This tutorial provides the step to rewrite the default Genesis Featured Post Widget in any theme based on Genesis Framework.
STEP 1
Create a file name genesis-post-widget.php under child-theme/lib/ folder and add the required code.
<?php
/**
* Genesis Sample.
*
*
*
* @package GenesisSample\Widgets
* @author StudioPress
* @license GPL-2.0+
* @link https://my.studiopress.com/themes/genesis/
*/
/**
* Genesis Featured Post widget class.
*
* @since 1.0.0
*
* @package Genesis\Widgets
*/
class Genesis_Custom_Featured_Post extends WP_Widget {
/**
* Holds widget settings defaults, populated in constructor.
*
* @var array
*/
protected $defaults;
/**
* Constructor. Set the default widget options and create widget.
*
* @since 1.0.0
*/
public function __construct() {
$this->defaults = array(
'title' => '',
'posts_cat' => '',
'posts_num' => '',
'posts_offset' => 0,
'orderby' => '',
'order' => '',
'exclude_displayed' => 0,
'exclude_sticky' => 0,
'show_image' => 0,
'image_alignment' => '',
'image_size' => '',
'show_gravatar' => 0,
'gravatar_alignment' => '',
'gravatar_size' => '',
'show_title' => 0,
'show_byline' => 0,
'post_info' => ' ' . __( 'By', 'genesis' ) . ' ',
'show_content' => 'excerpt',
'content_limit' => '',
'more_text' => __( '[Read More...]', 'genesis' ),
'extra_num' => '',
'extra_title' => '',
'more_from_category' => '',
'more_from_category_text' => __( 'More Posts from this Category', 'genesis' ),
);
$widget_ops = array(
'classname' => 'featured-content featuredpost',
'description' => __( '-Displays featured posts with thumbnails', 'genesis' ),
);
$control_ops = array(
'id_base' => 'featured-post',
'width' => 505,
'height' => 350,
);
parent::__construct( 'featured-post', __( 'Genesis - Featured Posts', 'genesis' ), $widget_ops, $control_ops );
}
/**
* Echo the widget content.
*
* @since 1.0.0
*
* @global WP_Query $wp_query Query object.
* @global array $_genesis_displayed_ids Array of displayed post IDs.
* @global int $more
*
* @param array $args Display arguments including `before_title`, `after_title`,
* `before_widget`, and `after_widget`.
* @param array $instance The settings for the particular instance of the widget.
*/
public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
global $wp_query, $_genesis_displayed_ids;
// Merge with defaults.
$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, $this->defaults );
echo $args['before_widget'];
// Set up the author bio.
if ( ! empty( $instance['title'] ) ) {
echo $args['before_title'] . apply_filters( 'widget_title', $instance['title'], $instance, $this->id_base ) . $args['after_title']; // WPCS: prefix ok.
}
$query_args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'cat' => $instance['posts_cat'],
'showposts' => $instance['posts_num'],
'offset' => $instance['posts_offset'],
'orderby' => $instance['orderby'],
'order' => $instance['order'],
'ignore_sticky_posts' => $instance['exclude_sticky'],
);
// Exclude displayed IDs from this loop?
if ( $instance['exclude_displayed'] ) {
$query_args['post__not_in'] = (array) $_genesis_displayed_ids;
}
$wp_query = new WP_Query( $query_args );
if ( have_posts() ) {
while ( have_posts() ) {
the_post();
$_genesis_displayed_ids[] = get_the_ID();
genesis_markup( array(
'open' => '<article %s>',
'context' => 'entry',
'params' => array(
'is_widget' => true,
),
) );
$image = genesis_get_image( array(
'format' => 'html',
'size' => $instance['image_size'],
'context' => 'featured-post-widget',
'attr' => genesis_parse_attr( 'entry-image-widget', array(
'alt' => get_the_title(),
) ),
) );
if ( $image && $instance['show_image'] ) {
$role = empty( $instance['show_title'] ) ? '' : 'aria-hidden="true"';
printf( '<a href="%s" class="%s" %s>%s</a>', get_permalink(), esc_attr( $instance['image_alignment'] ), $role, wp_make_content_images_responsive( $image ) );
}
if ( ! empty( $instance['show_gravatar'] ) ) {
echo '<span class="' . esc_attr( $instance['gravatar_alignment'] ) . '">';
echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ), $instance['gravatar_size'] );
echo '</span>';
}
if ( $instance['show_title'] || $instance['show_byline'] ) {
$header = '';
if ( ! empty( $instance['show_title'] ) ) {
$title = get_the_title() ? get_the_title() : __( '(no title)', 'genesis' );
/**
* Filter the featured post widget title.
