Genesis Code Snippets

Here is my collection of code snippets I use build child themes in Genesis. I’m constantly adding to this list.

If it’s not here, please check out Bill Erickson’s Genesis Quick Tips, Gary’s Code, or Brian Gardner’s Code. Thanks to Gary J for advice on cleaning up the code snippets to adhere with coding standards.

Last update: 2012-04-16

Quickly navigate to a section:

• Header
• Template
• Body
• Sidebars
• Footer
• Admin
• Development

Header

Custom Header Support

/** Add custom header support */
add_theme_support( 'genesis-custom-header', array( 'width' => 960, 'height' => 100, 'textcolor' => '444', 'admin_header_callback' => 'minimum_admin_style' ) );

Remove Header

/** Remove Header */
remove_action( 'genesis_header', 'genesis_do_header' );

Remove Title & Description

/** Remove Title & Description */
remove_action( 'genesis_site_title', 'genesis_seo_site_title' );
remove_action( 'genesis_site_description', 'genesis_seo_site_description' );

Build a Custom Title

remove_action( 'genesis_site_title', 'genesis_seo_site_title' );
add_action( 'genesis_site_title', 'child_seo_site_title' );
/**
 * Remove title, add <span> inbetween Buzz.
 * Then add title back to header.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_seo_site_title() { 

	echo '<h1 id="title"><span>Buzz</span>Montgomery.com</h1>';

}

Move Navigation Menu

/** Move primary nav menu */
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_nav' );
add_action( 'genesis_before_header', 'genesis_do_nav' );

Move Secondary Navigation Menu

/** Move secondary nav menu */
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_subnav' );
add_action( 'genesis_before_header', 'genesis_do_subnav' );

Favicon To CDN

add_filter( 'genesis_pre_load_favicon', 'child_favicon_filter' );
/**
 * Change the location of the favicon reference.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_favicon_filter( $favicon_url ) {

	return 'http://cdn.yoursite.com/wp-content/themes/child/images/favicon.ico';

}

Stylesheet To CDN

remove_action( 'genesis_meta', 'genesis_load_stylesheet' );
add_action( 'genesis_meta', 'child_stylesheet_cdn' );
/**
 * Change the location of the stylesheet reference.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_stylesheet_cdn() {

	echo '<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.yourdomain.com/wp-content/themes/child/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />'."\n";

}

Move jQuery To Google CDN

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'script_managment', 99);
/**
 * Change the location of jQuery.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function script_managment() {
	  wp_deregister_script( 'jquery' );
	  wp_deregister_script( 'jquery-ui' );
	  wp_register_script( 'jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js' );
	  wp_register_script( 'jquery-ui', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/jquery-ui.min.js' );
	  wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js', array( 'jquery' ), '4.0', false );
	  wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery-ui', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/jquery-ui.min.js', array( 'jquery' ), '1.8.16' );
}

Add viewport for responsive (mobile) design

/** Add Viewport meta tag for mobile browsers */
add_action( 'genesis_meta', 'child_viewport_meta_tag' );
function child_viewport_meta_tag() {
	echo '<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/>';
}

Template

Place WP-Cycle (must have WP-Cycle plug-in installed first)

/** Place WP-Cycle */
add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'wp_cycle' );

Image Sizes

/** Custom image sizes */
add_image_size( 'Slideshow', 520, 280, TRUE );
add_image_size( 'Small Thumbnail', 70, 70, TRUE );

Post Thumbnails

/** Add support for post thumbnails */
set_post_thumbnail_size( 300, 165, TRUE );

Post Formats

/** Add support for post formats */
add_theme_support( 'post-formats', array( 'aside', 'chat', 'gallery', 'image', 'link', 'quote', 'status', 'video', 'audio' ));

/** Add support for post format images */
add_theme_support( 'genesis-post-format-images' );

Unregister Site Layouts

/** Unregister site layouts */
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-content' )
genesis_unregister_layout( 'full-width' )
genesis_unregister_layout( 'content-sidebar-sidebar' );
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-sidebar-content' );
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-content-sidebar' );

