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Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget
Genesis Featured Content with support for custom post types, taxonomies, and so much more.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 14
- Active installs
- 1k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 29 Nov 2017
- Added
- Dec 2013
- Requires WP
- 3.6
- Tested up to
- WP 3.6.1
- Downloads
- 32,731
Our analysis
AI-assistedGenesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget is a WordPress plugin that enhances the functionality of the Genesis Featured Posts Widget. It supports custom post types and taxonomies, offers pagination, and allows for sorting and filtering of content based on meta key values.
This plugin is suitable for users who want to display featured content in a more flexible manner on their Genesis-based sites. It includes various hooks and filters for further customization and is designed for ease of use and speed optimization.
Best for: This plugin suits users of Genesis themes looking to enhance their featured content display.
What it does well
- ✓Supports custom post types and taxonomies
- ✓Includes pagination and sorting options
- ✓Optimized for speed with WP_Query improvements
- ✓Offers multiple hooks and filters for customization
- ✓Updated for HTML5 and Genesis 2.0
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in November 2017
- •Compatibility tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1
- •Development issues are maintained on GitHub, which may require technical knowledge
Verdict
Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget provides useful enhancements for Genesis users, though its age and limited compatibility may be a concern for some.
From the developer
Travis Smith's own description of Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget, lightly tidied.
Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget adds additional functionality to the Genesis Featured Posts Widget. Specifically it:
- Supports Custom Post Types
- Supports Custom Taxonomies
- Exclude Term by ID field
- Supports Pagination
- Supports Meta Key Values
- Supports Sorting by Meta Key
- Multiple Hooks and Filters for adding additional content
New features include:
- More filters/actions
- Everything in a single class
- Addition of column classes (including option for fifths class) & custom classes
- WP_Query optimization for speed including site transients and term cache updating
- Pushed everything to a framework approach so it can all be removed easily
- HTML5 & Genesis 2.0 updated
- Excerpt length & cutoffs options added
- White labeled naming option
- Added remove displayed posts option (won’t display a post that already exists on the page)
Issues/Problems
Issues and development will be maintained in the Github repo: https://github.com/wpsmith/genesis-sandbox-featured-content-widget
Special Thanks
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the folks at StudioPress & Gary Jones, their themes make my life easier.
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