{"id":266,"date":"2015-01-29T11:01:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T11:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/128.199.176.160\/?p=266"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:19:07","slug":"create-widget-first-post-excerpt-genesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpbrigade.com\/create-widget-first-post-excerpt-genesis\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a widget below first post excerpt in Genesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beside having great SEO built in feature, the Genesis Framework also good for customizations and editing even when you\u2019re just a beginner with small amount of coding knowledge. As your blog is growing you\u2019ll be start making money through several sources such as Google Adsense. Having good spots to place those banners are really important. In today\u2019s post, I\u2019m going to show you how to insert any advertising code or a WordPress widget right under the first post in your Genesis child theme. Actually, this will going to take effect on your homepage only.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s get started\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first thing you need to do is navigate to Appearance &gt; Editor &gt; Open up <strong>functions.php of your genesis theme<\/strong>. Then what you want to do is add the following snippet at the end of the template.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">\/\/* Ads below first WordPress Post\r\nadd_action( \u2018genesis_after_entry\u2019, \u2018first_post_ads\u2019 );\r\nfunction first_post_ads() {\r\n\r\nglobal $loop_counter;\r\n$loop_counter++;\r\n\r\nif( $loop_counter == 1 ) {\r\n\r\nif ( is_active_sidebar( \u2018ads\u2019 ) ) {\r\necho \u2018&lt;div class=\u201dads\u201d&gt;\u2019;\r\ndynamic_sidebar( \u2018ads\u2019 );\r\necho \u2018&lt;\/div&gt;\u2019;\r\n}\r\n\r\n}\r\n\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/\/* Register Ads widget\r\ngenesis_register_sidebar( array(\r\n\u2018id\u2019 =&gt; \u2018ads\u2019,\r\n\u2018name\u2019 =&gt; __( \u2018Ads after post\u2019, \u2018post_ads\u2019 ),\r\n\u2018description\u2019 =&gt; __( \u2018This is the Ads section after posts.\u2019, \u2018post_ads\u2019 ),\r\n) );<\/pre>\n<p>Remember &#8216;<strong><span class=\"crayon-v\">genesis_after<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">_<\/span>entry<\/strong>&#8216; is action that will be used to hook in the page. To make sure that this is working, you must go to your Widgets area and see if there is a new widget spot added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Style it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now you need to decorate your new ads widget to meet your site\u2019s design. I already prepared a quick css code for you. Add it into your stylesheet (style.css).<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">.ads {\r\nbackground: #ccc;\r\nmargin-bottom: 30px;\r\npadding: 40px;\r\ncolor: black;\r\n}<\/pre>\n<p>I hope that you have found a new \u201chot spot\u201d to add your Google Adsense ads on, which is right under the first post. Last but not least, I would love to thanks Nhatdong (a good friend of mine) for these snippets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beside having great SEO built in feature, the Genesis Framework also good for customizations and editing even when you&rsquo;re just a beginner with small amount of coding knowledge. 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