Plugin / Genesis Layout Extras – Default Layouts in Genesis for WordPress

Installation

🚀 Minimum Requirements

• WordPress version 4.7 or higher
• NOTE: Only works with Genesis Framework (GPL-2.0+) as the parent theme. This is a paid premium product by StudioPress/ WPEngine, Inc., available via studiopress.com
• PHP version 5.6 or higher
• MySQL version 5.0 or higher
• For plugin settings: Administrator user with capabilities manage_options and edit_theme_options who is logged-in

🚀 We Recommend Your Host Supports at least:

• PHP version 7.2 or higher
• MySQL version 5.6 or higher / or MariaDB 10 or higher

🚀 Installation

1. Install using the WordPress built-in Plugin installer (via Plugins > Add New – search for genesis layout extras), or extract the ZIP file and drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. In your left-hand Genesis Theme Settings > Layout Extras, setup your default layouts and you’re good to go :).
4. General usage: Set layout options DIFFERENT from the Genesis default for special sections.

🎬 Video of Plugin’s Settings Walkthrough (v2.0.0):

original video link by plugin developer David Decker

Choose from one of the following layouts

1) Up to 6 default layouts of Genesis – when registered:

• Genesis Default (your default setting from Genesis Theme settings)
• Content-Sidebar
• Sidebar-Content
• Content-Sidebar-Sidebar
• Sidebar-Sidebar-Content
• Sidebar-Content-Sidebar
• Full Width Content

2) Currently up to 9 additional layouts of this plugin (Genesis Layout Extras):

• Sidebars below Content *)
• Primary below Content
• Primary above Content
• Header+Nav/Content/Sidebar (experimental!)
• Content/Sidebar-Alt *)
• Sidebar-Alt/Content *)
• Content/Sidebar-Alt/Sidebar
• Sidebar/Sidebar-Alt/Content
• Sidebar/Content/Sidebar-Alt

*) = Not with my “Genesis Prose Extras” plugin – that brings those layouts on its own, but with more optimized CSS 🙂

PLEASE NOTE: These 9 additional layouts were added in 2013 under a different situation of the overall market and Genesis. Looking back it was a mistake to do that, as the whole CSS for Child Themes is just unmanageable! Therefore the support for these layouts cannot and will not be given any longer! But rest assured: for backwards compatibility and for the users that somehow used them, I will keep their registering functions and their CSS in the plugin for as long as possible.

However, I might be hide the options from the settings page in the future (again this will not affect your usage!). To be clear: I will NOT remove features that were in it for 5 years and of course are used in the wild. I serve my users and the community. But please understand that I cannot longer offer support in any way for THESE ADDITIONAL layout options. You can always register your own options and maintain the CSS for your special use case. No problem at all! 🙂 — Thanks for your support!

Additional Post Type Support:

• For public custom post types, enable Genesis Inpost Options (Layouts, SEO, Scripts)
• For public custom post types with archive support, enable Genesis Archive Settings