*
* @since 2.2.0
*
* @param string $title Featured post title.
* @param array $instance {
* Widget settings for this instance.
*
* @type string $title Widget title.
* @type int $posts_cat ID of the post category.
* @type int $posts_num Number of posts to show.
* @type int $posts_offset Number of posts to skip when
* retrieving.
* @type string $orderby Field to order posts by.
* @type string $order ASC fr ascending order, DESC for
* descending order of posts.
* @type bool $exclude_displayed True if posts shown in main output
* should be excluded from this widget
* output.
* @type bool $show_image True if featured image should be
* shown, false otherwise.
* @type string $image_alignment Image alignment: `alignnone`,
* `alignleft`, `aligncenter` or `alignright`.
* @type string $image_size Name of the image size.
* @type bool $show_gravatar True if author avatar should be
* shown, false otherwise.
* @type string $gravatar_alignment Author avatar alignment: `alignnone`,
* `alignleft` or `aligncenter`.
* @type int $gravatar_size Dimension of the author avatar.
* @type bool $show_title True if featured page title should
* be shown, false otherwise.
* @type bool $show_byline True if post info should be shown,
* false otherwise.
* @type string $post_info Post info contents to show.
* @type bool $show_content True if featured page content
* should be shown, false otherwise.
* @type int $content_limit Amount of content to show, in
* characters.
* @type int $more_text Text to use for More link.
* @type int $extra_num Number of extra post titles to show.
* @type string $extra_title Heading for extra posts.
* @type bool $more_from_category True if showing category archive
* link, false otherwise.
* @type string $more_from_category_text Category archive link text.
* }
* @param array $args {
* Widget display arguments.
*
* @type string $before_widget Markup or content to display before the widget.
* @type string $before_title Markup or content to display before the widget title.
* @type string $after_title Markup or content to display after the widget title.
* @type string $after_widget Markup or content to display after the widget.
* }
*/
//echo '<div class="featured-post-entry-content-wrap">';
if ( ! empty( $instance['show_byline'] ) && ! empty( $instance['post_info'] ) ) {
$header .= genesis_markup( array(
'open' => '<p %s>',
'close' => '</p>',
'context' => 'entry-meta',
'content' => genesis_strip_p_tags( do_shortcode( $instance['post_info'] ) ),
'params' => array(
'is_widget' => true,
),
'echo' => false,
) );
}
$title = apply_filters( 'genesis_featured_post_title', $title, $instance, $args );
$heading = genesis_a11y( 'headings' ) ? 'h4' : 'h2';
$header .= genesis_markup( array(
'open' => "<{$heading} %s>",
'close' => "</{$heading}>",
'context' => 'entry-title',
'content' => sprintf( '<a href="%s">%s</a>', get_permalink(), $title ),
'params' => array(
'is_widget' => true,
'wrap' => $heading,
),
'echo' => false,
) );
}
genesis_markup( array(
'open' => '<div class="featured-post-entry-content-wrap"><header %s>',
'close' => '</header>',
'context' => 'entry-header',
'params' => array(
'is_widget' => true,
),
'content' => $header,
) );
}
if ( ! empty( $instance['show_content'] ) ) {
genesis_markup( array(
'open' => '<div %s>',
'context' => 'entry-content',
'params' => array(
'is_widget' => true,
),
) );
if ( 'excerpt' == $instance['show_content'] ) {
the_excerpt();
//the_field('custom_excerpt');
} elseif ( 'content-limit' == $instance['show_content'] ) {
the_content_limit( (int) $instance['content_limit'], genesis_a11y_more_link( esc_html( $instance['more_text'] ) ) );
} else {
global $more;
$orig_more = $more;
$more = 0;
the_content( genesis_a11y_more_link( esc_html( $instance['more_text'] ) ) );
$more = $orig_more;
}
genesis_markup( array(
'close' => '</div></div>',
'context' => 'entry-content',
'params' => array(
'is_widget' => true,
),
) );
}
//echo '</div>';
genesis_markup( array(
'close' => '</article>',
'context' => 'entry',
'params' => array(
'is_widget' => true,
),
) );
}
}
// Restore original query.
wp_reset_query();
// The EXTRA Posts (list).
if ( ! empty( $instance['extra_num'] ) ) {
if ( ! empty( $instance['extra_title'] ) ) {
echo $args['before_title'] . '<span class="more-posts-title">' . esc_html( $instance['extra_title'] ) . '</span>' . $args['after_title'];
}
$offset = (int) $instance['posts_num'] + (int) $instance['posts_offset'];
$query_args = array(
'cat' => $instance['posts_cat'],
'showposts' => $instance['extra_num'],
'offset' => $offset,
);
$wp_query = new WP_Query( $query_args );
$listitems = '';
if ( have_posts() ) {
while ( have_posts() ) {
the_post();
$_genesis_displayed_ids[] = get_the_ID();
$listitems .= sprintf( '<li><a href="%s">%s</a></li>', get_permalink(), get_the_title() );
}
if ( mb_strlen( $listitems ) > 0 ) {
printf( '<ul class="more-posts">%s</ul>', $listitems );
}
}
// Restore original query.
wp_reset_query();
}
if ( ! empty( $instance['more_from_category'] ) && ! empty( $instance['posts_cat'] ) ) {
printf(
'<p class="more-from-category"><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s">%3$s</a></p>',
esc_url( get_category_link( $instance['posts_cat'] ) ),
esc_attr( get_cat_name( $instance['posts_cat'] ) ),
esc_html( $instance['more_from_category_text'] )
);
}
echo $args['after_widget'];
}
/**
* Update a particular instance.
*
* This function should check that $new_instance is set correctly.
* The newly calculated value of $instance should be returned.
* If "false" is returned, the instance won't be saved/updated.
*
* @since 1.0.0
*
* @param array $new_instance New settings for this instance as input by the user via `form()`.
* @param array $old_instance Old settings for this instance.
* @return array Settings to save or bool false to cancel saving.
*/
public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
$post_num = (int) $new_instance['posts_num'];
$new_instance['posts_num'] = $post_num > 0 && $post_num < 100 ? $post_num : 1;
$new_instance['title'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['title'] );
$new_instance['more_text'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['more_text'] );
$new_instance['post_info'] = wp_kses_post( $new_instance['post_info'] );
return $new_instance;
}
/**
* Echo the settings update form.
*
* @since 1.0.0
*
* @param array $instance Current settings.
* @return void
*/
public function form( $instance ) {
// Merge with defaults.
