Genesis Post Teasers
This plugin uses the Genesis grid loop function to display posts teasers either on your Homepage, Archives, or Blog Template and gives added options to control them. Easily have 1,2,3… as many featured posts at top and…
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Genesis Post Teasers shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 1/5 and was last updated 13 years ago, and scores 20/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (100+ active installs)
- Low rating so far — 1/5 from only 3 reviews
- No update in 13 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.6 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Genesis Post Teasers stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| genesis | >100 |
| genesiswp | #29 |
| hooks | >100 |
| studiopress | #60 |
| teasers | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 1 from 3 reviews
About Genesis Post Teasers
From the official readme · v2.0.3Description
This plugin uses the Genesis grid loop function to display posts teasers either on your Homepage, Archives, or Blog Template and gives added options to control them. Easily have 1,2,3… as many featured posts at top and teasers below. Enable Thumbnails, Disable the byline or post meta and limit the text for the teasers. The Genesis Theme Framework by studiopress is required.
Installation
- Upload the entire
genesis-post-teasersfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Navigate to the
Genesis > Theme Settingsmenu - Configure Options for ‘Homepage Teasers’
Changelog
2.0.3
- Fixed: Options for post teasers not respected. Conditional logic for style blocks properly checks if not empty.
2.0.2
- Added: All images sizes are now available for thumbnails.
- Updated: More code clean up.
- Fixed: Fatal error when using JetPack Mobile theme. Extra checks to make sure Genesis is active before running code.
2.0.1
- Fixed: Some themes may override “Do not show teasers in pairs” by using included theme styles. Added Styles to override floating of teasers when “Do not show teasers in pairs” is checked.
2.0.0
- Added: Basic support for G2.0 and HTML5.
- Updated: Code clean up and rewrite.
- Updated: CSS clear float technique.
- Updated: Activation check method to use wp_get_theme().
- Fixed: Reworked logic to make sure divs are being closed properly.
- Fixed: Issues with Posts per page (removed from genesis_loop). Now handled by get_pre_posts.
- Fixed: Issues with post teasers working on Blog Template.
- Fixed: Posts per page now handled by get_pre_posts.
- Removed: ‘gpt_blog_cat_id’ & ‘gpt_blog_tag’ custom field keys. Please use ‘query_args’. Accepts standard WP_Query args.
1.0.5
- Added: Use ‘gpt_blog_cat_id'(takes category id) & ‘gpt_blog_tag'(takes tag name) as custom field keys to specify a blog category or tag archive when teasers enabled on “Blog Template” per page.
- Fixed: Queries all posts on tag archives when teasers are enabled “Archives”
1.0.4
- Fixed: Metabox will not load in genesis ver 1.8.0
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FAQ
Genesis Post Teasers: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
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Is Genesis Post Teasers free?
Yes. Genesis Post Teasers is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Genesis Post Teasers safe to use in 2026?
Genesis Post Teasers shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 1/5 and was last updated 13 years ago, and scores 20/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Genesis Post Teasers?
Genesis Post Teasers is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 23,815 times since it launched in November 2010. It was downloaded 120 times in the last 30 days.
Does Genesis Post Teasers work with WordPress 7.1?
Genesis Post Teasers is officially tested up to WordPress 3.6.1, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Genesis Post Teasers last updated?
The latest version, 2.0.3, was released on September 13, 2013 (13 years ago).
Who makes Genesis Post Teasers?
Genesis Post Teasers is developed and maintained by Christopher Cochran.
What are the best alternatives to Genesis Post Teasers?
The most popular alternatives to Genesis Post Teasers are Genesis eNews Extended (40K+ installs), Genesis Simple Hooks (20K+ installs) and Genesis Simple Share (10K+ installs).
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