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Note: You can make up to 3(-6) news posts sticky and override the most recent news posts.
How to display featured news in the sidebar using
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Featured News widget
1 - In your site Dashboard, mouse over "Appearance" and click on "Widgets".
2 - Drag and drop the "Recent PostsFeatured News" widget into your Main Sidebar area.
3 - Give your widget a Title and select the number of posts to show.. The widget will automatically save.
4- Your recents posts Featured News widget will display in your website's sidebar like this:
How to display featured news on your homepage (or any other pages) using the shortcode
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