Best featured post plugins for WordPress
The most popular featured post plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. NS Featured Posts leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Feature A Page Widget (3K+) and Genesis Featured Widget Amplified (2K+). All 16 plugins tagged “featured post” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 featured post plugins
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NS Featured PostsThe most installed featured post plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 29 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Feature A Page Widget3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 29 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 3.
Genesis Featured Widget Amplified2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 15 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.
Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 14 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 5.
Featured Post800+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 14 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 6.
IntelliWidget Per Page Custom Menus and Dynamic Content600+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 20 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Nelio Featured Posts300+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 9 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 8.
WP Featured Posts300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 9.
Advanced Featured Page Widget300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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Extended Featured Widget80+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 16 plugins tagged “featured post”
NS Featured Posts
Down in the last 7 days:14#3,472by Nilambar Sharma2 months ago
A plugin for making posts, pages, or custom post types featured. Users can enable/disable Featured flags for selected post types.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(29)
- Downloads
- 41/day
Feature A Page Widget
Up in the last 7 days:4#3,877by mrwweb6 years ago
A widget to display an attractive summary of any page in any widget area.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(29)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Genesis Featured Widget Amplified
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,607by Nick the Geek9 years ago
Genesis Featured Posts with support for custom post types, taxonomies, and so much more
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(15)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget
Down in the last 7 days:16#5,583by Travis Smith9 years ago
Genesis Featured Content with support for custom post types, taxonomies, and so much more.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Featured Post
Down in the last 7 days:3#7,499by Sovit Tamrakar9 years ago
Featured Post Plugin for Wordpress.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.6(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
IntelliWidget Per Page Custom Menus and Dynamic Content
Down in the last 7 days:1#8,234by lilaeamedia6 years ago
Display custom menus, featured posts, custom post types and other dynamic content on a per page, per post or site-wide basis.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.7(20)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Nelio Featured Posts
Up in the last 7 days:2#10,287by Nelio Software7 years ago
Select the featured posts you want to show at any time and include them in your theme using a widget.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(9)
- Downloads
- 6/day
WP Featured Posts
Down in the last 7 days:7#10,331by nutttaro5 months ago
WP Featured Posts is a plugin choose featured posts, sortable and sticky custom post type and compatible with WPML.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Advanced Featured Page Widget
Up in the last 7 days:2#10,713by jmurimi13 years ago
This plugin allows you to add a featured page using a widget.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Extended Featured Widget
Up in the last 7 days:89#17,509by Chinmoy11 years ago
Extended Featured Content Widget is a powerful, light weight wordpress plugin that helps you can organize your post/page content beautifully.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Select Featured Posts
Up in the last 7 days:16#18,359by mediology16 years ago
A plugin which allows you to select/unselect posts and updates the same using Ajax.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Feature Me
Down in the last 7 days:152#21,296by iandbanks12 years ago
A simple widget that allows you to feature any page or post on your website.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CodeFlavors Featured Post
Up in the last 7 days:175#25,520by CodeFlavors10 years ago
Featured Post Plugin for WordPress with custom post type support.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured Posts
#38,907by Ron Rennick9 years ago
Featured posts plugin & widget for WordPress or WordPress MU.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP One Post Widget
Up in the last 7 days:5,416#40,986by Rafael Tavares2 months ago
Select one specific published post and display it in a widget area.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Featured Lyth Slide
Up in the last 7 days:8,835#62,685by lythium929 years ago
Easy to use WordPress slide plugin for featured post with thumbnail and nice Breaking animation.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day