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 […]
Genesis Featured Posts
Auto rotating Genesis – Featured Posts
A user wrote to me, I’ve had numerous instances over the last couple of years where I’ve had to accommodate a client request to have a “testimonial rotator” – not an actual slider or carousel or anything, but just a tool that will display a “testimonial” in a spot (sidebar, or page), fade it out, […]
How to overlay Title, Post Info and Excerpt on Featured Image in a Genesis Featured Posts Grid
Updated on July 27, 2020 This tutorial provides the steps to customize the output of Genesis Featured Posts using the Custom Genesis Featured Posts Widget plugin and add the CSS to display entries in a 3-column grid. The title, post info and excerpt (content limit, to be specific) are set to be overlayed on top […]
How to exclude Posts having a specific tag from Genesis Featured Posts
In GenesisWP Slack channel, a user asked: Using the inbuilt Genesis Featured Posts, is there a way to exclude a specific tag from the results? Wondering if there’s a way using pre_get_posts… So posts with a specific tag don’t show in genesis featured post widgets. This can be done using Custom Genesis Featured Posts Widget […]
How to move post info above title in Genesis Featured Posts widgets
In the comments section of Custom Genesis Featured Posts Widget plugin tutorial, a user asks: First of all, thank you for this plugin! However, I’ve been busy the last two hours trying to move the entry-meta above the title…to no avail! Could someone please point me in the right direction. Where to pass the $args[‘before_title]? […]
How to overlay titles over images in Genesis Featured Posts widget
When a Genesis – Featured Posts widget is set to display title and featured image (but not content) it may look something like this (screenshot from Lifestyle Pro): We can add CSS to overlay the entry titles centered on top of the featured images like this: Add the following in child theme’s style.css and customize […]
Custom Genesis Featured Posts Widget plugin
Updated on July 27, 2020 for Genesis 3.3.2. 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, 2.3.1. […]
How to add a Featured Posts section similar to that in Agency Pro in any Genesis theme
In Agency Pro the Home Middle section displays Featured Posts with featured images appearing in regular state and Post content appearing on hover as a transparent overlay. In this article I share how the same can be set up in any Genesis child theme. First generic steps are given that are tested with Genesis Sample […]
TechCrunch-like Featured Content Blocks in Genesis
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How to link images in Genesis Featured Posts widget to custom URLs
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