$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, $this->defaults );
?>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Title', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<input type="text" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'title' ) ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $instance['title'] ); ?>" class="widefat" />
</p>
<div class="genesis-widget-column">
<div class="genesis-widget-column-box genesis-widget-column-box-top">
<p>
<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'posts_cat' ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Category', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<?php
$categories_args = array(
'name' => $this->get_field_name( 'posts_cat' ),
'id' => $this->get_field_id( 'posts_cat' ),
'selected' => $instance['posts_cat'],
'orderby' => 'Name',
'hierarchical' => 1,
'show_option_all' => __( 'All Categories', 'genesis' ),
'hide_empty' => '0',
);
wp_dropdown_categories( $categories_args );
?>
</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'posts_num' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Number of Posts to Show', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<input type="text" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'posts_num' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'posts_num' ) ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $instance['posts_num'] ); ?>" size="2" placeholder="1" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'posts_offset' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Number of Posts to Offset', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<input type="text" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'posts_offset' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'posts_offset' ) ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $instance['posts_offset'] ); ?>" size="2" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'orderby' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Order By', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<select id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'orderby' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'orderby' ) ); ?>">
<option value="date" <?php selected( 'date', $instance['orderby'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Date Published', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="modified" <?php selected( 'modified', $instance['orderby'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Date Modified', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="title" <?php selected( 'title', $instance['orderby'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Title', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="parent" <?php selected( 'parent', $instance['orderby'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Parent', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="ID" <?php selected( 'ID', $instance['orderby'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'ID', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="comment_count" <?php selected( 'comment_count', $instance['orderby'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Comment Count', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="rand" <?php selected( 'rand', $instance['orderby'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Random', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'order' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Sort Order', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<select id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'order' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'order' ) ); ?>">
<option value="DESC" <?php selected( 'DESC', $instance['order'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Descending (3, 2, 1)', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="ASC" <?php selected( 'ASC', $instance['order'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Ascending (1, 2, 3)', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<input id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'exclude_displayed' ) ); ?>" type="checkbox" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'exclude_displayed' ) ); ?>" value="1" <?php checked( $instance['exclude_displayed'] ); ?>/>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'exclude_displayed' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Exclude Previously Displayed Posts?', 'genesis' ); ?></label>
</p>
<p>
<input id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'exclude_sticky' ) ); ?>" type="checkbox" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'exclude_sticky' ) ); ?>" value="1" <?php checked( $instance['exclude_sticky'] ); ?>/>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'exclude_sticky' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Exclude Sticky Posts?', 'genesis' ); ?></label>
</p>
</div>
<div class="genesis-widget-column-box">
<p>
<input id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'show_gravatar' ) ); ?>" type="checkbox" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'show_gravatar' ) ); ?>" value="1" <?php checked( $instance['show_gravatar'] ); ?>/>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'show_gravatar' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Show Author Gravatar', 'genesis' ); ?></label>
</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'gravatar_size' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Gravatar Size', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<select id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'gravatar_size' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'gravatar_size' ) ); ?>">
<option value="45" <?php selected( 45, $instance['gravatar_size'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Small (45px)', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="65" <?php selected( 65, $instance['gravatar_size'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Medium (65px)', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="85" <?php selected( 85, $instance['gravatar_size'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Large (85px)', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="125" <?php selected( 125, $instance['gravatar_size'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Extra Large (125px)', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'gravatar_alignment' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Gravatar Alignment', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<select id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'gravatar_alignment' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'gravatar_alignment' ) ); ?>">
<option value="alignnone">- <?php esc_html_e( 'None', 'genesis' ); ?> -</option>
<option value="alignleft" <?php selected( 'alignleft', $instance['gravatar_alignment'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Left', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="alignright" <?php selected( 'alignright', $instance['gravatar_alignment'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Right', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
</select>
</p>
</div>
<div class="genesis-widget-column-box">
<p>
<input id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'show_image' ) ); ?>" type="checkbox" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'show_image' ) ); ?>" value="1" <?php checked( $instance['show_image'] ); ?>/>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'show_image' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Show Featured Image', 'genesis' ); ?></label>
