Nick the Geek

<p>Genesis Featured Widget Amplified adds additional functionality to the Genesis Featured Posts Widget.  Specifically it:</p>
<ul>
<li>Supports Custom Post Types</li>
<li>Supports Custom Taxonomies</li>
<li>Exclude Term by ID field</li>
<li>Supports Pagination</li>
<li>Supports Meta Key Values</li>
<li>Supports Sorting by Meta Key</li>
<li>Multiple Hooks and Filters for adding additional content</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin requires the <a href="http://studiopress.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Genesis Theme Framework</a><br />
While the plugin will work on the HTML5 “Pro” themes, the HTML markup only supports the older XHTML themes at this time. It is not recommended for use on the new HTML5 themes.</p>
<p>Thanks to David Decker, this plugin is translation ready.  German translation files included.</p>
<h3>Special Thanks</h3>
<p>I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the folks at StudioPress, their themes make my life easier.</p>
<p>Gary Jones (aka GaryJ) provided guidance on several issues related to debugging and documentation</p>


Genesis Featured Widget Amplified

Genesis Featured Posts with support for custom post types, taxonomies, and so much more

<p>This plugin gives the look of a magazine-style website with thumbnails and excerpts in a clean layout. Thumbnails are generated automatically, and there is a settings page to set an unholy amount of options. (Really, it’s out of control and I’m sorry.) The latest release also has a “featured post” add-on so you can specify any post you want or just the most recent one to be put in the featured post box. You can also add a css popup for the image that includes the post title and </p>
<p>Are you using Thesis from DIYThemes.com? Easily place your Recent Visual Posts by simply inserting your desired Thesis hook on the settings page. No code changes needed.</p>
<p>This plugin uses a slightly modified version of the excellent Image Extractor plugin found at <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/image-extractor/" rel="ugc">wordpress.org/extend/plugins/image-extractor/</a>.</p>
<h3>I need more help!</h3>
<p>Make sure you check out the <a href="http://oktober5.com/visual-recent-posts-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin homepage</a>. If you need my help, check out the <a href="http://oktober5.com/forums/" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin forums</a></p>


Visual Recent Posts

Displays your recent posts with auto-generated thumbnails and excerpts; also includes a featured post and popup box option.

Genesis Featured Widget Amplified vs Visual Recent Posts