A user wrote:
Also, if there elements that I really loved about my old theme (Cassia), how can I go about replicating them with Genesis? For example, I really like the section at the top displaying popular posts and a photo shown here: http://themeforest.net/item/cassia-a-responsive-wordpress-blog-theme/full_screen_preview/6088272
Is that possible to recreate in Genesis/Foodie Pro?
In this tutorial I share how WordPress Popular Posts plugin can be used for displaying 4 most popular posts (based on number of views) with thumbnail (featured image), category, title and date for each Post in columns.
Step 1
Install and activate WordPress Popular Posts plugin.
In this particular example, Foodie Pro is the active theme. But this should work in any Genesis child theme.
Step 2
Add the following before genesis(); in front-page.php near the end:
