How to add a Read More button below content/excerpts in Genesis Featured Posts

In the comments section of How to add a Read More button below content/excerpts in Genesis, a user asked:

Perfect. However it does not seem to change the links on the featured posts. Do I need to add something? I have tried with no success. Thanks in advance.

This tutorial provides the steps to use Custom Genesis Featured Posts Widget plugin to add a “Continue Reading” button below the excerpts/content for posts in the output of Genesis Featured Posts Widgets.

Step 1

Go to https://gist.github.com/srikat/8e7ecf30329462f91e8d15d9ff448aef and click on “Download ZIP” button.

Rename the file as custom-featured-post-widget.zip and upload it at Plugins > Add New.

Activate the plugin.

Step 2

Edit class-custom-featured-post.php inside the plugin’s folder.

Above

genesis_markup( array(
    'html5' => '</article>',
    'xhtml' => '</div>',
) );

add

printf( '<a href="%s" class="more-link button">%s</a>', get_permalink(), esc_html__( 'Continue Reading' ) );

Here is the modified file for your reference.

Step 3

Add the following in child theme’s style.css:

.more-link.button {
    margin-top: 20px;
}