</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'image_size' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Image Size', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<select id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'image_size' ) ); ?>" class="genesis-image-size-selector" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'image_size' ) ); ?>">
<?php
$sizes = genesis_get_image_sizes();
foreach ( (array) $sizes as $name => $size ) {
printf( '<option value="%s" %s>%s (%sx%s)</option>', esc_attr( $name ), selected( $name, $instance['image_size'], false ), esc_html( $name ), esc_html( $size['width'] ), esc_html( $size['height'] ) );
}
?>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'image_alignment' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Image Alignment', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<select id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'image_alignment' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'image_alignment' ) ); ?>">
<option value="alignnone">- <?php esc_html_e( 'None', 'genesis' ); ?> -</option>
<option value="alignleft" <?php selected( 'alignleft', $instance['image_alignment'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Left', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="alignright" <?php selected( 'alignright', $instance['image_alignment'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Right', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="aligncenter" <?php selected( 'aligncenter', $instance['image_alignment'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Center', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
</select>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="genesis-widget-column genesis-widget-column-right">
<div class="genesis-widget-column-box genesis-widget-column-box-top">
<p>
<input id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'show_title' ) ); ?>" type="checkbox" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'show_title' ) ); ?>" value="1" <?php checked( $instance['show_title'] ); ?>/>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'show_title' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Show Post Title', 'genesis' ); ?></label>
</p>
<p>
<input id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'show_byline' ) ); ?>" type="checkbox" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'show_byline' ) ); ?>" value="1" <?php checked( $instance['show_byline'] ); ?>/>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'show_byline' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Show Post Info', 'genesis' ); ?></label>
<input type="text" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'post_info' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'post_info' ) ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $instance['post_info'] ); ?>" class="widefat" />
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'post_info' ) ); ?>" class="screen-reader-text"><?php esc_html_e( 'Content Post Info', 'genesis' ); ?></label>
</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'show_content' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Content Type', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<select id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'show_content' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'show_content' ) ); ?>">
<option value="content" <?php selected( 'content', $instance['show_content'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Show Content', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="excerpt" <?php selected( 'excerpt', $instance['show_content'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Show Excerpt', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="content-limit" <?php selected( 'content-limit', $instance['show_content'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'Show Content Limit', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
<option value="" <?php selected( '', $instance['show_content'] ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'No Content', 'genesis' ); ?></option>
</select>
<br />
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'content_limit' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Limit content to', 'genesis' ); ?>
<input type="text" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'content_limit' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'content_limit' ) ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( (int) $instance['content_limit'] ); ?>" size="3" />
<?php esc_html_e( 'characters', 'genesis' ); ?>
</label>
</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'more_text' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'More Text (if applicable)', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<input type="text" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'more_text' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'more_text' ) ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $instance['more_text'] ); ?>" />
</p>
</div>
<div class="genesis-widget-column-box">
<p id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'extra_title' ) ); ?>-descr"><?php esc_html_e( 'To display an unordered list of more posts from this category, please fill out the information below', 'genesis' ); ?>:</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'extra_title' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Title', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<input type="text" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'extra_title' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'extra_title' ) ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $instance['extra_title'] ); ?>" class="widefat" aria-describedby="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'extra_title' ) ); ?>-descr" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'extra_num' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Number of Posts to Show', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<input type="text" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'extra_num' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'extra_num' ) ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $instance['extra_num'] ); ?>" size="2" />
</p>
</div>
<div class="genesis-widget-column-box">
<p>
<input id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'more_from_category' ) ); ?>" type="checkbox" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'more_from_category' ) ); ?>" value="1" <?php checked( $instance['more_from_category'] ); ?>/>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'more_from_category' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Show Category Archive Link', 'genesis' ); ?></label>
</p>
<p>
<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'more_from_category_text' ) ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'Link Text', 'genesis' ); ?>:</label>
<input type="text" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_id( 'more_from_category_text' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $this->get_field_name( 'more_from_category_text' ) ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $instance['more_from_category_text'] ); ?>" class="widefat" />
</p>
</div>
</div>
<?php
}
}
Make the required changes and reposition the container.
STEP 2
Init the file using the following code in child-theme/functions.php
include_once( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/lib/genesis-post-widget.php' );
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'dy_custom_widget_init' );
function dy_custom_widget_init() {
register_widget('Genesis_Custom_Featured_Post');
}
Change widgets_init to init only if you are using it in a content loop lie on front page where we already under a content loop.
Done.
Source: – genesis/lib/widgets/featured-post-widget.php