=== AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget ===
Contributors: kutsy
Tags: hits, hit, view, views, post, posts, count, counter, ajax, nginx, javascript, popular, widget, top, customize, admin, page, links
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 3.6
Stable tag: 0.8.5
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Counts page/posts hits via AJAX and display it in admin panel. Ideal for nginx whole-page-caching. Popular Posts Widget included.

== Description ==

Counts page/posts hits via AJAX and display it in admin panel. Ideal for nginx whole-page-caching. 

For plugin's work you DON'T need any JS-framework, such as jQuery, MooTools, script.aculo.us etc.

Popular Posts Widget included.

You can fully customize displaying of widget by using predefined placeholders, such as `{post_id}`, `{post_title}`, `{post_title_N}`, `{post_excerpt_N}`, `{post_author}`, `{post_author_link}`, `{permalink}`, `{post_date}`, `{thumbnail-[medium|...|64x64]}`, `{post_categories}`, `{post_hits}` and `{post_comments_count}`.

== Installation ==

1. Upload `ajax-hits-counter` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
1. Activate the plugin through the "Plugins" menu in WordPress
1. You can enable "Popular Posts Widget" in Widgets Management

== Screenshots ==

1. Popular Posts Widget
1. Edit hits count in admin dashboard

== Changelog ==

= 0.8.5 [2013-08-29] =
* Added `Exclude category` option. It means that Popular Posts Widget will exclude posts from selected category. In future I do it for more than one category. Thanks for the idea to [fenomeno0chris](http://wordpress.org/support/profile/fenomeno0chris).
* New look of Popular Posts Widget

= 0.8.4 [2013-08-28] =
* Small fixes

= 0.8.3 [2013-08-28] =
* Added Custom CSS box. Now you can add your styles from Widget Management

= 0.8.2 [2013-03-29] =
* Display meta box for change hits count only for administrators.
* Improved logic of hits counting

= 0.8.1 [2013-03-28] =
* Added meta box for change hits count in admin dashboard. Thanks for the idea to [benben123](http://wordpress.org/support/profile/benben123).
* Rewritten on objects.

= 0.8.0 [2013-03-28] =
* Added `Current Category / Any` option. It means that Popular Posts Widget will display only posts from current navigated category or for any category for other pages. Thanks for the idea to [benben123](http://wordpress.org/support/profile/benben123).
* Added Posts date range selection. Now you can select posts publication date range, such as `day`, `week`, `month`, `3 months`, `6 months`, `year` and `all time`. Thanks for the idea to [whatwillb](http://wordpress.org/support/profile/whatwillb).
* Added placeholder `{post_title_N}` to Popular Posts Widget, where `N` - is words count. Thanks for the idea to [fenomeno0chris](http://wordpress.org/support/profile/fenomeno0chris).
* Updated logic of `{post_excerpt_N}`.

= 0.7.6 [2013-02-27] =
* Cache lifetime bug fix in Popular Posts Widget

= 0.7.5 [2013-02-25] =
* Fix some bugs in Popular Posts Widget

= 0.7.4 [2013-02-22] =
* Fix some bugs in Popular Posts Widget

= 0.7.3 [2013-02-22] =
* Added category filter to Popular Posts Widget. Thanks for the idea to [benben123](http://wordpress.org/support/profile/benben123).
* Updated screenshot

= 0.7.2 [2013-01-22] =
* Added new function `ajax_hits_counter_get_hits($post_id)` for displaying hits count in your custom theme. 
Example: `echo(ajax_hits_counter_get_hits(get_the_ID()).' hits');`

= 0.7.1 [2013-01-03] =
* JS optimization

= 0.7.0 [2013-01-03] =
* For plugin's work you DON'T need anymore any JS-framework, such as jQuery, MooTools, script.aculo.us etc.

= 0.6.2 [2012-12-27] =
* Fix some bugs in Popular Posts Widget

= 0.6.1 [2012-12-27] =
* `readme.txt` updates

= 0.6.0 [2012-11-24] =
* Fix some bugs in Popular Posts Widget

= 0.5.9 [2012-11-24] =
* Fix some bugs in Popular Posts Widget

= 0.5.8 [2012-11-23] =
* Added placeholder `{post_excerpt_N}` to Popular Posts Widget, where `N` - is words count. Thanks for the idea to [meetanik](http://wordpress.org/support/profile/meetanik).
* Update screenshot of Popular Posts Widget

= 0.5.7 [2012-11-07] =
* Fix some bugs in Popular Posts Widget

= 0.5.6 [2012-11-06] =
* Update screenshot of Popular Posts Widget

= 0.5.5 [2012-11-06] =
* Added placeholders `{post_author}` and `{post_author_link}` to Popular Posts Widget. Thanks for the idea to [ebreuers](http://wordpress.org/support/profile/ebreuers).

= 0.5.4 [2012-11-06] =
* Added Sorting Algorithm (`Hits`, `Comments`, `Hits + Comments`) to Popular Posts Widget
* Added placeholder `{post_comments_count}` to Popular Posts Widget

= 0.5.3 [2012-09-22] =
* Added placeholder `{post_hits}` to Popular Posts Widget

= 0.5.2 [2012-09-05] =
* Fixed small bug

= 0.5.1 [2012-09-05] =
* Fixed small bug with already in cache data

= 0.5 [2012-09-05] =
* Added placeholders `{post_date}` and `{post_categories}` to Popular Posts Widget
* Some performance optimizations

= 0.4 [2012-09-04] =
* Now you can customize Popular Posts Widget output by using placeholders `{post_id}`, `{post_title}`, `{permalink}` and `{thumbnail-[thumbnail|large|medium|...|64x64]}`

= 0.3.1 [2012-09-03] =
* Fixed bug with displaying posts in Popular Posts Widget

= 0.3 [2012-09-03] =
* Fixed Transient cache usage for Popular Posts Widget
* Added cleaning widget transient cache on `save_post` action

= 0.2 [2012-09-03] =
* Added Popular Posts Widget

= 0.1 [2012-08-27] =
* AJAX Hits Counter initialization commit