Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget

Installation Instructions

Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.

1. Upload the entire `genesis-sandbox-featured-content-widget` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ’Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Go Widget Screen
4. Drag Widget to desired sidebar
5. Fill in widget settings

Why a new version of GFWA?

Well, I bother Nick all the time to change things. He’s busy. I’m busy. So, instead of hassling with the plugin, convincing Nick or whomever, I decided it was time just to create my own.

What Hooks are available?

1. gsfc_before_loop – before the query is formulated
2. gsfc_before_post_content – before the content
3. gsfc_post_content – standard content output
4. gsfc_after_post_content – after content
5. gsfc_endwhile – after the endwhile but before the endif
6. gsfc_after_loop – after the loop endif
7. gsfc_after_loop_reset – after the loop reset
8. gsfc_before_list_items – before additional list item loop
9. gsfc_list_items – within additional list item loop
10. gsfc_after_list_items – after the additional list item loop, where list items are output
11. gsfc_category_more – within the archive more link conditional block
12. gsfc_taxonomy_more (alias of gsfc_category_more) – within the archive more link conditional block
13. gsfc_[TAXONOMY]_more (alias of gsfc_category_more) – within the archive more link conditional block
14. gsfc_after_category_more – after the archive more conditional block
15. gsfc_after_taxonomy_more (alias of gsfc_after_category_more) – after the archive more conditional block
16. gsfc_after_[TAXONOMY]_more (alias of gsfc_after_category_more) – after the archive more conditional block
17. gsfc_show_content – create your own custom content block
18. gsfc_debug – debug filter, deletes all transients.

What Filters are available?

1. gsfc_widget_name – replace ‘Genesis Sandbox’ by returning a string with a new prefix name
2. gsfc_query_args – filter the main query args
3. gsfc_exclude_post_types – used to prevent post types from appearing in the post type list in the widget form
4. gsfc_exclude_taxonomies – used to prevent taxonomies and related terms from appearing in the terms and taxonomies list in the widget form
5. gsfc_extra_post_args – extra post args for the extra posts list
6. gsfc_list_items – HTML markup for the list items
7. gsfc_form_fields – Add custom fields to widget form