Genesis Constants

Directory and URL constants #

These constants are available to child theme developers for convenience and performance:

You can use the code in the Constant column wherever you might use the code in the Equivalent column in your child theme. So instead of:

wp_enqueue_script(
	genesis_get_theme_handle(),
	get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/js/custom-theme.js',
	array( 'jquery' ),
	genesis_get_theme_version(),
	true
);

You can do this for brevity and to avoid an additional function call:

wp_enqueue_script(
	genesis_get_theme_handle(),
	CHILD_URL . '/js/custom-theme.js', // <-- Constant used here.
	array( 'jquery' ),
	genesis_get_theme_version(),
	true
);

Additional constants #

Genesis uses additional constants that are mostly useful for those contributing to Genesis itself:

Testing for Genesis features #

It is generally better to test for a specific function or class rather than using the Genesis version constants. We recommend this:

if ( function_exists( 'genesis_get_config' ) ) {
	// `genesis_get_config()` exists and is safe to use.
}

Over comparisons like this:

if ( version_compare( PARENT_THEME_VERSION, '2.8.0', '>=' ) ) {
    // Genesis version is 2.8.0 or higher.
}

Checking for the function by name ensures your code will not throw a fatal error if that function is deprecated and removed in a future version of Genesis.