Add Filter To WP_Query In Genesis Featured Posts Widget – Suggested Genesis Core Enhancement

This enhancement would enable Genesis users to filter the WP_Query arguments ( $query_args ) used in the Genesis Featured Posts widget.

In genesis > lib > widgets > featured-post-widget.php on line 106, the suggested filter would be added to the code something like this :

$query_args = apply_filters( 'featured_posts_args', array(  
	'post_type'           => 'post',
	'cat'                 => $instance['posts_cat'],
	'showposts'           => $instance['posts_num'],
	'offset'              => $instance['posts_offset'],
	'orderby'             => $instance['orderby'],
	'order'               => $instance['order'],
	'ignore_sticky_posts' => $instance['exclude_sticky'],
) );

This adds a filter named featured_posts_args which you can then use in your child themes functions file like this :

add_filter( 'featured_posts_args', 'exclude_category_featured_posts' );
function exclude_category_featured_posts( $args ) {
$args['category__not_in'] = array( '9' );
return $args;
}

The above filter function enables you to modify any of the WP_Query arguments used in the featured posts widget. In this case, it excludes posts in category 9 from showing in the widget.

Is there any reason this filter should not or cannot be added to Genesis? Let me know in the comments if you have any feedback or suggestions…

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