Title: Featured Custom Posts Widget
Author: linkhousemedia
Published: <strong>July 2, 2011</strong>
Last modified: July 6, 2011

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# Featured Custom Posts Widget

 By [linkhousemedia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/linkhousemedia/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/featured-custom-posts-widget.1.1.0.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-custom-posts-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-custom-posts-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-custom-posts-widget/)

## Description

This plugin was initially designed as a theme function but we thought it might come
in handy for someone else. It is designed to use the following plugins:

 * [Custom Post Type UI](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/)
 * [Taxonomy Images](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/taxonomy-images/)

Of course you can create your own custom post types and taxonomies but the Custom
Post Type UI plugin makes very light work of it.

The plugin creates a widget for adding featured posts. There are other plugins that
do this but Featured Custom Posts allows for custom post types and taxonomies. It
was created to show featured products that were created as custom post types.

_Features_

 * Select number of posts to display (default: 10)
 * Post Type
 * Custom Taxonomy
 * Custom Taxonomy Term

_New In Version 1.1_

 * Added Permalink Base for post URL (Defaults to post’s GUID)
 * Added Post Title as the link text if Taxonomy Images plugin isn’t present

_Example Usage_

Custom Post Type: “products”
 Taxonomy: “product-tags” Taxonomy Term: “featured”

In this example our custom post type of “products” allows us to add products in 
a similar way to posts. Now with our custom taxonomy of “product-tags” we can tag
our products with the tag “featured”. Plug this information into the widget via 
the wp-admin area and you’re all set!

_Future Updates_

 * Allow for multiple taxonomy terms
 * Add thumbnail size support

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * View of widget in wp-admin

## Installation

To install this plugin please use the “install” feature from the WordPress site.

## FAQ

  How do I use the Permalink Base feature?

This gives you a way to add a custom slug in front of your post_name in the URL 
if you’re using permalinks. If your permalink structure looks like `/%category%/%
postname%/` then your permalink base might look like `/products`, for example. You
can also use a single forward slash to produce something like `example.com/post-
name`

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Featured Custom Posts Widget” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ linkhousemedia ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/linkhousemedia/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-custom-posts-widget/),
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## Changelog

#### 1.1.0

 * Added: Permalink Base for post URL (Defaults to post’s GUID)
 * Added: Post Title as the link text if Taxonomy Images plugin isn’t present

#### 1.0.1

 * Added: Functionality that checks if “Taxonomy Images” plugin is active and in
   use
 * Added: Class “featured-custom-posts” to list of custom posts

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial setup

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **15 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.2.1**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-custom-posts-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [custom post type](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-post-type/)[custom taxonomy widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-taxonomy-widget/)
   [featured posts](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured-posts/)[featured products](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured-products/)
   [post type widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-type-widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-custom-posts-widget/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ linkhousemedia ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/linkhousemedia/)

## Support

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