How to add a widget area after blog posts in WordPress in a StudioPress Genesis theme

If you are using WordPress with a StudioPress Genesis theme you may want to add a widget area after your blog posts. If you want to add a widget area to your StudioPress Genesis theme without using a plugin you can then add this code to your functions.php file. You may want to backup your WordPress website before you make updates to it.

/**
 * Add widget area after blog posts
 *
 * @author WPSnacks.com
 * @link https://www.wpsnacks.com
 */
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'widget-after-posts',
	'name'        => __( 'After Posts Widget', 'yourtheme' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the widget after blog posts.', 'yourtheme' ),
) );
function addwidgetafterblogposts() {
	genesis_widget_area( 'widget-after-posts', array(
			'before' => '<div class="widget-after-posts widget-area">',
			'after'  => '</div>',
		) );
}
add_action('genesis_after_entry_content', 'addwidgetafterblogposts');

If you want to style the widget you can do that in css using .widget-after-posts in your stylesheet or you can read this post on how to style your custom widget area on your website for more information on how to do that on there. You can replace the yourtheme title with the name of your WordPress theme.

Now if that works for you it would add the new widget area to your StudioPress Genesis theme after your blog posts on there.