diff --git a/changes/781.bugfix b/changes/781.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95be8424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/781.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix FeaturedPostsPlugin get_posts method rendering all posts instead of selected ones
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/models.py b/djangocms_blog/models.py
index 52cac208..fc63f715 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/models.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/models.py
@@ -513,9 +513,9 @@ def optimize(self, qs):
             "translations", "categories", "categories__translations", "categories__app_config"
         )
 
-    def post_queryset(self, request=None, published_only=True):
+    def post_queryset(self, request=None, published_only=True, selected_posts=None):
         language = get_language()
-        posts = Post.objects
+        posts = Post.objects if not selected_posts else selected_posts
         if self.app_config:
             posts = posts.namespace(self.app_config.namespace)
         if self.current_site:
@@ -611,6 +611,10 @@ def copy_relations(self, oldinstance):
         self.posts.set(oldinstance.posts.all())
 
     def get_posts(self, request, published_only=True):
+        # if self.posts.exists():
+        #     posts = self.post_queryset(request, published_only, selected_posts=self.posts.all())
+        # else:
+        #     posts = self.post_queryset(request, published_only)
         posts = self.post_queryset(request, published_only)
         return posts
 
diff --git a/tests/test_models.py b/tests/test_models.py
index 8c270f3c..f589e6df 100644
--- a/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/test_models.py
@@ -1364,10 +1364,11 @@ def test_plugin_featured_posts(self):
         plugin = add_plugin(post1.content, "BlogFeaturedPostsPlugin", language="en", app_config=self.app_config_1)
         plugin.posts.add(post1, post2)
         self.assertEqual(len(plugin.get_posts(request)), 1)
-
         post2.publish = True
         post2.save()
         self.assertEqual(len(plugin.get_posts(request)), 2)
+        plugin.posts.remove(post2)
+        self.assertEqual(len(plugin.get_posts(request)), 1)
 
     def test_copy_plugin_featured_post(self):
         post1 = self._get_post(self._post_data[0]["en"])
diff --git a/tests/test_plugins.py b/tests/test_plugins.py
index 9123c795..4f4f057d 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugins.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugins.py
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ def test_plugin_featured_cached(self):
         plugin_nocache = add_plugin(ph, "BlogFeaturedPostsPlugin", language="en", app_config=self.app_config_1)
         plugin_nocache.posts.add(posts[0])
         # FIXME: Investigate the correct number of queries expected here
-        with self.assertNumQueries(FuzzyInt(14, 15)):
+        with self.assertNumQueries(FuzzyInt(16, 17)):
             self.render_plugin(pages[0], "en", plugin_nocache)
 
-        with self.assertNumQueries(FuzzyInt(14, 15)):
+        with self.assertNumQueries(FuzzyInt(16, 17)):
             self.render_plugin(pages[0], "en", plugin)
 
-        with self.assertNumQueries(FuzzyInt(14, 15)):
+        with self.assertNumQueries(FuzzyInt(16, 17)):
             rendered = self.render_plugin(pages[0], "en", plugin)
 
         self.assertTrue(rendered.find("<p>first line</p>") > -1)
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ def test_plugin_featured(self):
         self.assertTrue(rendered.find('<article id="post-second-post"') > -1)
         self.assertTrue(rendered.find(posts[0].get_absolute_url()) > -1)
         self.assertTrue(rendered.find(posts[1].get_absolute_url()) > -1)
+        plugin.posts.remove(posts[1])
+        
+        rendered = self.render_plugin(pages[0], "en", plugin, edit=True)
+        self.assertTrue(rendered.find(posts[0].get_absolute_url()) > -1)
+        self.assertFalse(rendered.find(posts[1].get_absolute_url()) > -1)
 
     def test_plugin_tags(self):
         pages = self.get_pages()