=== WP Featured Content and Slider === Contributors: essentialplugin Tags: featured content slider, custom post type featured content slider, featured content rotator services, featured content gallery, featured content slideshow, Requires at least: 4.0 Tested up to: 6.9.1 Stable tag: 1.7.6.1 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html A quick, easy way to add and display what features your company, product or service offers, using our shortcode OR template code or Gutenberg block. == Description == ✅ Now that you have your website ready then why don’t you **download** and try out this Featured slider to give it better functionality. **Download now** and display multiple Featured content slider using shortcode with category. Fully responsive, Swipe enabled, Desktop mouse dragging. Fully accessible with arrow key navigation Autoplay, dots, arrows etc. **Download Now** this Featured slider because It is proven that Featured sliders have been a powerful tool to present your content in a very neat manner with the help of fancy sliders and customized designs. [FREE DEMO](https://demo.essentialplugin.com/featured-content-and-slider-demo/?utm_source=WP&utm_medium=FeaturedContent&utm_campaign=Read-Me) | [PRO DEMO](https://demo.essentialplugin.com/prodemo/pro-wp-featured-content-and-slider/?utm_source=WP&utm_medium=FeaturedContent&utm_campaign=Read-Me) Your customer might like the professional and fancy vibe of your site with Featured sliders **✅ This plugin displays your featured content using :** * Featured Content Grid (4 designs) * Featured Content Slider (4 designs) **Download Now** it today and explore all the features. Many CMS site needs to display Featured Content/Featured services on website. "WP Featured Content and Slider" is a clean and easy-to-use features showcase management system for WordPress. Display Featured Content/Featured services, features your product, company or services offers, and display them via a shortcode OR template code. Now added Custom Post Type support where you can display custom post type content with this plugin. **Also added Gutenberg block support.** = ✅ Here is the plugin shortcode example = **Featured Content Grid** [featured-content] **Featured Content Slider** [featured-content-slider] **To display only Featured Content 4 post:** [featured-content limit="4"] Where limit define the number of posts to display. You can use same parameter with slider shortcode. **If you want to display Featured Content by category then use this short code:** [featured-content cat_id="category_ID"] You can use same parameter with slider shortcode. **✅ We have given 4 designs. For designs use the following shortcode:** [featured-content design="design-1"] Where designs are : design-1, design-2, design-3, design-4. You can use same parameter with slider shortcode. = ✅ Here is Template code = = ✅ Use Following Featured Content Grid parameters with shortcode = [featured-content] * **limit** : [featured-content limit="5"] ( ie Display 5 featured content on your website ) * **Design** : [featured-content design="design-1"] ( ie Select design for featured content. Designs are design-1, design-2, design-3) * **post_type** : [featured-content post_type="post"] ( ie Select Post type for featured content. You can select post type: post, page, any custom post type) * **Taxonomy** : [featured-content taxonomy="category"] (Enter registered custom taxonomy name with respective to post type. To use with category wise for custom taxonomy.) * **cat_id** : [featured-content cat_id="category_id"] ( ie Display featured content categories wise) * **grid** : [featured-content grid="2"] ( ie Display featured content in grid view) * **fa_icon_color** : [featured-content fa_icon_color="#000000"] ( ie Change the color of Font Awesome Icon - If added insted of featured image) * **image_style** : [featured-content image_style="square"] ( ie Image style "square" OR "circle") * **display_read_more** : [featured-content display_read_more="true"] ( ie