WP Most Popular is a simple plugin which tracks your most popular blog posts based on views and lets you display them in your theme or blog sidebar.
| Author: | WP Geeks (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 3.0 |
| WordPress version tested: | 4.9.8 |
| Plugin version: | 0.3.1 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 24-01-2012 |
| Last updated: | 07-08-2018
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Rating, %: | 98 |
| Rated by: | 11 |
| Plugin URI: | https://wpgeeks.com/product/wp-most-popular/ |
| Total downloads: | 76 477 |
| Active installs: | 3 000+ |
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FAQ
Installation Instructions
Setting up WP Most Popular is very simple. Follow these easy steps
- Upload the plugin to your
/wp-content/plugins/ directory
- Activate the plugin in your WordPress admin
- Add sidebar widget or integrate functions in to your theme
Why are no posts displaying when I use the widget or call the function in my theme?
99% of the time this is because no posts have been visited yet to receive a ranking. Simply click on a blog post to read it on your blog and it will receive a ranking and display in the list of most popular posts.
What are the minimum requirements for the plugin?
You will need a web server or shared host that supports PHP version 5 or newer. Javascript is also required to log post views.
Why does the plugin use Javascript to track the post views?
The original version of the plugin that I wrote used PHP to track the post views and the reason why I switched to Javascript was because if a caching plugin is enabled on your blog, the page will be loaded statically to your visitor and the PHP code to log a view on a post will not be run.
Can I request a feature?
Yes, please do so on the WordPress support forum for the plugin. I will consider it and if I feel it is worth adding, I will schedule it for a future release.
Can I contribute code to the plugin?
Yes! The plugin is open source and I host it on Github. Feel free to send me pull requests.
Where can I get support for the plugin?
This plugin is managed by WP Geeks and you can contact our support team on our website.
ChangeLog
0.3.1
- Fixed a bug where the old function
wmp_get_popular was no longer working as it should for backwards compatibility
0.3
- New helper function name for getting the most popular posts
wp_most_popular_get_popular. Please note that the old function name is still supported wmp_get_popular
- New filters and action introduced for use on widget (wp_most_popular_list_before, wp_most_popular_list_after, wp_most_popular_list_item, wp_most_popular_list_item_single) (thanks to sanchothefat and callerc1)
- Widget now supports thumbnails (thanks to eduardo-marcolino)
- Added a CSS class name to the widget list (thanks to sinisterstuf)
- Fixed a bug where the plugin was using a deprecated function (since version 4.3) to setup the widget
0.2
- Added the ability to query multiple different post types (thanks inc2734)
- You can now also choose a specific post type from the widget
0.1
- First version of the plugin released