Force Layout

add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', 'child_do_layout' );
/**
 * Force layout
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_do_layout( $opt ) {
    $opt = 'full-width-content'; // You can change this to any Genesis layout
    return $opt;
}

Use the Genesis Custom Loop

remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'custom_loop' );
/**
 * Remove default loop. Execute Custom Loop Instead.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function custom_loop() {
global $paged;

	 $args = (array(
		'category_name' => 'Blog',
		'order' => 'asc',
		'order_by'=> ‘title’,
	 	'paged' => $paged,
	 	'posts_per_page' => 5
	));

genesis_custom_loop( $args );

}

genesis();

Create a custom homepage using home.php (see Create a Genesis Page Template for more customization)

<?php 

remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' ); // Remove default loop
add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', '__genesis_return_full_width_content' ); // Set homepage width to FULL (optional can be removed)
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'child_home_loop_helper' ); // Execute custom child loop
/**
 * Remove default loop. Execute child loop instead.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_home_loop_helper() { ?>

<!--Custom Homepage Code Here -->

<?php }

genesis();

Use the Genesis Grid Loop in home.php

remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'child_grid_loop_helper' );
/** Add support for Genesis Grid Loop **/
function child_grid_loop_helper() {

	if ( function_exists( 'genesis_grid_loop' ) ) {
		remove_action( 'genesis_before_post_content', 'generate_post_image', 5 );
		genesis_grid_loop( array(
			'features' => 2,
			'feature_image_size' => 'large',
			'feature_image_class' => 'aligncenter post-image',
			'feature_content_limit' => 0,
			'grid_image_size' => 'grid',
			'grid_image_class' => 'alignleft post-image',
			'grid_content_limit' => 0,
			'more' => __( 'Continue reading...', 'genesis' ),
			'posts_per_page' => 6,
		) );
	} else {
		genesis_standard_loop();
	}

}

genesis();

Filter out duplicate posts in the WordPress Loop

$do_not_duplicate = array(); 
    query_posts( 'cat=featured&showposts=6' ); while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); 
    $do_not_duplicate[] = $post->ID;
    <!-- do stuff -->
endwhile; wp_reset_query();

Add Widgets And WP-Cycle To home.php

remove_action( 'genesis_after_post_content', 'genesis_post_meta', 10 );
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'wp_cycle' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'child_home_loop_helper' );
/**
 * Add Widgets and WP-Cycle to home.php.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_home_loop_helper() { ?>

<div id="homepage_widgets">
	<div class="column1">
		<ul>
 			<?php if ( !function_exists( 'dynamic_sidebar' ) || !dynamic_sidebar( 'Home 1' ) ){ ?><?php } ?>
 		</ul>
	</div>
	<div class="column2">
		<ul>
 			<?php if ( !function_exists( 'dynamic_sidebar' ) || !dynamic_sidebar( 'Home 2' ) ){ ?><?php } ?>
 		</ul>
	</div>
</div>

<?php }

genesis();

Body

Remove Post Titles

/** Custom post titles */
remove_action( 'genesis_post_title','genesis_do_post_title' );

Remove Post Titles Using Conditional Tags

remove_action( 'genesis_post_title','genesis_do_post_title' );
add_action( 'genesis_post_title','child_post_title(' );
/**
 * Remove Post Title with conditional tag.
 *
 */
function child_post_title() {

if ( is_front_page() ) {
	remove_action( 'genesis_post_title','genesis_do_post_title' );

}}

See the WordPress Codex for more conditional tags.

Remove Edit Link

/** Remove Edit Link */
add_filter( 'edit_post_link', '__return_false' );

Remove default Post Image

/** Remove default post image */
remove_action( 'genesis_post_content', 'genesis_do_post_image' );

Add Post Image above Title

/** Add custom post image above post title */
add_action( 'genesis_before_post_content', 'generate_post_image', 5 );
function generate_post_image() {

	if ( is_page() || ! genesis_get_option( 'content_archive_thumbnail' ) )
		return;

	if ( $image = genesis_get_image( array( 'format' => 'url', 'size' => genesis_get_option( 'image_size' ) ) ) ) {
		printf( '<a href="%s" rel="bookmark"><img class="post-image" src="%s" alt="%s" /></a>', get_permalink(), $image, the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) );
	}

}

Custom Post Info (with Shortcodes)

add_filter( 'genesis_post_info', 'child_post_info_filter' );
/**
 * Custom Post Info with shortcodes.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_post_info_filter( $post_info ) {
	return '[post_date] by [post_author_posts_link] at [post_time] [post_comments] [post_edit]';
}

Remove Post Info (Author and Date information)

/** Remove post info */
remove_action( 'genesis_before_post_content', 'genesis_post_info' );

Remove Post Meta

/** Remove the post meta function */
remove_action( 'genesis_after_post_content', 'genesis_post_meta' );

Custom Post Meta (With Shortcodes)

add_filter( 'genesis_post_meta', 'child_post_meta_filter' );
/**
 * Custom Post Meta with shortcodes.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_post_meta_filter( $post_meta ) {
	return '[post_categories] Tagged with [post_tags]';
}

Read More Link

add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'child_read_more_link' );
add_filter( 'get_the_content_more_link', 'child_read_more_link' );
add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', 'child_read_more_link' );
/**
 * Custom Read More link.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_read_more_link() {
	return '<a class="more-link" href="' . get_permalink() . '" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading...</a>';
}

Change Avatar Size

add_filter( 'genesis_comment_list_args', 'child_comment_list_args' );
/**
 * Change Avatar size.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_comment_list_args( $args ) {
	return array( 'type' => 'comment', 'avatar_size' => 42, 'callback' => 'genesis_comment_callback' );
}

Sidebars

Remove Default Sidebar

/** Remove default sidebar */
remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'genesis_do_sidebar' );

Remove Secondary Sidebars

/** Remove secondary sidebar */
unregister_sidebar( 'header-right' );
unregister_sidebar( 'sidebar' );
unregister_sidebar( 'sidebar-alt' );

Add Custom Sidebar

/** Add custom sidebar */
genesis_register_sidebar(array(
	'name'=>'Alternative Sidebar',
	'id' => 'sidebar-alternative',
	'description' => 'This is an alternative sidebar',
	'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s"><div class="widget %2$s">',
	'after_widget'  => "</div></div>\n",
	'before_title'  => '<h4><span>',
	'after_title'   => "</span></h4>\n"
));

Add Widgets

add_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'child_do_sidebar' );
/**
 * Add a widget/sidebar area.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_do_sidebar() {
	if ( !function_exists( 'dynamic_sidebar' ) || !dynamic_sidebar( 'Sidebar Name' ) ) {
}}

Footer

Custom Footer and Footer Nav (with Shortcodes)

add_filter( 'genesis_footer_output', 'child_output_filter', 10, 3 );
/**
 * Custom Footer with shortcodes.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_output_filter( $backtotop_text, $creds_text ) {

	$backtotop_text = '[footer_backtotop text="Top of Page"]';
	$creds_text = wp_nav_menu( array( 'menu' => 'Footer Nav' ));
	return '<div>' . $backtotop_text . '</div>' . '<div>' . $creds_text . '</div>';

}

Remove Footer Widgets (Genesis 1.6+)

/** Remove footer widgets */
remove_theme_support( 'genesis-footer-widgets', 3 );

Remove Footer

/** Remove Footer */
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer' );

Create a Custom Footer with HTML

remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer' );
add_action( 'genesis_footer', 'child_footer_html' );
/**
 * Custom Footer with HTML.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_footer_html() { ?>

	<div class="banner alignleft">
		<!-- openx text/code here -->
	</div>
	<div class="creds">
		<!-- credit text/code here -->
	<div>	

<?php }

Admin

Get settings from database

genesis_get_option( 'option_name', $this->settings_field )

Get settings from database for custom metaboxes

genesis_get_custom_field( 'meta_box_option_name' )

Development

Cache Bust your CSS

add_filter( 'stylesheet_uri', 'child_stylesheet_uri' );
/**
 * Cache bust the style.css reference.
 *
 * @author Greg Rickaby
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
function child_stylesheet_uri( $stylesheet_uri ) {
    return add_query_arg( 'v', filemtime( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/style.css' ), $stylesheet_uri );
}