Genesis Snippets

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Remove Genesis layout settings for a Custom Post Type

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If you’ve forced a layout for a custom post type, there’s no need to display the Layout Settings metabox in the edit screen. Here’s a code snippet that removes the layout options for a product custom post type.

/** Remove Genesis inpost layouts from 'product' post_type */
add_action( 'init', 'child_remove_post_type_support' );
function child_remove_post_type_support() {
	remove_post_type_support( 'product', 'genesis-layouts' );
}

Replace product with the custom post type you want this to work for.

Credit: Ade Walker, gleaned from his article How to use Genesis Connect for WooCommerce.

Want to remove the default layout metabox in the Genesis Theme Settings page instead? Use this snippet: Remove unused theme settings metaboxes

Define Genesis default options

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Define preset options for Genesis child themes so that when activated, you don’t need to muck around the Theme Settings page.

/** Define Genesis Options */
add_filter('genesis_options', 'define_genesis_setting_custom', 10, 2);
function define_genesis_setting_custom($options, $setting) {
    if($setting == GENESIS_SETTINGS_FIELD) {
        $options['show_info'] = 0; // Display theme info in document source
        $options['update'] = 1; // Enable Automatic Updates
        $options['update_email'] = 0; // Notify when updates are available
        $options['update_email_address'] = ''; // Update email address
        $options['feed_uri'] = ''; // Custom reed URI
        $options['redirect_feed'] = 0; // Redirect reed
        $options['comments_feed_uri'] = ''; // Custom comments feed URI
        $options['redirect_comments_feed'] = 0; // Redirect feed
        $options['site_layout'] = 'content-sidebar'; // Default layout
        $options['blog_title'] = 'text'; // Blog title/logo - 'text' or 'image'
        $options['nav'] = 1; // Include primary navigation
        $options['nav_superfish'] = 1; // Enable fancy dropdowns
        $options['nav_extras_enable'] = 0; // Enable extras
        $options['nav_extras'] = 'date'; // Extras - 'date', 'rss', 'search', 'twitter'
        $options['nav_extras_twitter_id'] = ''; // Twitter ID
        $options['nav_extras_twitter_text'] = 'Follow me on Twitter'; // Twitter link text
        $options['subnav'] = 0; // Include secondary navigation
        $options['subnav_superfish'] = 1; // Enable fancy dropdowns
        $options['breadcrumb_home'] = 1; // Enable breadcrumbs on Front Page
        $options['breadcrumb_single'] = 1; // Enable breadcrumbs on Posts
        $options['breadcrumb_page'] = 1; // Enable breadcrumbs on Pages
        $options['breadcrumb_archive'] = 1; // Enable breadcrumbs on Archives
        $options['breadcrumb_404'] = 1; // Enable breadcrumbs on 404 Page
        $options['breadcrumb_attachment'] = 1; // Enable breadcrumbs on Attachment Pages
        $options['comments_posts'] = 1; // Enable comments on Posts
        $options['comments_pages'] = 0; // Enable comments on Pages
        $options['trackbacks_posts'] = 1; // Enable trackbacks on Posts
        $options['trackbacks_pages'] = 0; // Enable trackbacks on Pages
        $options['content_archive'] = 'full'; // Content archives display - 'full', 'excerpts'
        $options['content_archive_limit'] = ''; // Limit content to n characters
        $options['content_archive_thumbnail'] = 0; // Include featured image
        $options['posts_nav'] = 'older-newer'; // Post navigation - 'older-newer', 'prev-next', 'numeric'
        $options['blog_cat'] = '0'; // Blog page displays which category
        $options['blog_cat_exclude'] = ''; // Blog page excludes which category 
        $options['blog_cat_num'] = 10; // Number of posts to show
        $options['header_scripts'] = ''; // Header scripts
        $options['footer_scripts'] = ''; // Footer scripts
        }
    return $options;
}

Updated from Christopher Cochran

Remove unused page layouts

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Genesis comes with 6 page layouts, which you may not need for every site. Here’s how to remove them.

/** Remove Unused Page Layouts */
// Un-comment the page layouts you wish to remove
//genesis_unregister_layout( 'full-width-content' );
//genesis_unregister_layout( 'content-sidebar' );	
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-content' );
genesis_unregister_layout( 'content-sidebar-sidebar' );
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-sidebar-content' );
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-content-sidebar' );

Credit: Bill Erickson

Remove unused theme settings metaboxes

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Hide the Header, Navigation, Breadcrumb and Blog Page settings in the Genesis Theme Settings page. Uncomment the corresponding lines for the metaboxes you want to remove

/** Remove unused theme settings */
add_action( 'genesis_theme_settings_metaboxes', 'child_remove_metaboxes' );
function child_remove_metaboxes( $_genesis_theme_settings_pagehook ) {
	remove_meta_box( 'genesis-theme-settings-header', $_genesis_theme_settings_pagehook, 'main' );
	remove_meta_box( 'genesis-theme-settings-nav', $_genesis_theme_settings_pagehook, 'main' );
	remove_meta_box( 'genesis-theme-settings-layout', $_genesis_theme_settings_pagehook, 'main' );
	remove_meta_box( 'genesis-theme-settings-breadcrumb', $_genesis_theme_settings_pagehook, 'main' );
//	remove_meta_box( 'genesis-theme-settings-comments', $_genesis_theme_settings_pagehook, 'main' );
//	remove_meta_box( 'genesis-theme-settings-blogpage', $_genesis_theme_settings_pagehook, 'main' );
}

Updated from Bill Erickson

Tip: Use this in conjunction with defining default theme options so that old settings are not stuck with the old values.

Force Superfish menus

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Force the Superfish script to be activated on navigation menus using the genesis_pre_get_option_ filter.

add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_option_nav_superfish', 'nrp_get_option_nav_superfish' );
function nrp_get_option_nav_superfish( $opt ) {
	$opt = '1';
	return $opt;
}

Tip: Use this in conjunction with removing unused theme settings metaboxes so that users are not confused with why their settings are not being saved.