Nick Diego

Outermost

<p><strong>Genesis Featured Page Advanced is nearing the end of its life. The plugin was built to solve a problem that will soon no longer exist. The advent of block themes utilizing the Site Editor has made traditional widgets irrelevant. Critical support will still be provided in the support forum, but the plugin is no longer being actively developed.</strong></p>
<p>An advanced version of the Genesis – Featured Page widget, this plugin allows you to add a custom image, custom content, page excerpt, and more.</p>
<p>Genesis Featured Page Advanced is only for Genesis Framework users. Genesis is a premium product of <a href="http://www.studiopress.com" rel="nofollow ugc">StudioPress</a>, which has no affiliation with this plugin.</p>
<h4>Plugin highlights</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add a Custom Page Title</li>
<li>Display widget title above or below image (Defaults above)</li>
<li>Display page title above or below image (Defaults below)</li>
<li>Adds option for widget to link to a custom link</li>
<li>Adds custom image upload field</li>
<li>Adds option to adjust the size of custom images</li>
<li>Adds custom content field, which accepts shortcodes</li>
<li>Adds option to display the page excerpt</li>
<li>Adds option to remove the page link from the page title</li>
<li>Adds option to add the page link to the widget title</li>
<li>Adds option to remove the page link from the featured or custom image</li>
<li>Adds option to insert the Learn More link on a new line</li>
<li>Set the target and rel attributes on all links</li>
<li>Fields show/hide based on user selection for cleaner UI</li>
<li>Works alongside the original <em>Genesis – Featured Page</em> widget and other third party widgets</li>
<li>Uses the same CSS classes as the original Genesis widget, so any styling you are currently using will be passed to this widget</li>
<li>Genesis 2.0 and HTML5 compatible</li>
</ul>
<p>If you are looking for additional features, let me know in the plugin support forum.</p>
<p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> This plugin is essentially a forked version of the original <em>Genesis – Featured Page</em> widget. Props go to StudioPress for developing the widget. I just modified/enhanced it.</p>


Genesis Featured Page Advanced

An advanced version of the Genesis - Featured Page widget. Allows you to add a custom image, custom content, page excerpt, and more.

mrwweb

<p>Feature A Page Widget provides a “just works” solution for showcasing a Page, Post, or custom post type in any widget area (aka sidebar). It leverages core WordPress features, a <em>simple</em> set of options, and a sleek UI for selecting one of three widget layouts.</p>
<h4>How to Use the Widget</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin.</li>
<li>Edit the page you want to feature.</li>
<li>Fill out the <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/excerpts/#creating-excerpts" rel="nofollow ugc">Excerpt</a> and select a <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/#setting-a-featured-image" rel="nofollow ugc">Featured Image</a> on that page.</li>
<li>Go to Appearance > Widgets or Customize > Widgets.</li>
<li>Add an instance of the “Feature a Page Widget” to the widget area (Sidebar, Footer, etc.) of your choosing.</li>
<li>Select the page, choose a layout, and optionally give the widget a title.</li>
<li>Save the widget!</li>
<li>Admire your handiwork.</li>
</ol>
<p>This plugin enables Featured Images (aka “Post Thumbnails”) and Excerpts for Pages and Posts (by default) with the ability to support custom post types. If you don’t see one or both of those fields, they may be hidden in the “Screen Options” (top-right corner) while editing a Page or Post.</p>
<h4>Important Note: Image Sizes</h4>
<p>This plugin creates multiple custom image sizes. If you use images that were uploaded to the  media library before you installed this plugin, you may need to use a plugin like <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/" rel="ugc">Regenerate Thumbnails</a> to create the correctly-sized images.</p>
<h4>Customizing the Widget</h4>
<p>There are multiple ways to modify the widget based on your needs:</p>
<ol>
<li>Prewritten CSS selectors in <code>/css/fpw_starter_styles.css</code> to help you get started with custom CSS styles in a child theme or the Custom CSS Customizer field</li>
<li>Three default overridable templates and the ability to create custom templates</li>
<li>Eight filters to modify most parts of the widget output (Title, Read More, Image sizes, etc.)</li>
<li>Interested in commissioning a custom layout just for your site? <a href="https://mrwweb.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Get in touch.</a></li>
</ol>
<p>See <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/feature-a-page-widget/faq/" rel="ugc">the FAQs</a> for links to code snippets with inline documentation.</p>
<h4>Like the Plugin?</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/feature-a-page-widget" rel="ugc">We love 5-star ratings!</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.paypal.me/rootwiley" rel="nofollow ugc">Donations accepted</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Available Languages</h4>
<p>Please <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/feature-a-page-widget" rel="nofollow ugc">help translate Feature A Page Widget</a>. Users have contributed translations in the following languages:</p>
<p>English (default), German (<code>de_DE</code>), Serbian (<code>sr_RS</code>), Polish (<code>pl_PL</code>), Spanish (<code>es_ES</code>), Italian (<code>it_IT</code>), Dutch (<code>nl_NL</code>)</p>
<h4>Other Plugins by @MRWweb</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mrw-web-design-simple-tinymce/" rel="ugc">MRW Web Design Simple TinyMCE</a> – Get rid of bad and obscure TinyMCE buttons. Move the rest to a single top row. Comes with a bit of help for adding custom CSS classes too.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-status-menu-items/" rel="ugc">Post Status Menu Items</a> – Adds post status links–e.g. “Draft” (7)–to post type admin menus.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-type-archive-descriptions/" rel="ugc">Post Type Archive Description</a> – Enables an editable description for a post type to display at the top of the post type archive page.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/hawaiian-characters/" rel="ugc">Hawaiian Characters</a> – Adds the correct characters with diacriticals to the WordPress editor Character Map for Hawaiian</li>
</ul>


Feature A Page Widget

A widget to display an attractive summary of any page in any widget area.

Genesis Featured Page Advanced vs Feature A Page Widget