Genesis Featured Page Advanced
An advanced version of the Genesis - Featured Page widget. Allows you to add a custom image, custom content, page excerpt, and more.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 29
- Active installs
- 7k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 23 Jun 2024
- Added
- Jan 2014
- Requires WP
- 3.6
- Tested up to
- WP 6.1.12
- Downloads
- 165,360
Our analysis
AI-assistedGenesis Featured Page Advanced is a WordPress plugin designed for users of the Genesis Framework. It enhances the original Genesis – Featured Page widget by allowing custom images, content, and various display options for page titles and excerpts.
This plugin is nearing the end of its life due to the rise of block themes and the Site Editor, which diminish the need for traditional widgets. While it will still receive critical support, it is no longer actively developed, making it suitable primarily for current Genesis users who require these specific features.
Best for: This plugin suits users of the Genesis Framework looking for enhanced widget features.
What it does well
- ✓Allows custom image uploads
- ✓Offers various display options for titles and excerpts
- ✓Compatible with Genesis 2.0 and HTML5
- ✓Works alongside the original Genesis – Featured Page widget
- ✓Provides a cleaner UI with show/hide fields
Where it falls short
- •No longer actively developed
- •Limited to Genesis Framework users
- •Future relevance may diminish with block themes
Verdict
Genesis Featured Page Advanced provides useful enhancements for Genesis users, but its future is uncertain as the WordPress ecosystem evolves.
From the developer
Nick Diego's own description of Genesis Featured Page Advanced, lightly tidied.
Genesis Featured Page Advanced is nearing the end of its life. The plugin was built to solve a problem that will soon no longer exist. The advent of block themes utilizing the Site Editor has made traditional widgets irrelevant. Critical support will still be provided in the support forum, but the plugin is no longer being actively developed.
An advanced version of the Genesis – Featured Page widget, this plugin allows you to add a custom image, custom content, page excerpt, and more.
Genesis Featured Page Advanced is only for Genesis Framework users. Genesis is a premium product of StudioPress, which has no affiliation with this plugin.
Plugin highlights
- Add a Custom Page Title
- Display widget title above or below image (Defaults above)
- Display page title above or below image (Defaults below)
- Adds option for widget to link to a custom link
- Adds custom image upload field
- Adds option to adjust the size of custom images
- Adds custom content field, which accepts shortcodes
- Adds option to display the page excerpt
- Adds option to remove the page link from the page title
- Adds option to add the page link to the widget title
- Adds option to remove the page link from the featured or custom image
- Adds option to insert the Learn More link on a new line
- Set the target and rel attributes on all links
- Fields show/hide based on user selection for cleaner UI
- Works alongside the original Genesis – Featured Page widget and other third party widgets
- Uses the same CSS classes as the original Genesis widget, so any styling you are currently using will be passed to this widget
- Genesis 2.0 and HTML5 compatible
If you are looking for additional features, let me know in the plugin support forum.
Disclaimer: This plugin is essentially a forked version of the original Genesis – Featured Page widget. Props go to StudioPress for developing the widget. I just modified/enhanced it.