Best featured content plugins for WordPress
The most popular featured content plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Genesis Featured Page Advanced leads with 7K+ active installs, ahead of Easy Featured Content (30+) and JQuery Featured Content Gallery (30+). All 10 plugins tagged “Featured Content” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 featured content plugins
- 1.
Genesis Featured Page AdvancedThe most installed featured content plugin, with 7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 29 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 2.
Easy Featured Content30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 3.
JQuery Featured Content Gallery30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 4.
WP Glideshow20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 5.
WPreso Video FeatureBox10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.4.
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Tierra's Billboard Manager10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 7.
Better Post Formats10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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WP Slideshow10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
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Sneakers10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
All 10 plugins tagged “Featured Content”
Genesis Featured Page Advanced
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,650by Nick Diego2 years ago
An advanced version of the Genesis - Featured Page widget. Allows you to add a custom image, custom content, page excerpt, and more.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(29)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Easy Featured Content
Down in the last 7 days:2#23,083by nickohrn12 years ago
This plugin allows you to mark content as featured and use the designation in your queries and via a template tag.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
JQuery Featured Content Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:176#23,775by shmish11116 years ago
Originally intended to be similar to the famous Featured Content Gallery but using JQuery thus avoiding conflicts with other plugins.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Glideshow
#26,329by IWEBIX14 years ago
WP Glideshow - A revolutionary Javascript Slideshow for Wordpress. Highly customizable and wonderful styling options. A must have for every Wordpress …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPreso Video FeatureBox
Up in the last 7 days:5,935#36,985by topsys17 years ago
WPreso Video FeatureBox is a WordPress plugin that allows you to create a list of Featured Videos slides from your video posts or video category.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tierra's Billboard Manager
Up in the last 7 days:5,726#38,577by tierrainnovation16 years ago
The Tierra Billboard Manager plugin for WordPress offers a single, customizable "billboard panel" through which publishers can present image …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Post Formats
Up in the last 7 days:5,750#39,024by RGB Lab1 month ago
Real audio, video, gallery, link and quote content in place of featured images, in classic and block themes. Just like any premium WordPress theme.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Slideshow
Down in the last 7 days:2,124#44,804by IWEBIX16 years ago
WP Slideshow - The most costumizable and stylable Slideshow Plugin for Wordpress. Duration, Speed and Styling - You can configure by yourself.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sneakers
Down in the last 7 days:10,455#48,009by G Matta5 years ago
Easily add visually appealing Collapsible Panels facing any direction on the screen, without jQuery. Supports Shortcode, Custom Colors and 12 differen …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day