Featured Posts Section is most common in premium wordpress themes and the same can be implemented in any wordpress blog along with customization options from the wordpress admin using CB-Featured Posts plugin.

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CB-Featured Posts is created from jCarousel / jquery and developed byCyberBlog.net and displays posts from a category of your choice with a nice scrolling and 30 easing effects anywhere within your Wordpress blog.You can also vary many settings like height, width, Category-ID, Scrolling speed, font and font color etc.

Custom Field for Background Image

- You must add a custom field for each post you want to displayed in CB-Featured.

- Use the key featuredimg and the full url of your image in the value.

INSTALLATION

• Upload the plugin to wp-content/plugins directory on your host.
• Go to admin panel and activate the plugin
• Click “CB-Featured” link under “Settings” and customize the height, width etc
• Once you finished configuring your settings place this code where you wan the featured posts section to appear in the theme :

<?php include (ABSPATH . ‘/wp-content/plugins/cb-featured/featured.php’); ?>

Download CB-Featured Plugin :

- CB-Featured Plugin (Text & Images)

- CB-Featured Plugin(Text Only)