I wanted to edit the post_meta to not only add some flavor, but also change “tagged with” to “tags:”. It took a while to find the right extended short code, here it is.

*For all the highlighted code below remove the space just after each square brace. WordPress interprets the code and I haven’t worked out how to fix that.*

First – here’s how to add the filter:

/** Customize the post meta function */
add_filter( 'genesis_post_meta', 'post_meta_filter' );
function post_meta_filter($post_meta) {
if (!is_page()) {
    $post_meta = '[ post_categories] [ post_comments zero="No Comments" one="1 Comment" more="% Comments"] [ post_tags sep=", " before="Tags: "]';
    return $post_meta;
}}

Note the area where you can add / subtract / change what appears in the post meta area is the line

$post_meta = '[ post_categories] [ post_comments zero="No Comments" one="1 Comment" more="% Comments"] [ post_tags sep=", " before="Tags: "]';

To change “tagged with” to “Tags:” not the entry:

[ post_tags sep=", " before="Tags: "]

Everything in the [ ] brackets will appear in the post_meta area.

Here’s the available short codes you can use:

Available shortcodes are (without the space in front):

[ post_date]: Date of publication; e.g., [ post_date format="F j, Y" label="Dated: "] = Dated: March 21, 2011
[ post_time]: Time of publication; e.g., [ post_time format="g:i a"] = 1:29 am
[ post_author]: Displays author’s name; e.g., [ post_author before="" after=""] = Travis Smith
[ post_author_link]: Produces the link to Author URL; e.g., [ post_author_link before="" after=""] = Steve Shead
[ post_author_posts_link]: Produces the link to Author’s Archive; e.g., [ post_author_link before="" after=""] = Steve Shead
[ post_comments]: Produces the Comment Link; e.g., [ post_comments zero="No Comments" one="1 Comment" more="% Comments"] =
No Comments
1 Comment
# Comments
[ post_tags]: Displays the tag link list; e.g., [ post_tags sep=", " before="Tags: "] = Tags: author, date, post info, shortcodes, time
[ post_categories]: Displays the category link list; e.g., [ post_categories sep=", " before="Posted Under: "] = Posted Under: Genesis, Tutorials
[ post_edit]: Displays the Edit link for logged in users; e.g., [ post_edit before="(" after=")"] =

For more shortcodes, click here: StudioPress’s Shortcodes.