Display Read More Button OR Not. Values are "true" and "false") * **content_words_limit** : [featured-content content_words_limit="50"] ( ie Limit the words limit in the content section.) * **show_content** : [featured-content show_content="true"] ( ie show short content or not. By default value is "true". Values are "true" and "false") * **extra_class** : [featured-content extra_class=""] ( You can add extra class here.) = ✅ Use Following Featured Content Slider parameters with shortcode = [featured-content-slider] * **Display Number of Featured content at time** : [featured-content-slider slides_column="2"] (Display no of columns in featured content ) * **Number of featured content slides at a time** : [featured-content-slider slides_scroll="2"] (Controls number of featured content rotate at a time) * **Pagination and arrows** : [featured-content-slider dots="false" arrows="false"] * **Autoplay and Autoplay Interval** : [featured-content-slider autoplay="true" autoplay_interval="100"] * **Slide Speed** : [featured-content-slider speed="3000"] * **limit** : [featured-content-slider limit="5"] ( ie Display 5 featured content on your website ) * **Design** : [featured-content-slider design="design-1"] ( ie Select design for featured content. Designs are design-1, design-2, design-3) * **post_type** : [featured-content-slider post_type="featured_post"] ( ie Select Post type for featured content. You can select post type: post, page, any custom post type) * **Taxonomy** : [featured-content-slider taxonomy="category"] (Enter registered custom taxonomy name with respective to post type. To use with category wise for custom taxonomy.) * **cat_id** : [featured-content-slider cat_id="category_id"] ( ie Display featured content categories wise) * **fa_icon_color** : [featured-content-slider fa_icon_color="#000000"] ( ie Change the color of Font Awesome Icon - If added insted of featured image) * **image_style** : [featured-content-slider image_style="square"] ( ie Image style "square" OR "circle") * **display_read_more** : [featured-content-slider display_read_more="true"] ( ie Display Read More Button OR Not. Values are "true" and "false") * **content_words_limit** : [featured-content-slider content_words_limit="50"] ( ie Limit the words limit in the content section.) * **show_content** : [featured-content-slider show_content="true"] ( ie show short content or not. By default value is "true". Values are "true" and "false") * **extra_class** : [featured-content-slider extra_class=""] ( You can add extra class here.) ✅ **Checkout demo for better understanding** [FREE DEMO](https://demo.essentialplugin.com/featured-content-and-slider-demo/?utm_source=WP&utm_medium=FeaturedContent&utm_campaign=Read-Me) | [PRO DEMO](https://demo.essentialplugin.com/prodemo/pro-wp-featured-content-and-slider/?utm_source=WP&utm_medium=FeaturedContent&utm_campaign=Read-Me) ✅ **Essential Plugin Bundle Deal** [Annual or Lifetime Bundle Deal](https://www.essentialplugin.com/pricing/?utm_source=WP&utm_medium=FeaturedContent&utm_campaign=Read-Me) = ✅ Features include: = * Added Gutenberg block support. * Featured Content Grid * Featured Content Slider * Easy to add. * Also work with Gutenberg shortcode block. * Elementor, Beaver and SiteOrigin Page Builder Native Support (New). * Divi Page Builder Native Support (New). * Fusion Page Builder (Avada) Native Support (New). * Touch-enabled Navigation. * Given 5 designs. * Responsive. * Use for header image slider. * You can create multiple Featured Content slider with different options at single page or post. * Fully responsive. Scales with its container. * 100% Multi Language. = Privacy & Policy = * We have also opt-in e-mail selection , once you download the plugin , so that we can inform you and nurture you about products and its features. == Installation == 1. Upload the 'WP Featured Content and Slider' folder to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory. 2. Activate the "WP Featured Content and Slider" list plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress. 3. Add a new page and add this short code [featured-content] 4. If you want to display using slider then use this short code [featured-content-slider] 5. Here is Template code 6. If you want to display using slider then use this template code == Screenshots == 1. List and grid view. 2. Slider with designs 3. Designs 4. Category Shortcode == Changelog == = 1.7.6 (17, Nov 2025) = * [*] Fixed code conflict issue affecting widget saving. = 1.7.5 (12, Nov 2025) = * [*] Check compatibility with WordPress version 6.8.3 = 1.7.4 (15, May 2025) = * [*] Check compatibility with WordPress version 6.8.1 = 1.7.3 (21, January 2025) = * [*] Check compatibility to WordPress version 6.7.1 = 1.7.2 (07, Nov 2024) = * [*] Check compatibility with WordPress version 6.6.2 = 1.7.1 (09, Aug 2024) = * [*] Check compatibility with WordPress version 6.6.1 = 1.7 (24, Nov 2023) = * [*] Updated analytics SDK. * [*] Check compatibility with WordPress version 6.4.1 = 1.6 (29, Aug 2023) = * [*] Tested up to: 6.3 = 1.5.1 (02, Aug 2023) = * [*] Fixed all security related issues. = 1.5 (29, May 2023) = * [*] Update - Improve escaping functions for better security. * [*] Update - Solved Gutenberg widget wp-editor script issue. * [*] Check compatibility to WordPress version 6.2.2 = 1.4.4 (14, Feb 2022) = * [*] Tested up to: 5.9 * [-] Removed some unwanted code and files. = 1.4.3 (15, Nov 2021) = * [*] Fix - Resolve Gutenberg WP-Editor script related issue. * [*] Update - Add some text and links in Readme file. = 1.4.2 (20, Aug 2021) = * [*] Updated all external links * [*] Tweak - Code optimization and performance improvements. * [*] Fixed - Blocks Initializer Issue. * [*] Updated language file and json. = 1.4.1 (31, May 2021) = * [*] Added - https link in our analytics code to avoid browser security warning. * [*] Tested up to: 5.7.2 * [*] Tweak - Code optimization and performance improvements. = 1.4 (04, March 2021) = * [+] New - Added Gutenberg block support. Now use plugin easily with Gutenberg! * [+] New - Added native shortcode support for Elementor, SiteOrigin and Beaver builder. * [+] New - Added Divi page builder native support. * [+] New - Added Fusion page builder native support. * [*] Tweak - Code optimization and performance improvements. = 1.3.4 (14, July 2020) = * [*] Follow WordPress Detailed Plugin Guidelines for Offload Media and Analytics Code. * [*] Tested up to: 5.4.2 * [+] Added wp-featured-content-and-slider.pot file in languages dir. = 1.3.3 (31, Dec 2019) = * [*] Fixed some css related issue. * [+] Added esc_url() where needed. * [*] Fixed text domain issue. = 1.3.3 (31, May 2019) = * [*] Fix - Resolved warning of count varible with PHP latest version. = 1.3.2 (14, Feb 2019) = * [*] Minor change in Opt-in flow. = 1.3.1 (04, Jan 2019) = * [*] Update Opt-in flow. = 1.3 (08, Dec 2018) = * [*] Tested with WordPress 5.0 and Gutenberg. = 1.2.8 (09 June, 2018) = * [*] Follow some WordPress Detailed Plugin Guidelines. = 1.2.7 (25 Aug, 2017) = * [*] Fixed design-4 issue mac sfari browser. = 1.2.6 (24 Aug, 2017) = * [*] Fixed design-4 issue in responsive and display content in vertical * [*] Fixed css issues. = 1.2.5 (16 Jan, 2017) = * [+] Added 'taxonomy' shortcode parameter for custom category. * [*] Grouped 'Fa Icon' and 'Read More Link' metabox options. * [*] Updated slider js to latest version. * [*] Updated Font Awesome CSS to latest version 4.7.0 = 1.2.4 (28/10/2016) = * [+] Added "How it work" tab. * Fixed slick.js load issue. * Fixed some css issues. = 1.2.3 = * Fixed some css issues. = 1.2.2 = * Added css for outline issue. = 1.2.1 = * Fixed some css issues. * Resolved multiple slider jquery conflict issue. = 1.2 = * Fixed some bugs * Added New shortcode parameters ie show_content * Added new design ie design-4 = 1.1 = * Added New shortcode parameters ie post_type, fa_icon_color, content_words_limit. * Added new design-3. * Added Font Awesome Icons. * Fixed some bug. = 1.0 = * Initial release. * Adds custom post type.