=== WordPress Popular Posts === Contributors: hcabrera Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=hcabrerab%40gmail%2ecom&lc=GB&item_name=WordPress%20Popular%20Posts%20Plugin¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG_global%2egif%3aNonHosted Tags: popular, posts, widget, popularity, top Requires at least: 4.9 Tested up to: 5.4.2 Requires PHP: 5.4 Stable tag: 5.2.2 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html A highly customizable, easy-to-use popular posts widget! == Description == WordPress Popular Posts is a highly customizable widget that displays your most popular posts. = Main Features = * **Multi-widget capable** - You can have several widgets of WordPress Popular Posts on your blog, each with its own settings! * **Time Range** - List those posts of your blog that have been the most popular ones within a specific time range (eg. last 24 hours, last 7 days, last 30 days, etc)! * **Custom Post-type support** - Want to show other stuff than just posts and pages, eg. Popular *Products*? [You can](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/5.-FAQ#i-want-to-have-a-popular-list-of-my-custom-post-type-how-can-i-do-that)! * **Thumbnails!** - Display a thumbnail of your posts! (*see the [FAQ section](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/5.-FAQ#how-does-wordpress-popular-posts-pick-my-posts-thumbnails) for more details*.) * **Statistics dashboard** - See how your popular posts are doing directly from your admin area. * **Sorting options** - Order your popular list by comments, views (default) or average views per day! * **Custom themes** - Out of the box, WordPress Popular Posts includes some themes so you can style your popular posts list (see [Widget Themes](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/6.-Styling-the-list#themes) for more details). * **Use your own layout!** - WPP is flexible enough to let you customize the look and feel of your popular posts! (see [customizing WPP's HTML markup](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/5.-FAQ#how-can-i-use-my-own-html-markup-with-your-plugin) and [How to style WordPress Popular Posts](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/6.-Styling-the-list) for more.) * **Advanced caching features!** - WordPress Popular Posts includes a few options to make sure your site's performance stays as good as ever! (see [Performance](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/7.-Performance) for more details.) * **REST API Support** - Embed your popular posts in your (web) app! (see [REST API Endpoints](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/8.-REST-API-Endpoints) for more.) * **Disqus support** - Sort your popular posts by Disqus comments count! * **Polylang & WPML 3.2+ support** - Show the translated version of your popular posts! * **WordPress Multisite support** - Each site on the network can have its own popular posts list! = Other Features = * **Shortcode support** - Use the [wpp] shortcode to showcase your most popular posts on pages, too! For usage and instructions, please refer to the [Installation section](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/#installation). * **Template tags** - Don't feel like using widgets? No problem! You can still embed your most popular entries on your theme using the `wpp_get_mostpopular()` template tag. Additionally, the `wpp_get_views()` template tag allows you to retrieve the views count for a particular post. For usage and instructions, please refer to the [Installation section](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/#installation). * **Localization** - [Translate WPP into your own language](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/5.-FAQ#i-want-to-translate-your-plugin-into-my-language--help-you-update-a-translation-what-do-i-need-to-do). * **[WP-PostRatings](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-postratings/) support** - Show your visitors how your readers are rating your posts! **WordPress Popular Posts** is now also on [GitHub](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts)! Looking for a **Recent Posts** widget just as featured-packed as WordPress Popular Posts? **Try [Recently](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recently/)**! == Installation == Please make sure your site meets the [minimum requirements](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts#requirements) before proceeding. = Automatic installation = 1. Log in into your WordPress dashboard. 2. Go to Plugins > Add New. 3. In the "Search Plugins" field, type in **WordPress Popular Posts** and hit Enter. 4. Find the plugin in the search results list and click on the "Install Now" button. = Manual installation = 1. Download the plugin and extract its contents. 2. Upload the `wordpress-popular-posts` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 3. Activate the **WordPress Popular Posts** plugin through the "Plugins" menu in WordPress. = Done! What's next? = 1. Go to Appearance > Widgets, drag and drop the **WordPress Popular Posts** widget to your sidebar. Once you're done configuring it, hit the Save button. 2. If you have a caching plugin installed on your site, flush its cache now so WPP can start tracking your site. 3. If you have a plugin that minifies JavaScript (JS) installed on your site please read this FAQ: [Is WordPress Popular Posts compatible with plugins that minify/bundle JavaScript code?](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/5.