Custom genesis featured posts widget plugin sridhar katakam. This works great for normal posts, but what if your theme has custom post types, like events, portfolio items, or testimonials. Works alongside the original genesis featured page widget and other third party widgets. Increased flexibility for featured pages with genesis. The genesis featured page widget linkedin learning. Move wordpress blog posts with featured images whiteley designs. Before you begin, unzip the theme packages genesis and a child theme to your computers desktop. To configure the widget, click the title bar to open it, and change the settings to the following. Changing the thumbnail size for genesis featured posts widget. Genesis child themes do not have any option by default to display the featured image on single posts. Add the following code to the register featured posts pro widget function in your child theme if you want to remove the standard genesis featured posts widget and only use the pro version. This is a replacement for the existing genesis featured page widget. I used to use catalystdynamik before i went to genesis and they had a category excerpts widget which was essentially the genesis featured posts widget, except it had a button to click so you could display the posts across the page instead of a vertical list.
Watch as i make changes to the home page of the magazine theme by studiopress. The featured page widget has a number of elements to it. Here i entered 0 in the first, 1 in the second and 2 in the third, ensuring we get a different post each time. Oct 17, 20 i am also curious how you get your featured posts to display horizontally across the page instead of in a vertical list. Add genesis after entry widget to pages and custom post types. While this might be really easy to implement for developers by adding few lines of codes, those of us uncomfortable with code will need to search for suggested code snippets to display featured images. If the require is happening too late, then move into a. By default, the featured posts widget uses the featured image. A better genesis featured page widget robin gale cornett.
Lets take a look at how that widget works, and how to set it up for. Genesis featured posts combo most flexible genesis. If you are looking for additional features, let me know in the plugin support forum. The posts should appear in 4 columns on the desktops and in 3 columns. Magazine theme is a typical example if your theme has one of these widgetized home page layouts, follow this tutorial to see how you set up the genesis featured post widgets on the home page. This plugin is a forked version of the genesis featured page advanced widget.
This tutorial provides the code which enables you to add a custom image for each post displayed using the genesis featured posts widget. Show related posts with thumbnails in genesis designs by. From the download folder, upload the file named custom featuredpostswidget. How to customize the output of genesis featured posts widget. Using this plugin you can organize your sites post pagecustom post type content in a simple and easy way. Genesis featured posts combo gfpc is a flexible genesis featured posts widget which has ton of extra features.
Featured custom post type widget for genesis github. Genesis themes come with the genesis featured posts widget which you can use to add a grid of posts to your home page or add some recent posts to your sidebar. How to display featured image in genesis child themes wpism. Check the box to enable featured videos in the widget, then enter the width and height of the video thumbnail that will appear in the widget. One of my favorite uses of genesis featured posts widget is to display recent posts or recent posts for a category in the sidebar with a small thumbnail image and only the title. Show related posts using genesis featured widget amplified plugin. Genesis featured post widget tutorial philip gledhill. Its been replaced by the foodie pro featured posts widget which is builtin to. Our antivirus check shows that this download is safe. Recent versions of foodie pro with the built in foodie pro featured post widget will have a conflict. We are going to make some custom content in a wordpress post and copy that content into a text widget. Genesis featured posts widget for recent posts with images.
Apr 25, 2020 this tutorial provides the code which enables you to add a custom image for each post displayed using the genesis featured posts widget. A beginners guide to the genesis framework for wordpress. Widget adds additional functionality to the genesis featured posts widget. Wordpress and genesis have many ready made widgets that you can drag in to widget areas and configure, such as the genesis featured post widget. In the past gary jones has kindly created a plugin when i asked for his help in customizing the standard featured posts widget that genesis comes shipped with i have now forked and updated it to match the code in the current latest version of genesis, 2. The genesis featured post widget is a standard widget thatcomes with the genesis framework.
I used to use catalystdynamik before i went to genesis and they had a category excerpts widget which was essentially the genesis featured posts widget, except it had a button to click so you could display the posts across the page instead of a. I had used the genesis featured page in a widget, but then i realized it really needed to be a featured post. Repeat these settings in each of the genesis featured page widgets you add to this area. Lets take a look at how that widget works, and how to set it up for your site. Sep 07, 2016 updated on march 23, 2018 in the past gary jones has kindly created a plugin when i asked for his help in customizing the standard featured posts widget that genesis comes shipped with. Genesis featured posts combo a flexible genesis featured. To add the widget to an area, go to appearance widgets, click on the genesis featured posts widget title bar, select the desired widget area, and click add. The genesis featured posts widget lets you display a series of featured posts in your sidebar or another widget area.
