my-custom-functions.php

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: My Custom Functions
 * Plugin URI: http://yoursite.com
 * Description: This is an awesome custom plugin with functionality that I'd like to keep when switching things.
 * Author: Sridhar Katakam
 * Author URI: http://yoursite.com
 * Version: 0.1.0
 */

/* Place custom code below this line. */

class My_Genesis_Featured_Post extends Genesis_Featured_Post {

    function widget( $args, $instance ) {

        global $wp_query, $_genesis_displayed_ids;

        extract( $args );

        //* Merge with defaults
        $instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, $this->defaults );

        echo $before_widget;

        //* Set up the author bio
        if ( ! empty( $instance['title'] ) )
            echo $before_title . apply_filters( 'widget_title', $instance['title'], $instance, $this->id_base ) . $after_title;

        $query_args = array(
            'post_type' => 'post',
            'cat'       => $instance['posts_cat'],
            'showposts' => $instance['posts_num'],
            'offset'    => $instance['posts_offset'],
            'orderby'   => $instance['orderby'],
            'order'     => $instance['order'],
        );

        //* Exclude displayed IDs from this loop?
        if ( $instance['exclude_displayed'] )
            $query_args['post__not_in'] = (array) $_genesis_displayed_ids;

        $wp_query = new WP_Query( $query_args );

        if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

            $_genesis_displayed_ids[] = get_the_ID();

            genesis_markup( array(
                'html5'   => '<article %s>',
                'xhtml'   => sprintf( '<div class="%s">', implode( ' ', get_post_class() ) ),
                'context' => 'entry',
            ) );

            $image = genesis_get_image( array(
                'format'  => 'html',
                'size'    => $instance['image_size'],
                'context' => 'featured-post-widget',
                'attr'    => genesis_parse_attr( 'entry-image-widget' ),
            ) );

            if ( $instance['show_image'] && $image )
                printf( '<a href="%s" title="%s" class="%s">%s</a>', get_permalink(), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ), esc_attr( $instance['image_alignment'] ), $image );

            if ( ! empty( $instance['show_gravatar'] ) ) {
                echo '<span class="' . esc_attr( $instance['gravatar_alignment'] ) . '">';
                echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ), $instance['gravatar_size'] );
                echo '</span>';
            }

            if ( $instance['show_title'] )
                echo genesis_html5() ? '<header class="entry-header">' : '';

                if ( ! empty( $instance['show_title'] ) ) {

                    if ( genesis_html5() )
                        printf( '<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="%s" title="%s">%s</a></h2>', get_permalink(), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ), get_the_title() );
                    else
                        printf( '<h2><a href="%s" title="%s">%s</a></h2>', get_permalink(), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ), get_the_title() );

                }

                if ( ! empty( $instance['show_byline'] ) && ! empty( $instance['post_info'] ) )
                    printf( genesis_html5() ? '<p class="entry-meta">%s</p>' : '<p class="byline post-info">%s</p>', do_shortcode( $instance['post_info'] ) );

            if ( $instance['show_title'] )
                echo genesis_html5() ? '</header>' : '';

            if ( ! empty( $instance['show_content'] ) ) {

                echo genesis_html5() ? '<div class="entry-content">' : '';

                if ( 'excerpt' == $instance['show_content'] ) {
                    the_excerpt();
                }
                elseif ( 'content-limit' == $instance['show_content'] ) {
                    the_content_limit( (int) $instance['content_limit'], esc_html( $instance['more_text'] ) );
                }
                else {

                    global $more;

                    $orig_more = $more;
                    $more = 0;

                    the_content( esc_html( $instance['more_text'] ) );

                    $more = $orig_more;

                }

                echo genesis_html5() ? '</div>' : '';

            }

            genesis_markup( array(
                'html5' => '</article>',
                'xhtml' => '</div>',
            ) );

        endwhile; endif;

        //* Restore original query
        wp_reset_query();

        //* The EXTRA Posts (list)
        if ( ! empty( $instance['extra_num'] ) ) {
            if ( ! empty( $instance['extra_title'] ) )
                echo $before_title . esc_html( $instance['extra_title'] ) . $after_title;

            $offset = intval( $instance['posts_num'] ) + intval( $instance['posts_offset'] );

            $query_args = array(
                'cat'       => $instance['posts_cat'],
                'showposts' => $instance['extra_num'],
                'offset'    => $offset,
            );

            $wp_query = new WP_Query( $query_args );

            $listitems = '';

            if ( have_posts() ) {
                while ( have_posts() ) {
                    the_post();
                    $_genesis_displayed_ids[] = get_the_ID();
                    $listitems .= sprintf( '<li><a href="%s" title="%s">%s</a></li>', get_permalink(), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ), get_the_title() );
                }

                if ( mb_strlen( $listitems ) > 0 )
                    printf( '<ul>%s</ul>', $listitems );
            }

            //* Restore original query
            wp_reset_query();
        }

        if ( ! empty( $instance['more_from_category'] ) && ! empty( $instance['posts_cat'] ) )
            printf(
                '<p class="more-from-category"><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s">%3$s</a></p>',
                esc_url( get_category_link( $instance['posts_cat'] ) ),
                esc_attr( get_cat_name( $instance['posts_cat'] ) ),
                esc_html( $instance['more_from_category_text'] )
            );

        echo $after_widget;

    }

}

/* Place custom code above this line. */
?>