The recent blog posts element supports two main layouts:

Column layout – 2, 3 or 4 columns:

List layout:

You can insert the blog posts element anywhere within the content of the pages or posts, by using the “Recent Blog Posts” button of the editor buttons:

Creating a Featured Posts section

You can create a Featured Posts section by following these steps:

• Create a Featured category
• Assign your featured posts to that category
• When inserting the Recent Blog Posts element, select your Featured category in the “Show posts from category” field.