[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33231: Stars for Featured Posts

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#33231: Stars for Featured Posts
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 Reporter:  freetheweb         |      Owner:
     Type:  feature request    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Posts, Post Types  |    Version:  4.2.3
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                     |
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 The idea of separating "featured" posts from normal posts has become
 incredibly popular, and done by so many sites that I believe WordPress
 should add a special "featured" functionality for featured post types.
 "Featured" posts should not be just another category for several reasons.
 Using one category for "featured" posts is a workaround which present
 problems for users down the line. If they want to list their categories
 for readers to view, they might have to find a way to list all categories
 and exempt "featured" from that list. This also breaks functionality in
 some other applications and plugins.

 Thinking about what "featured" posts actually are, what it means to be
 "featured," it is clear to me that it should not be grouped together with
 every other post category. Many other services acknowledge this, and
 WordPress should as well.

 I believe WordPress featured posts should work like Gmail emails: normal
 posts look like they currently do. Featured posts would have a star to the
 left of the title. Click the star and it automatically becomes "featured."

 Acknowledging that featured posts are becoming so ubiquitous and treating
 them differently from categories would alleviate many problems caused by
 using categories as a workaround. Also, it would not be necessary to even
 call them "featured." They could be called "starred" posts, and the user
 could set the title of what to call them that fits their site's purpose
 best. This would even avoid it feeling like a workaround for their site at
 all.

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