Display Related Posts in Grid Format in Genesis

related-grid-genesis.php

//* Populate Related Posts in Genesis based on Category // https://sridharkatakam.com/related-posts-with-thumbnails-in-genesis-reloaded/
add_action( 'genesis_after_entry_content', 'sk_related_posts', 12 );

function sk_related_posts() { global $do_not_duplicate;

 if ( ! is_singular ( 'post' ) ) { return; }

 $count = 0; $related = ''; $do_not_duplicate = array(); $cats = wp_get_post_categories( get_the_ID() );


 // If we have some categories and less than 5 posts, run the cat query.
 if ( $cats && $count <= 4 ) { $query = sk_related_cat_query( $cats, $count ); $related .= $query['related']; $count = $query['count'];}

 // End here if we don't have any related posts.
 if ( ! $related ) { return; }

 // Display the related posts section.
 echo '<div class="related-posts">';
 echo '<h3 class="related-title">Related Posts</h3>';
 echo '<div class="related-posts-list" data-columns>' . $related . '</div>';
 echo '</div>';

}

function sk_related_cat_query( $cats, $count ) {

 global $do_not_duplicate;

 if ( ! $cats ) {
 return;
 }

 $postIDs = array_merge( array( get_the_ID() ), $do_not_duplicate );

 $catIDs = array();

 foreach ( $cats as $cat ) {
 if ( 3 == $cat ) {
 continue;
 }
 $catIDs[] = $cat;
 }

 $showposts = 3 - $count;

 $tax_query = array(
 array(
 'taxonomy' => 'post_format',
 'field' => 'slug',
 'terms' => array( 'post-format-link', 'post-format-status', 'post-format-aside', 'post-format-quote' ),
 'operator' => 'NOT IN'
 )
 );
 $args = array(
 'category__in' => $catIDs, 'post__not_in' => $postIDs, 'showposts' => $showposts, 'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1, 'orderby' => 'rand', 'tax_query' => $tax_query,
 );

 $related = '';

 $cat_query = new WP_Query( $args );

 if ( $cat_query->have_posts() ) {
 while ( $cat_query->have_posts() ) {
 $cat_query->the_post();

 $count++;

 /*$title = genesis_truncate_phrase( get_the_title(), 35 );*/
 $title = get_the_title();

 $related .= '<div class="one-third">';
 $related .= '<a class="related-image" href="' . get_permalink() . '" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to ' . $title . '">' . genesis_get_image( array( 'size' => 'related' ) ) . '</a>';
 $related .= '<div class="one-copy">';
 $related .= '<a class="related-post-title" href="' . get_permalink() . '" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to ' . $title . '">' . $title . '</a>';
 $related .= '</div>';
 $related .= '</div>';

 }
 }

 wp_reset_postdata();

 $output = array( 'related' => $related, 'count' => $count );

 return $output;

}