Title: featured event
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# featured event

 *  Resolved [gennefir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gennefir/)
 * (@gennefir)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-event/)
 * hi all I’m looking for the best plug-in to use to have a featured event in my
   sidebar.
    any suggestions?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/events-manager/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/events-manager/)

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 *  [Philip John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philipjohn/)
 * (@philipjohn)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-event/#post-3839590)
 * Hiya,
 * You could certainly do that with Events Manager – by creating a “Featured” event
   category.
 * Cheers,
    Phil
 *  Thread Starter [gennefir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gennefir/)
 * (@gennefir)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-event/#post-3839605)
 * thanks Phil but after i create the category, how do i get it into the sidebar?
 *  Thread Starter [gennefir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gennefir/)
 * (@gennefir)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-event/#post-3839611)
 * in case i’m not being real clear.
    i want an excerpt of the featured event to
   appear in the sidebar with a thumbnail image not just the category name “featured
   event” am i making sense? lol
 *  [caimin_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caimin_nwl/)
 * (@caimin_nwl)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-event/#post-3839617)
 * If you add the Events widget to your sidebar, by default you’ll get a list of
   all events. To narrow it down to just your featured category, change the category
   ID in the widget settings to the ID of your featured category.
 *  Thread Starter [gennefir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gennefir/)
 * (@gennefir)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-event/#post-3839628)
 * still not getting what i want.
    how about a widget for featured events with thumbnail?
   anyone have one they are using?
 *  [caimin_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caimin_nwl/)
 * (@caimin_nwl)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-event/#post-3839647)
 * The widget I mentioned can do this for you. What happens when you try it? Why
   isn’t it working for you?
 *  Thread Starter [gennefir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gennefir/)
 * (@gennefir)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-event/#post-3839651)
 * well, because what I want is the ability to go to my events list, select an event
   to be featured, And have it show up in the sidebar with a thumbnail image.
    when
   i tried it with the categories list the image was not showing up and yes, i added
   the event image placeholder to the code.
 *  Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
 * (@angelo_nwl)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-event/#post-3839667)
 * after trying [@phil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phil/) suggestion,
 * 1.
    use events widget at WP Appearance > widget > events widget then enter/add
   x in Category IDs where x is your event categories id
 * 2.
    use shortcode like [events_list category=”x”] where x is your event categories
   id and then install wp plugin which allows you to use shortcode in text widget
 *  Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/)
 * (@netweblogic)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-event/#post-3839687)
 * you want to add an events widget, there you can alter the format and limit the
   list to certain categories.
 * alternatively use shortcodes in a text widget like
 * [events_list category=”featured”]#_EVENTNAME #_EVENTIMAGE{50,50}[/events_list]
 * combined with this plugin – [http://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-in-sidebar-widgets/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-in-sidebar-widgets/)
 *  Thread Starter [gennefir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gennefir/)
 * (@gennefir)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-event/#post-3839699)
 * UGH…FINALLY!
 * Thanks to all of you patient people for helping me get through this.
    Between
   all of your input I was able to “git er done”.
 * God Bless You All!

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-event/#post-3839699)
 * Status: resolved