How to add Select Featured Posts in Wordpress

• To install correctly this select-featured-posts.zip .
• Fisrt Download the select-featured-posts.zip to your computer
• Extract/Open select-featured-posts.zip to Your Computer.
• Then, Find readme.txt file inside select-featured-posts.zip and Open readme.txt .
• Now, Read the Requirements of this plugin. Which Wordpress Version and PHP Version are required to run this Plugin in Your Wordpress Site.
• Then, Follow the Tips Below.

Step-1 : Download " select-featured-posts.zip " to Your Local Computer.

Step-2 : Then, Login to your " yourdomain.com/wp-admin " Dashboard.

Step-3 : Then, Click on " Plugins " + " Add New " from left Side Menu of Dashboard.

Step-4 : Now, Click on " Upload Plugin " button.

Step-5 : Now, Browse " select-featured-posts.zip " Downloaded plugin from your computer, Where you downloaded " select-featured-posts.zip " According to Step – 1 Above then, click on " Install Now "

Step-6 : Now, Click on " Active Plugin "

Step-7 : Then, See left Side Menu. " Select Featured Posts " folder is added on left Side Menu. Now, Click on " Select Featured Posts " folder.

Noted that: If you do not see " Select Featured Posts " folder on left Side Menu then, see at left Side Menu " Settings " or " Tools ".

Step-8 : Now you configure yourself oR Watch video tutorial below about Select Featured Posts Configurations and Settings or How to work " Select Featured Posts " in your WordPress site.

After Activated Plugin According to Step-6 then,

1. Go to " Plugins " + " Installed Plugin " from Wordpress Admin Panel Leftside Menu.
2. or Direct go to: https://yourdomain/wp-admin/plugins.php
3. Then, Find " Select Featured Posts " Activated Plugin from Plugin List.
4. Then, Click on " Settings " from Plugin that is Select Featured Posts
5. Now, Edit/Add/Config the setting and Click on " Save Changes " button,

1. Upload the select-featured-posts folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Go to the Posts -> Posts screen if you have wordpress 3.0 and for older versions go to Posts -> Edit.
4. Check and uncheck posts to make it featured/unfeatured

5. To use it in theme add this before query_posts or get_posts

   if (function_exists(‘featured_posts’)) {
   featured_posts(‘add’);
   }

   If query_posts or get_posts is not there in your theme then you can add above code and query_posts before while loop
   For eg.

 if (function_exists('featured_posts')) { featured_posts('add'); } query_posts('posts_per_page=10'); while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); //Your Code endwhile; // end of the loop. if (function_exists('featured_posts')) { featured_posts('remove'); } 

1. To remove the featured post from the query post buffer once the same have been displayed add this code

   if (function_exists(‘featured_posts’)) {
   featured_posts(‘remove’);
   }

For eg.

 if (function_exists('featured_posts')) { featured_posts('add'); } query_posts('category_name=Entertainment'); // Hence now that the featured posts have been displayed clear them so that they don't get repeated. if (function_exists('featured_posts')) { featured_posts('remove'); }

So it will give featured post of Entertainment Category.

OR

1. If you want to get Featured post IDs only then use this

   if (function_exists(‘get_featured_posts’)) {
   $limit = 5;
   $featured_posts = get_featured_posts($limit);
   }

2. If your theme supports widgets then go to Appearance -> Widgets and just Drag and Drop Select Featured Post Widget.

3. In widget you can specify total no of posts or Featured Post of a Category.