Genesis Framework Code Snippets

Here's collection of Code snippets of Genesis Framework for WordPress. These code snippets are supposed to be used in functions.php of child theme. You can use these code snippets in existing official genesis themes or while making your own themes.

These code snippets helps you make changes to your layout and allows you to control how you manage the look and feel of the template. This hub will be regularly updated with the new code snippets as I use or come across on the web.

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Where to put these code snippets?

Your genesis child theme has functions.php file. Open the functions.php file from the wordpress interface or upload the functions.php via ftp to your Genesis Themes folder.

Header Code Snippets

Here are some of the code snippets that you can use to edit the genesis child theme header.

You'll find following :

• Add Custom Background
• Add Support for Custom Header
• Remove Header
• Remove Title & Description
• Custom Header URL
• Remove Header Right Widget Area

Add Custom Background
/** Add support for custom background */
add_custom_background();
Add Support for Custom Header
/** Add support for custom header */
add_theme_support( 'genesis-custom-header', array( 'width' => 960, 'height' => 100 ) );
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' );
Custom Header URL
// Customize the header URL
add_filter('genesis_seo_title', 'custom_seo_title', 10, 3);
function custom_seo_title($title, $inside, $wrap) {
$inside = sprintf( '%s', esc_attr( get_bloginfo('name') ), get_bloginfo('name') );
$title = sprintf( '<%s id="title">%s</%s>', $wrap, $inside, $wrap);
return $title;
}
Remove Header Right Widget Area
// Remove the header right widget area
unregister_sidebar( 'header-right' );

Navigation Code Snippets

You'll find the following Navigation Code Snippets.

• Move Navigation Menu
• Secondary Navigation Menu
• Unregister Navigation Menus
• Reposition Navigation

Navigation Menu
/** Move primary nav menu */
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_nav' );
add_action( 'genesis_before_header', 'genesis_do_nav' );
Secondary Navigation Menu
/** Move secondary nav menu */
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_subnav' );
add_action( 'genesis_before_header', 'genesis_do_subnav' );
Unregister Navigation Menus
// Unregister primary/secondary navigation menus
remove_theme_support( 'genesis-menus' );
// Unregister primary navigation menu
add_theme_support( 'genesis-menus', array( 'secondary' => __( 'Secondary Navigation Menu', 'genesis' ) ) );
// Unregister secondary navigation menu
add_theme_support( 'genesis-menus', array( 'primary' => __( 'Primary Navigation Menu', 'genesis' ) ) );
Reposition Navigation
// Reposition the primary navigation menu
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_nav' );
add_action( 'genesis_before_header', 'genesis_do_nav' );
// Reposition the secondary navigation menu
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_subnav' );
add_action( 'genesis_before_header', 'genesis_do_subnav' );

Theme Layout Code Snippets

There are some easy layout fixes for the genesis child theme.

• Force Layout Setting
• Register Default Layout Setting
• Unregister Layout Settings
• Add Structural Wraps

Register Default Layout Setting
// Register default layout setting
genesis_set_default_layout( 'content-sidebar' );
// Register default layout setting
genesis_set_default_layout( 'sidebar-content' );
// Register default layout setting
genesis_set_default_layout( 'content-sidebar-sidebar' );
// Register default layout setting
genesis_set_default_layout( 'sidebar-sidebar-content' );
// Register default layout setting
genesis_set_default_layout( 'sidebar-content-sidebar' );
// Register default layout setting
genesis_set_default_layout( 'full-width-content' );
Unregister Layout Settings
// Unregister content/sidebar layout setting
genesis_unregister_layout( 'content-sidebar' );
// Unregister sidebar/content layout setting
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-content' );
// Unregister content/sidebar/sidebar layout setting
genesis_unregister_layout( 'content-sidebar-sidebar' );
// Unregister sidebar/sidebar/content layout setting
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-sidebar-content' );
// Unregister sidebar/content/sidebar layout setting
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-content-sidebar' );
// Unregister full-width content layout setting
genesis_unregister_layout( 'full-width-content' );
Add Structural Wraps
// Add support for structural wraps
add_theme_support( 'genesis-structural-wraps', array(
'header',
'nav',
'subnav',
'inner',
'footer-widgets',
'footer'
) );

Admin Management Code Snippet

Some admin level settings you can edit:

• Color Style Options
• Managing Settings

Managing Settings
// Remove Genesis in-post SEO Settings
remove_action( 'admin_menu', 'genesis_add_inpost_seo_box' );
 
// Remove Genesis Layout Settings
remove_theme_support( 'genesis-inpost-layouts' );
 
// Remove Genesis menu link
remove_theme_support( 'genesis-admin-menu' );
 
// Remove Genesis SEO Settings menu link
remove_theme_support( 'genesis-seo-settings-menu' );
Color Style Options
// Create color style options
add_theme_support( 'genesis-style-selector', array(
'theme-blue' => __( 'Blue', 'custom-theme-text-domain' ),
'theme-green' => __( 'Green', 'custom-theme-text-domain' ),
'theme-orange' => __( 'Orange', 'custom-theme-text-domain' ),
'theme-red' => __( 'Red', 'custom-theme-text-domain' )
) );

Post Meta Code Snippets


Genesis Post Meta Code Snippets are as follows:

Remove Post info and Post Meta
Remove Edit (Post) Link
Add Post Image above Title
Custom Post Info
Custom Post Meta
Change Avatar Size
Remove Breadcrumbs
Change Read More Link



Remove Post info and Post Meta

// Remove Post Info
remove_action('genesis_before_post_content', 'genesis_post_info');

// Remove Post Meta
remove_action('genesis_after_post_content', 'genesis_post_meta');

Remove Edit (Post) 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( '', get_permalink(), $image, the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) );
 }

}



Custom Post Info
 
add_filter( 'genesis_post_info', 'child_post_info_filter' );
function child_post_info_filter( $post_info ) {
 return '[post_date] by [post_author_posts_link] at [post_time] [post_comments] [post_edit]';
}

Custom Post Meta
 
add_filter( 'genesis_post_meta', 'child_post_meta_filter' );

function child_post_meta_filter( $post_meta ) {
 return '[post_categories] Tagged with [post_tags]';
}

Change Avatar Size

add_filter( 'genesis_comment_list_args', 'child_comment_list_args' );

function child_comment_list_args( $args ) {
 return array( 'type' => 'comment', 'avatar_size' => 42, 'callback' => 'genesis_comment_callback' );
}

Remove Breadcrumbs

remove_action('genesis_before_loop', 'genesis_do_breadcrumbs');
add_action('genesis_before_content', 'genesis_do_breadcrumbs');

Change 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' );
function child_read_more_link() {

return '';
}
 


Sidebar Code Snippets


Some of the sidebar tweaks include:

Remove Sidebar
Add Custom Sidebar
Add Widgets in Sidebar
Unregister Genesis Sidebar Layout








Remove Sidebar

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

Remove Secondary and Additional Sidebar

/** 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' => '


',
 'after_widget'  => "

\n",
 'before_title'  => '

',
 'after_title'   => "
\n"
));

Add Widgets in Sidebar

add_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'child_do_sidebar' );

function child_do_sidebar() {
 if ( !function_exists( 'dynamic_sidebar' ) || !dynamic_sidebar( 'Sidebar Name' ) ) {
}}

Unregister Genesis Sidebar Layout

// Unregister primary sidebar
unregister_sidebar( 'sidebar' );
 // Unregister secondary sidebar 
unregister_sidebar( 'sidebar-alt' ); 

Footer Code Snippet


Footer Code snippets are as follows:

Custom Footer Credits with Less information
Custom Footer with Disclosure and Policy Links
Remove Footer Widgets
Remove Footer
Reposition the Footer


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

Remove Footer

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


Reposition the Footer
// Reposition the footer
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_footer_markup_open', 5 );
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer' );
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_footer_markup_close', 15 );
add_action( 'genesis_after', 'genesis_footer_markup_open', 11 );
add_action( 'genesis_after', 'genesis_do_footer', 12 );
add_action( 'genesis_after', 'genesis_footer_markup_close', 13 );
Custom Footer Credits with Less information
add_filter('genesis_footer_creds_text', 'custom_footer_creds_text');
function custom_footer_creds_text($creds) {
    $creds = '[footer_copyright] ' . get_bloginfo('name') ;
    return $creds;
} 
Custom Footer with Disclosure and Policy Links
/** Footer */
remove_action('genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer');
add_action('genesis_footer', 'eo_custom_footer');
function eo_custom_footer()
{
echo '';
echo 'Copyright © ';
echo '2011 - ';
echo date('Y');
echo ' · Disclosure · Privacy Policy ·  All rights reserved';
echo '


';
}

Misc. Code Snippets

Many other misc code snippets that you can add in your child theme. Depending on your widget, layout and search box related needs, these code snippets could help you achieve the specific results.

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