Posts Grid on Single Posts in Genesis using GFPC

In Genesis Facebook group a user asked how a grid of posts can be shown below the header on single post pages in Genesis with these requirements:

• ability to set the number of posts
• the current post should not be displayed in the grid
• working pagination

What better plugin to accomplish this (esp. with the pagination requirement) than the excellent Genesis Featured Posts Combo?

Step 1

Install and activate GFPC.

Step 2

Add the following in child theme's functions.php:

// Register single-posts-grid widget area
genesis_register_widget_area(
	array(
		'id'          => 'single-posts-grid',
		'name'        => __( 'Single Posts Grid', 'my-theme-text-domain' ),
		'description' => __( 'For the Posts grid on single posts', 'my-theme-text-domain' ),
	)
);

// Display Single Posts Grid below header on single posts
add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'sk_posts_grid' );
function sk_posts_grid() {

	if ( ! is_single() ) {
		return;
	}

	genesis_widget_area( 'single-posts-grid', array(
		'before'	=> '<div class="single-posts-grid widget-area"><div class="wrap">',
		'after'		=> '</div></div>',
	) );
}

Step 3

At Appearance > Widgets drag a Genesis Featured Posts Combo widget into Single Posts Grid widget area and configure it to your liking.

Make a note of the Widget ID near the bottom.

Step 4

Let's

• relocate the post info from below the titles to above the featured images
• exclude the current post from the loop

for only the posts inside the specific widget from earlier step.

In functions.php add