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.
