Genesis Loop Actions

This is a reference article about working with the different positioning of specific action or work added in default loop.

This will help us to move/reposition specific elements when working on Post Page, single post and more.

In genesis/lib/structure/post.php, we have the following code:

	// HTML5 Hooks.
	add_action( 'genesis_entry_header', 'genesis_do_post_format_image', 4 );
	add_action( 'genesis_entry_header', 'genesis_entry_header_markup_open', 5 );
	add_action( 'genesis_entry_header', 'genesis_entry_header_markup_close', 15 );
	add_action( 'genesis_entry_header', 'genesis_do_post_title' );
	add_action( 'genesis_entry_header', 'genesis_post_info', 12 );

	add_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'genesis_do_post_image', 8 );
	add_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'genesis_do_post_content' );
	add_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'genesis_do_post_content_nav', 12 );
	add_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'genesis_do_post_permalink', 14 );

	add_action( 'genesis_entry_footer', 'genesis_entry_footer_markup_open', 5 );
	add_action( 'genesis_entry_footer', 'genesis_entry_footer_markup_close', 15 );
	add_action( 'genesis_entry_footer', 'genesis_post_meta' );

	add_action( 'genesis_after_entry', 'genesis_do_author_box_single', 8 );
	add_action( 'genesis_after_entry', 'genesis_adjacent_entry_nav' );
	add_action( 'genesis_after_entry', 'genesis_get_comments_template' );

	// Other.
	add_action( 'genesis_loop_else', 'genesis_do_noposts' );
	add_action( 'genesis_after_endwhile', 'genesis_posts_nav' );

Usage:

The Basic use is change the remove the default action with same priority and add it in a different location with the help of Genesis Hooks.

Here is the code to move featured image from entry content to (before-content) after or in entry header with a slightly different priority.

You can use this in child-theme/functions.php

//* Reposition featured image after entry header
remove_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'genesis_do_post_image', 8 );
add_action( 'genesis_entry_header', 'genesis_do_post_image', 15 ); //1,5,9

or with a lower priority in entry content.

//* Reposition featured image before entry header
remove_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'genesis_do_post_image', 8 );
add_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'genesis_do_post_image', 1 ); //5

You can play with it to have more control.

Here is the loop function from genesis/lib/structure/loops.php

/**
 * Standard loop, meant to be executed without modification in most circumstances where content needs to be displayed.
 *
 * It outputs basic wrapping HTML, but uses hooks to do most of its content output like title, content, post information
 * and comments.
 *
 * The action hooks called are:
 *
 *  - `genesis_before_entry`
 *  - `genesis_entry_header`
 *  - `genesis_before_entry_content`
 *  - `genesis_entry_content`
 *  - `genesis_after_entry_content`
 *  - `genesis_entry_footer`
 *  - `genesis_after_endwhile`
 *  - `genesis_loop_else` (only if no posts were found)
 *
 * @since 1.1.0
 *
 * @return void Return early after legacy loop if not supporting HTML5.
 */
function genesis_standard_loop() {

	if ( have_posts() ) {

		/**
		 * Fires inside the standard loop, before the while() block.
		 *
		 * @since 2.1.0
		 */
		do_action( 'genesis_before_while' );

		while ( have_posts() ) {

			the_post();

			/**
			 * Fires inside the standard loop, before the entry opening markup.
			 *
			 * @since 2.0.0
			 */
			do_action( 'genesis_before_entry' );

			genesis_markup(
				[
					'open'    => '<article %s>',
					'context' => 'entry',
				]
			);

			/**
			 * Fires inside the standard loop, to display the entry header.
			 *
			 * @since 2.0.0
			 */
			do_action( 'genesis_entry_header' );

			/**
			 * Fires inside the standard loop, after the entry header action hook, before the entry content.
			 * opening markup.
			 *
			 * @since 2.0.0
			 */
			do_action( 'genesis_before_entry_content' );

			genesis_markup(
				[
					'open'    => '<div %s>',
					'context' => 'entry-content',
				]
			);
			/**
			 * Fires inside the standard loop, inside the entry content markup.
			 *
			 * @since 2.0.0
			 */
			do_action( 'genesis_entry_content' );
			genesis_markup(
				[
					'close'   => '</div>',
					'context' => 'entry-content',
				]
			);

			/**
			 * Fires inside the standard loop, before the entry footer action hook, after the entry content.
			 * opening markup.
			 *
			 * @since 2.0.0
			 */
			do_action( 'genesis_after_entry_content' );

			/**
			 * Fires inside the standard loop, to display the entry footer.
			 *
			 * @since 2.0.0
			 */
			do_action( 'genesis_entry_footer' );

			genesis_markup(
				[
					'close'   => '</article>',
					'context' => 'entry',
				]
			);

			/**
			 * Fires inside the standard loop, after the entry closing markup.
			 *
			 * @since 2.0.0
			 */
			do_action( 'genesis_after_entry' );

		} // End of one post.

		/**
		 * Fires inside the standard loop, after the while() block.
		 *
		 * @since 1.0.0
		 */
		do_action( 'genesis_after_endwhile' );

	} else { // If no posts exist.

		/**
		 * Fires inside the standard loop when they are no posts to show.
		 *
		 * @since 1.0.0
		 */
		do_action( 'genesis_loop_else' );

	} // End loop.

}