If nothing happens, download github desktop and try again. Genesis featured page advanced plugin wordpress wordpress. Thats what creates this appearance here with the title, an image, some text and a link, thats all created with the featured page widget. Its similar to the featured page widget except that it. Changing the thumbnail size for genesis featured posts widget february 20, 2014 2 comments genesis has a great featured posts widget with a lot of options to configure including whether or not to include a thumbnail image, the thumbnail will be the featured image if set, and if not set is the last image used inside the post. I am also curious how you get your featured posts to display horizontally across the page instead of in a vertical list. Adding custom homepage widgets in genesis child theme. Ill probably package it with the previousnext post navigation im using and maybe a simple related posts widget. The programs installer file is commonly found as verse. As i use genesis more and more, im finding nuggets of goodness that are hard not to mention.
Genesis featured posts combo gfpc is a genesis plugin which has a ton of extra features. A favorite use of genesis featured posts widget is to display recent posts or recent posts for a category in the sidebar with an image and title. User profile displays the gravatar of a user, as well as their bio and a link to an about page. Were going to add the genesis themes featured page widget to the site. Especially useful for using own links and page teaser content on a home page or anywhere in a widget area. Custom featured image for genesis featured posts widget. How to turn featured posts into a carousel using owl carousel. There are mainly two different steps, and these steps are pretty straightforward. Visually, almost nothing in the widget setup will change.
Find out what the different settings do and where they are, in the genesis featured post widget. Genesis featured widget amplified is the replacement for genesis featured posts widget. This plugin can be used when you want to make changes in the output of genesis featured page widget. Add a widget area to overlay the featured image in genesis. Most of the code in this plugin is from the studiopress genesis featured post widget and ive just added custom post type support thanks to pete favelle for adding custom taxonomy support thank you to robin cornett for all 1. Genesis themes add an after entry widget area to single blog posts. To add the widget to an area, go to appearance widgets, click on the genesis featured page widget title bar, select the desired widget area, and click add widget. Display featured image for genesis wordpresstillagg.
Im writing a child theme for genesis and trying to figure out to get the full image sizes on genesis featured posts widget. Almost nothing, but one change will be that all registered image sizes will be available for the widget to use. The widget settings are identical to the genesis featured posts widget with the exception of the show featured video option. The only difference between the three genesis featured posts widget settings was in the number of posts to offset. That said, most genesis users have probably stumbled upon the genesis featured page widget as a great way to add page teaserslinks to your homepage, footer, sidebars, or really any widget area. However, sometimes you need additional functionality that is not offered in the core widget, such as adding a custom image or custom content. Sep 30, 2018 genesis featured posts combo gfpc is a flexible genesis featured posts widget which has ton of extra features. The reason is that genesis featured posts widget will only display post, featured images and excerpt in your widget area, where as genesis featured widget amplified will give you much more flexibility and additional functionality. Additional widget areas for genesis themes easy web. Click the download export file and save it to your desktop. Works alongside the original genesis featured page. May, 20 the only difference between the three genesis featured posts widget settings was in the number of posts to offset.
Your very first step is to register the sidebar and so that we could graphically add widgets to our sidebar area. Sep 26, 2014 how the better genesis featured page widget works. For the title of the widget you can put something like featured posts, best posts or just leave it blank. Control post order with genesis featured widget amplified plugin. On the home page under the current headlines heading we have a genesis feature widget amplified which pulls from any post type that has a specific tag. Lets take a look at how that widget works, and how to. One of the genesis specific widgets you get for any site running on the genesis framework, is the genesis featured page widget. Once you have completed the widget configuration, be sure to click save at the bottom of the widget to preserve your settings. To add the featured post widget to your widget area, go to appearance widgets andyou will press dashboard. Skeleton for amending the output of genesis featured page widget which is built into the genesis framework by studiopress.
