Latest Release: 3.0.3

Post Type Spotlight

Easily allows you to designate posts, pages, attachments and custom post types as featured.

Description

The plugin displays a toggle within the publish area to feature a post. The toggle only appears on admin selected post types which can be selected in the Settings -> Writing screen.

When a post is designated as featured:

• It receives featured and featured-{$posttype} classes via the post_class filter.

• Shows featured ⭐️ in the post type's admin post list screen.

• Assigns the post a hidden taxonomy term (featured) that can easily be queried via the pts_feature_tax taxonomy.

• Note: For the plugin to work on attachments, you must be using 3.5 or above. All other features will work on 3.1.0 and up.*

New in Version 3.0.0

• Better compatibility with the Block Editor and the enhancements it brings.
• Added a new Featured Posts Variation of the Query Loop
• Added the ability to filter teh Featured Posts Query Loop to only show featured posts
• Added the ability to filter the Featured Posts Query Loop to show all posts excluding featured posts
• Added the ability to filter the Featured Posts Query Loop to show all posts and show featured posts first (similar to sticky)
• Updated all dependencies
• Added the ability to sort post lists by featured posts.

Installation

1. Upload the plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Navigate to the Settings->Writing section and select the post types you would like to have the featured abilities.

Screenshots

1. The settings page.
2. Options on the edit screen
3. Markup example when using post_class();
4. Shows featured posts in post edit tables.