Featured Post Exclude Category for Genesis
by AMP-MODE 5 (3 reviews)

Featured Post Exclude Category for Genesis

A new featured posts widget for Genesis themes that allows you to exclude a category when selecting All Categories in the featured post widget.

Featured Post Exclude Category for Genesis ranks #20,095 among WordPress.org plugins with 50+ active installations, is #2,710 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Oct 13, 2021. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.8 (Current: 7.1.4)
v1.0.4 Current Version v1.0.4
Updated 5 years ago Last Update on 13 Oct, 2021
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#2,710 of 8,848 in Customization Top 50% by installs No update in over a year
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Review 5 out of 5
5 (3 reviews)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Featured Post Exclude Category for Genesis

Yes, this should work with any Genesis child theme. You must use a Genesis child theme for this plugin to work!
There really are no settings. The plugin adds a new widget, which can be found under Appearance > Widgets. You are looking for the Genesis - Featured Posts Exclude Category widget.
The widget really only works if you select All Categories from the Categories select menu in the widget, and then select a category to exclude from the Exclude select menu in the widget. Think about it, if you select a single category from the Categories select menu, it will automatically exclude all others. If you select All Categories, you may want to exclude one. You can easily do this just by selecting it from the menu. The rest of the widget settings are identical to the default Genesis Featured Posts widget.

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