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About WordPress Popular Posts
WordPress Popular Posts is a customizable plugin that allows you to display your most popular posts on your blog. It has features like multiple popular posts lists, time range selection, custom post-type support, thumbnails, statistics dashboard, sorting options, custom themes, advanced caching features, and more. It also offers support for shortcodes, template tags, localization, WP-PostRatings, and integration with plugins like Disqus, Polylang, and WPML. Additionally, the classic WordPress Popular Posts widget has been replaced with a new block version that is compatible with the latest version of WordPress.Screenshots
Frequently asked questions
What is WordPress Popular Posts?
WordPress Popular Posts is a highly customizable plugin that displays your most popular posts. It allows you to have several Popular Posts lists on your blog, each with its own settings.
Can I display popular items other than posts and pages?
Yes, WordPress Popular Posts supports custom post types. This means you can display popular items like products if you have them.
Does WordPress Popular Posts offer caching features?
Yes, WordPress Popular Posts includes advanced caching features. These options help ensure your site's performance remains optimal.
Can I integrate WordPress Popular Posts with other plugins?
WordPress Popular Posts supports Disqus for sorting by comments and Polylang & WPML 3.2+ for translated popular posts. It also offers REST API support to embed popular posts in web applications.
How can I customize the appearance of my popular posts list?
WordPress Popular Posts includes custom themes for styling your popular posts list. You can also customize the HTML markup and style it to match your site's look and feel.
Changelog
7.2.0
If you’re using a caching plugin on your website it’s highly recommended to clear its cache after installing / updating to this version.
- Fixes a security issue that allows unintended arbitrary shortcode execution (props to mikemyers and the Wordfence team!)
- Fixes an issue that would allow the _popularpoststransients table to store more data than intended.
- Adds ability to hook into WPP’s script to perform certain actions before updating the views count of a post/page (see Release notes for more details.)
- Deprecates pid parameter in favor of exclude.
- Minor code improvements.
7.1.0
If you’re using a caching plugin on your website it’s highly recommended to clear its cache after installing / updating to this version.
- Fixes a PHP fatal error that can happen on the block-based Widgets screen when using the “classic” widget (props to andymoonshine!)
- Fixes an issue where the shortcode didn’t add the “current” CSS class to the current post.
- Fixes a PHP warning that can occur when the HTML output is empty (props to wpfed!)
- Adds plugin version to wpp.js URL for cache busting.
- Improves compatibility with WP Rocket.
7.0.1
If you’re using a caching plugin on your website it’s highly recommended to clear its cache after installing / updating to this version.
- Improves compatibility with LiteSpeed Cache, Autoptimize, W3 Total Cache, and Speed Optimizer (formerly known as SiteGround Optimizer.)
- Fixes an issue where the popular posts list may not load on iOS browsers (props to Marlys Arnold and abid76!)
- Fixes an issue where get_views() might not return the expected value (props to robwkirby!)
7.0.0
- Breaking Change: The WordPress Popular Posts “classic” widget will stop working after this version! If you’re using the classic widget please replace it with the WordPress Popular Posts block or the [wpp] shortcode as soon as possible. See release notes for more details.
- Breaking Change: The .widget CSS class has been removed from the WordPress Popular Posts block. If you were using it to style your popular posts block adjustments may be required.
- Native WebP / AVIF support: your thumbnails can now be created as .webp / .avif images without requiring third-party plugins. Check the release notes for more.
- New filter hook to dynamically change the headline of the popular post list (props to abid76!)
- PHPCS / WPCS improvements.
- Minor enhancements / fixes.