Jun 09, 2015 genesis themes come with the genesis featured posts widget which you can use to add a grid of posts to your home page or add some recent posts to your sidebar. Featured custom post type widget for genesis callia web. The genesis featured posts widget linkedin learning. To add the featured page widget to your sidebar orany widget area, youll want to start from widgets page in your wordpress. Display featured image for genesis wordpress plugin. The feature custom post type widget for genesis plugin extends the functionality of the genesis featured post widget to allow it to work with custom post types and custom taxonomies. Genesis featured page advanced wordpress plugin wordpress. Use it additionally to the existing original widget if you need more flexibility. The genesis featured posts widget is used to display one or more blog posts and can be used to show featured images and excerpts of posts from selected categories. Just install and activate the plugin and the genesis featured posts combo widget will appear on your widget page appearance widgets. Jun 30, 20 genesis featured post widget find out what the different settings do and where they are, in the genesis featured post widget. Genesis featured posts combo most flexible genesis featured. If a custom image is added to any single post, the custom image is displayed in the featured posts widget and not the featured image. The plugin is based on the orignal code of the featured page advanved widget.
The genesis featured widget amplified plugin should be deactivated if a problem occurs and use the foodie pro built in widget instead. Aug, 2016 most of the code in this plugin is from the studiopress genesis featured post widget and ive just added custom post type support. The code also enables you to deregister the featured posts widget native to genesis or include it. Some but not all studiopress themes have widget areas in the body of the home page. Here is what the genesis featured posts widget looks like. We can put any widget we want in this area but were going to use the featured page widget. Matt has been building bespoke wordpress websites for over 10 years specializing in the genesis. Genesis featured post widget a demonstration youtube.
Its similar to the featured page widget except that it shows post instead ofpages and allows you to show multiple posts with a single widget instance. It can be used in any widget area, such as a sidebar or a footer. I have now forked and updated it to match the code in the current latest version of. Its similar to the featured page widget except that it shows post instead of pages and allows. Featured posts displays post excerpts and a thumbnail to be used in a featured section.
You can add these to your sites functions file, either adding the new widget areas into your existing widget registration function on my own site, this is part of a much larger function which adds all of my widget areas at once, or use this function in its. Foodie pro is mobile responsive, meaning if the site looks fine on your desktop, its setup to run on mobile. Using this plugin you can organize your sites postpagecustom post type content in a simple and easy way. Lets go over to our widgets, lets open up our home left, well take out the text and grab the genesis featured page. Select full image size on widget genesis featured posts. One of the reasons why i use genesis themes is all the information that is available on how to use it. Display featured image for genesis wordpressplugin. It can also be added to pages and custom post types, and used for call to actions. This tutorial contains lots of widget areas that can be used in genesis child themes. Genesis widget background wordpress plugin wordpress. Display featured image for genesis allows you to select a default, or fallback, featured image, which will be used if a postpage does not have a featured image set, or if the postpages featured image is too small smaller than your medium image setting, and on archive and taxonomy pages. This plugin brings you a featured page widget with up to 34 options instead of only 9. Featured page displays page content and a thumbnail to be used in a featured section. This pc program works fine with 32bit versions of windows xpvista7810.
So lets look at some of the genesis featured posts widget settings to see what we can do. The genesis featured post widget is a standard widget that comes with the genesis framework. Oct 15, 20 one of my favorite uses of genesis featured posts widget is to display recent posts or recent posts for a category in the sidebar with a small thumbnail image and only the title. One of the genesis specific widgets you get forany site running on the genesis framework, is the genesis featured page widget. Foodie pro genesis child theme master setup and customization. You can add these to your sites functions file, either adding the new widget areas into your existing widget registration function on my own site, this is part of a much larger function which adds all of my widget areas at once, or use this function. Using the featured custom post type widget for genesis. Just install and activate the plugin and the genesis featured posts combo widget. Based on nick crofts genesis featured widget amplified for additional. Show related posts using genesis featured widget amplified. It has the widget title, it has the place where you select the page that you want to use, it has the whether or. Jun 30, 20 genesis featured post widget watch as i make changes to the home page of the magazine theme by studiopress.
Genesis theme tutorial the genesis featured page widget. Heres a list of the custom widgets available with the genesis framework. First, ill be updating all of my plugins then working on. Thanks to pete favelle for adding custom taxonomy support. In a genesis customization task i completed today, the requirement was to display 4 posts output by genesis featured posts widget. Your first step will be to register the new widget areas, or sidebars, if you prefer that terminology. Skeleton for amending the output of genesis featured page widget which is built into the genesis framework by studiopress description. Uses the same css classes as the original genesis widget, so any styling you are currently using will be passed to this widget. The widget has a check box show featured image and image size options of following values.
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