Featured state is stored as the term featured in the hidden taxonomy
pts_feature_tax, so any standard tax_query reaches it.
The ten most recent featured posts
$featured_posts = new WP_Query(
array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => 10,
'tax_query' => array(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'pts_feature_tax',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => array( 'featured' ),
),
),
)
);
if ( $featured_posts->have_posts() ) {
while ( $featured_posts->have_posts() ) {
$featured_posts->the_post();
// Output featured posts here.
}
wp_reset_postdata();
}Excluding featured posts
Set the operator to NOT IN:
'tax_query' => array(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'pts_feature_tax',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => array( 'featured' ),
'operator' => 'NOT IN',
),
),Checking a single post
if ( has_term( 'featured', 'pts_feature_tax', $post_id ) ) {
// This post is featured.
}Styling featured posts
The post_class filter adds featured and featured-{$post_type}:
.featured { /* any featured item */ }
.featured-page { /* featured pages only */ }Upgrading from 1.x
Before 2.0 the plugin stored featured state in the _pts_featured_post post
meta field. That field is gone. A meta_query against it is transparently
rewritten to the taxonomy query above and raises a deprecation notice, but new
code should query the taxonomy directly.