In a customization task that I am working on currently, the client wants the following changed/added w.r.t Genesis - Featured Posts widget:
- 1 Post is to be shown from either of two specific categories.
- Instead of a static (widget) title, category name should appear.
- Different font-family should be applied to the title depending on which of the two categories it belongs to.
Screenshot of the widget:
genesis/lib/widgets/featured-post-widget.php has a filter for the widget title:
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| if ( ! empty( $instance['title'] ) ) | |
| echo $args['before_title'] . apply_filters( 'widget_title', $instance['title'], $instance, $this->id_base ) . $args['after_title']; |
But I wasn't sure how to use this filter to display the category nicename (slug) inside a HTML element having space separated category slugs for a specific instance of the widget. Therefore I have replaced the code that displays the widget area in the theme's (Daily Dish Pro) front-page.php with manual WP query code like so.
Added the following in functions.php:
