Most of the Genesis child themes will support, by default, the output of the featured image on the single post page. If however you make your own custom post type, you're going to need to add it, luckily it's really easy! In this example, I'm targeting a custom post type 'wines' change that to your CPT and you're done! ... [Continue Reading]
WordPress child themes: how to find the path to the child theme
Usually when you need to reference something inside your theme you can use this WordPress function Which works fine if you're using a standard WordPress theme. However, if you are using a child theme or a framework like Genesis then the above will actually tell you where the parent theme is located, not the location of your child theme. Try this ... [Continue Reading]
Genesis Framework: How to show excerpts or full content on archive pages
When using the Genesis theme framework you have the ability to control what is displayed on archive pages from the Genesis settings. This is particularly helpful if you have, in addition to standard pages and posts, one or more custom post types registered. Check the screen shot below. The settings spell out your options. What happens though if you would like one ... [Continue Reading]
Genesis Framework: customise the post info by line
Here's a little trick that allows you to customise the by line of posts, for both the archive pages and the single post. I was searching for a way to do this for a job where the requirement was to remove the author's name but leave the post date and other info. What am I talking about? Here's a screen shot of a customised Genesis theme, in this example the date and ... [Continue Reading]
Genesis SEO tools: How to enable for custom post types
Here's a quick tip. If you use the Genesis theme framework and regularly create sites with Custom Post Types, you may like to know how to enable the Genesis SEO tool box for these post types. It's really easy! ... [Continue Reading]
Enable excerpts on pages in WordPress
Ok this one is not going to change the world but part of the reason why I add a lot of WordPress tips to this blog is so I don't have to keep googling to find the same thing over and over again. So here it is, the simple fix to enable excerpts for pages within WordPress Try that in your functions file and you should be ready to go! ... [Continue Reading]
How to change the order of posts in the WordPress loop
This is not rocket science but it took me a while to find the answer, so here it is. Situation: On some WordPress archive pages you'd like to order the posts by title rather than the default date order. The following function will do just that, it will merge the WordPress loop query with two new parameters 'orderby' and 'order' - leaving the rest of the query as ... [Continue Reading]
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