Is your site impressive? Do the colors and functionality impress your visitors? If not, read on to find out how to attract, attract and convert more visitors to your site.
The Genesis Framework allows you to create WordPress websites without much need for advanced programming and without the need to create a child theme However, if you need additional robust functionality, plugins will help.
We’ve put together five tried-and-true Genesis Framework plugins that allow you to easily customize aspects of your WordPress design and functionality, and you can do so without relying on heavy coding.
Genesis Simple Sidebars
Genesis Simple Sidebars
By default, websites using Genesis display the same sidebar content to all visitors, no matter which page they land on when they land on your site. If you want to control when widgets are displayed to the visitor in the sidebar menu using only the Genesis theme, this will require custom coding.
With the Simple Sidebar plug-in, you can manage and customize dynamic content in a widget displayed in the sidebar. You can select a specific location in a specific category, tag, or drop-down menu.
This functionality allows you to create dynamically assigned custom widgets that a visitor sees based on a page, post, tag, or category.
– /
The image below shows the default and custom sidebar.
This plugin is very useful if you want to highlight an offer, offer a special deal, or showcase a product in a specific post. The options are endless and will not affect the loading speed of your WordPress theme
Genesis Responsive Slider
Genesis Responsive Slider
If you’re using a Genesis theme that doesn’t have a built-in slider, you can use the Genesis Responsive Slider plugin
With this plugin, you can not only create a responsive slider, but also:
- Display a featured image with a title and an excerpt from your post.
- Set the maximum size of the slider.
- Select which pages the slider will be displayed on.
- Select the categories in which you want visitors to see it.
- Specify which posts in which the slider should appear, based on the post ID.
In today’s mobile world, it is very important to react quickly. The plugin automatically adjusts based on the size of the screen it is viewed on. But you can only use this plugin in Genesis child themes.
Below are some examples of responsive slider designs built with the Genesis Responsive Slider plugin
Simple Configuration Hook
When you install the Genesis Simple Hook plugin, a new settings page is created in your Genesis theme settings in WordPress.
This makes creating functions in theme files simple and intuitive.
This plugin is useful for less technical WordPress users because it allows you to modify some of the more common code snippets with hooks such as title, post info, and post metatext.
It also allows you to insert your own code such as HTML and PHP. The Genesis theme framework has over 50 hooks to choose from.
Here’s how the plugin works:
Genesis Simple Share
Genesis Simple Share
Social sharing is a vital feature for blogging messaging. The Genesis Simple Share plugin simplifies this task by simplifying initial setup and default settings.
The default setting allows you to use social media icons in all messages.
If you want to change the default settings, you can:
- specify which post types to display icons.
- Include only the social media icons that you have chosen to display.
- Change the order in which icons appear on your site.
- Add your Twitter username by pasting @yourusername.
- Set the default image by entering the URL.
- Add additional social media icons.
- Change the size and appearance of social media icons.
- Decide where you want them to appear.
Since Simple Share is a lightweight plugin, it will have little or no impact on your page load time.
Simple URLs
Simple URLs
Simple URLs Plugin is a complete URL management system that allows you to track, edit, create and remove outbound links using 301 redirects and custom post types.
This plugin makes it easy to manage and store multiple URLs and scales easily. Simple URLs are designed to avoid page-based redirects and permalink conflicts.
By opting out of page redirects, you avoid potential permalink conflicts and possible performance issues on your site.
Simple URLs are especially valuable for sites offering digital products and services so that they can track downloads. It can also mask affiliate links.
–