad31b89b459e954fc950) ## Screenshots * [[ * Admin Settings page * [[ * Example of featured in Post listing ## Installation #### Using The WordPress Dashboard 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ Plugin Dashboard 2. Select ‘ns-featured-posts.zip’ from your computer 3. Upload 4. Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugin Dashboard 5. Place the ‘NS Featured Posts Widget’ into a Widget area through the ‘Appearance- > Widgets’ menu in WordPress. #### Using FTP 1. Extract ‘ns-featured-posts.zip’ to your computer 2. Upload the ‘ns-featured-posts’ directory to your ‘wp-content/plugins’ directory 3. Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugins dashboard 4. Place the ‘NS Featured Posts Widget’ into a Widget area through the ‘Appearance- > Widgets’ menu in WordPress. ## FAQ ### Does this support custom post types? Yes. It supports custom post types also. From the Settings page( Settings -> NS Featured Posts), you can enable/disable custom post types for featured. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18688d0857ddc980f8261681a92034275c64fc601bfe2f20fa99f2b149ffcddc? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Super simple to use with the theme that I use](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-simple-to-use-with-the-theme-that-i-use/)󠁿 [Troy Larsen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bulldogarf/) February 19, 2026 It’s great. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a99caef18b1ba122804e27147cdc572ecfdcdc3b8ba72879f8da6b25104a24a2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-9026/)󠁿 [woyz1991](https://profiles.wordpress.org/woyz1991/) October 30, 2025 Good ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/071da9e5a13be529f290fb4b6162a7c91be53c23017c05b44fc7d38b53de13f4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[buen trabajo](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/muy-bien-97/)󠁿 [Marcial Quintanar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marquinz/) August 9, 2025 Muy bien ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/79182c56d7595cf26c01b461f968fbef6aced751f3b163de63518c92d18d0523? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very Useful and simple](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-and-simple-24/)󠁿 [jeffsantos](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffsantos/) May 15, 2025 Simple, useful and clean. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0dacd9b800472e3542b101b930ea59ad5f39ff2a63269e8e03777cbd3f45ec38? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-9570/)󠁿 [ekrielen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ekrielen/) April 16, 2025 Never had a problem with this plugin 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7c9eee1989096bc0202e56a4a07d302821c840afc94c0217370946a574bc06d1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does what it says it does](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-what-it-says-it-does-120/)󠁿 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/luisantiago/) October 29, 2024 And does it flawlessly. [ Read all 29 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-featured-posts/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “NS Featured Posts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Nilambar Sharma ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nilambar/) “NS Featured Posts” has been translated into 7 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ns-featured-posts/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “NS Featured Posts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ns-featured-posts) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ns-featured-posts/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ns-featured-posts/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ns-featured-posts/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ns-featured-posts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.0.1 – 10 Sep 2025 * WP compatibility #### 3.0.0 – 30 Jul 2024 * Requirement: PHP 7.2; WP 6.0 * Major code refactoring * Update dependencies #### 2.0.13 – 17 May 2024 * Fix PHP 8.3 notice #### 2.0.12 – 16 May 2024 * Add blueprint #### 2.0.11 – 15 May 2024 * Fix URLs #### 2.0.10 – 23 May 2023 * Update packages #### 2.0.9 – 4 Feb 2023 * Fix PHP 8 notices #### 2.0.8 – 17 Oct 2022 * Fix PHP notice on the plugins page #### 2.0.7 – 11 Oct 2022 * Minor bug fixes #### 2.0.6 – 4 Jul 2022 * Minor bug fixes #### 2.0.5 – 24 Jun 2022 * Minor bug fixes #### 2.0.4 – 9 Jan 2022 * Add order options in widget * Minor bug fixes #### 2.0.3 – 20 Jul 2021 * Compatibility with WP 5.8 * Minor bug fixes #### 2.0.2 * Minor bug fixes #### 2.0.1 * Fix bug of cpt #### 2.0.0 * Major code refactoring * Add radio mode * Add max posts option * Minor bug fixes #### 1.4.1 * Fix links #### 1.4.0 * Fix: Allow Editor to toggle checkbox * Compatibility with WP 4.6 * Fix: Minor Bug fixes #### 1.3 * Fix: Minor Bug fixes #### 1.2 * Fix: Minor Bug fixes #### 1.1 * New: Metabox added in edit screen to enable/disable featured * Fix: Minor Bug fixes * Compatibility: Compatibility check with WP 4.2 #### 1.0.2 * Bug fixes #### 1.0.1 * Add Featured Posts Widget * Bug fixes #### 1.0.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **3.0.1** * Last updated **7 months ago** * Active installations **4,000+** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 7.2 or higher ** * Languages * [Chinese (China)](https://cn.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/), [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/), [Nepali](https://ne.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/), [Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ns-featured-posts) * Tags * [custom](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom/)[featured](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured/) [featured post](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured-post/)[meta](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/meta/) [post](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ns-featured-posts/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 25 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-featured-posts/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-featured-posts/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-featured-posts/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-featured-posts/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-featured-posts/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-featured-posts/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-featured-posts/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Nilambar Sharma ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nilambar/) ## Support Got something to say? 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