johanvandemerwe

Users that have the Genesis Theme Framework installed are already known with the Genesis Featured Page 
plugin. This extended version looks almost the same, but adds the possibility to add a thumbnail of your 
own choice. This can be any image in your media library.
To add a different image, just switch off the “Show featured image” and place the name of the image in 
the URL. To make it even easier, you just enter here the name of the image as in “take-this-picture.png”. 
The plugin makes sure that the selected format is taken from your media library.
Bonus:
With this plugin it is also possible to show the excerpt of an article (which is not in the original Genesis plugin). 
!important! For this to work you have to install the Page Excerpt Plugin by Jeremy Massel.
How to use the image URL:
without month/year in media permalinks:
/montepulciano.jpg
with/year in media permalinks:
/10/2014/montepulciano.jpg
So you use the image name + extension starting after the /uploads in the media permalink. 
Don’t use the show featured image and the Image URL at the same time. That will show the featured image set in the page.
You can find that plugin here: 
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-excerpt/" rel="ugc">Link to Page Excerpt Plugin by Jeremy Massel (opens in new window)</a>

Genesis Featured Page Extended

Extends the Genesis Featured Page plugin. Show as thumbnail any image in your media library and show your page excerpt. Requires Genesis Framework.

Nick Diego

Outermost

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.
An advanced version of the Genesis – Featured Page widget, this plugin allows you to add a custom image, custom content, page excerpt, and more.
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.
<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 Genesis – Featured Page 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>
If you are looking for additional features, let me know in the plugin support forum.
Disclaimer: This plugin is essentially a forked version of the original Genesis – Featured Page widget. Props go to StudioPress for developing the widget. I just modified/enhanced it.

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.

Genesis Featured Page Extended vs Genesis Featured Page Advanced