-FAQ#is-wordpress-popular-posts-compatible-with-plugins-that-minifybundle-javascript-code) 4. If you have a security / firewall plugin installed on your site, make sure you [allow WPP access to the REST API](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpp-does-not-count-properly/#post-10411163) so it can start tracking your site. 5. Go to Appearance > Editor. Under "Templates", click on `header.php` and make sure that the `` tag is present (should be right before the closing `` tag). 6. (Optional but highly recommended) Are you running a medium/high traffic site? If so, it might be a good idea to check [these suggestions](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/7.-Performance) to make sure your site's performance stays up to par. That's it! = USAGE = WordPress Popular Posts can be used in three different ways: 1. As a [widget](https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-widgets/): simply drag and drop it into your theme's sidebar and configure it. 2. As a template tag: you can place it anywhere on your theme with [`wpp_get_mostpopular()`](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/2.-Template-tags#wpp_get_mostpopular). 3. Via [shortcode](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/1.-Using-WPP-on-posts-&-pages), so you can embed it inside a post or a page. Make sure to stop by the **[Wiki](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki)** as well, you'll find even more info there! == Frequently Asked Questions == The FAQ section has been moved [here](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/5.-FAQ). == Screenshots == 1. The WordPress Popular Posts Widget. 2. The WordPress Popular Posts Widget on theme's sidebar. 3. Dashboard widget. 4. Statistics panel. == Changelog == = 5.2.2 = **If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.** - Fixes compatibility issue with plugins that minify HTML code. - Updates installation instructions. - Other minor improvements. [Release notes](https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/wordpress-popular-posts-5-2-is-here#hotfixes-and-minor-updates) = 5.2.1 = **If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.** - Fixes fatal PHP error triggered on some server setups. - Makes sure non-ajaxified themed widgets are properly moved into the ShadowRoot. - Fixes declaration of the wpp_params variable. [Release notes](https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/wordpress-popular-posts-5-2-is-here#hotfixes-and-minor-updates) = 5.2.0 = **If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.** - JavaScript based Lazy Loading superseded by Native Lazing Loading. - Improved Pageviews Cache. - Views/comments count will be prettified now! - Fixed a few layout issues found in widget themes. - Improved compatibility with Content Security Policy (CSP). - Added support for ACF images. - Other minor improvements and fixes. [Release notes](https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/wordpress-popular-posts-5-2-is-here) = 5.1.0 = - The /popular-posts GET API endpoint is now being cached as well. - Added a new Content Tag: title_attr. - Added a new [filter hook to filter popular posts terms](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/3.-Filters#wpp_post_terms). - Minor code improvements. = 5.0.2 = - A performance notice will be displayed for mid/high traffic sites (see [#239](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/issues/239)). - Fixed an issue with text_title content tag not being shortened (see [#241](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/issues/241)). - Added a link to the Debug screen to the plugin's dashboard for ease of access. - Other minor improvements/changes. = 5.0.1 = **If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is recommended.** - Fixed a compatibility issue with the newly introduced [widget themes](https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/wordpress-popular-posts-5-0-multiple-taxonomy-support-themes-thumbnail-lazy-loading-and-more/#themes) feature. If you're using a theme with your popular posts widget you'll need to reapply it for it to get the latest changes (go to Appearance > Widgets > WordPress Popular Posts, select a different theme then hit Save, finally switch back to your preferred theme and hit Save again.) - Fixed two date related issues. - Minor styling improvements to widget themes Cards, Cards Compact, Cardview and Cardview Compact. - Removes bold styling from post title on the stock design (wpp.css). - Improves data caching logic. = 5.0.0 = **If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.** - Code has been refactored to use more modern PHP practices! This will help make WordPress Popular Posts more maintainable and easier to extend. - WordPress Popular Posts now requires PHP 5.4 or newer and WordPress 4.7 or newer. - The `WPP_Query` class has been deprecated. Use `WordPressPopularPosts\Query` instead. - Added ability to filter posts by multiple taxonomies (thanks [blackWhitePanda](https://github.com/blackWhitePanda)!) - New Dashboard Widget: Trending Now. - Added 10 new themes for the widget! - Added ability to lazy load thumbnails (enabled by default). - Improved support for WPML and Polylang. - Authors and Editors can now access the Stats dashboard too! - Fixed translation issues affecting russian and similar languages. - New Content Tags: total_items and item_position. - Many minor bug fixes/improvements. [Release notes](https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/wordpress-popular-posts-5-0-multiple-taxonomy-support-themes-thumbnail-lazy-loading-and-more/) | [Full Changelog](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/compare/4.2.2...5.0.0). == Credits == * Flame graphic by freevector/Vecteezy.com. == Upgrade Notice == = 4.1.2 = If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is recommended.