The plugin almost works .. working better

Update 9/29/2014
Someone with Nelio Software has been working with me through the forum and came up with inserting the following formatting into the css file
‘.widget_neliofp_widget article .featured-image.alignleft {
margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
}’
This straightens out the image problem with the plugin.

They have been quite responsive with the fix. My hope is that this fix is in the next upgrade. I generally don’t like customizing the css file as it all disappears if you change themes.

However, they get 2 extra stars for the effort they put in to fix the issue.
Now it works as one would expect.
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Original rating 2 stars

This plugin almost works.

I was looking for something to replace “sticky posts” as they have a tendency to clog up the front page. I was looking for a plugin that allowed me to select individual posts to place in the sidebar.

Nelio Featured Posts does that, and I even like the way that it does it. However, the function to allow a thumbnail of the featured image for the post blows up the whole plugin if you have it selected AND that function is selected by default..

So, there is a bug.

Sadly, posting the problem has resulted in no response after two days. For that reason I have given this review.

This plugin does the basics of what I want. I had hoped for the graphical component as that was the default function. I continue to use the plugin as is, but it does not give the level of highlight to featured articles that one would wish.