No link on post title

I had the same issue so I modified the plugin. Around line 270 of ak_featured_post.php I swapped

if ( $show_post_title ) // To show the title of the post, or not...
{
  the_title();
}

with

if ( $show_post_title ) // To show the title of the post, or not...
{?>
	<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php }

Hope this helps