WordPress Popular Posts

6.4.2

• Fixes default thumbnail resetting to the stock “No Thumbnail” image (props to aalmans!)
• Fixes filtering by category / taxonomy when using Polylang (props to mlepore and wpfed!)
• Updates dependencies.

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6.4.1

• Adds support for webp images.
• Minor fixes / improvements.

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6.4.0

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 fatal issue caused by the views_count shortcode when providing an invalid time range.
• The views_count shortcode can now render a “prettified” version of the views count (eg. 6.2k instead of 6,265).
• The wpp shortcode has now a “toggle” to enable/disable AJAX loading.
• Adds /views REST API endpoints.
• Fixes fatal error that can happen when themes define image sizes using the array format for the crop parameter.
• Fixes fatal error that can happen while the plugin is deleting its own transients.
• Other minor fixes / improvements.

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6.3.4

If you’re using a caching plugin on your website, clearing its cache after installing / updating to this version is highly recommended.

• Patches issue affecting non-HTML5 friendly WordPress themes after the WP 6.4 update.
• Adds a button to reset the default thumbnail.
• Minor fixes and improvements.

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6.3.3

• Security enhancements (props to the Patchstack team!)
• Updates dependencies.

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6.3.2

• Fixes a PHP notice coming from the [wpp] shortcode.
• Removes legacy AJAX code from the plugin.

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6.3.1

If you’re using a caching plugin on your website, clearing its cache after installing / updating to this version is highly recommended.

• Improves compatibility with newer versions of PHP 8 (thanks ispreview and dimal for the heads-up!)
• Introduces new shortcode to render views count (see Release notes for more details).
• Shares post_id value with render_image filter hook for more flexibility.
• Fixes a fatal error when the PHP extension mbstring is not installed.
• Updates wpp.min.js.

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6.2.1

• Fixes an issue where the [wpp] shortcode would get stuck at the loading animation.

6.2.0

If you’re using a caching plugin on your website, clearing its cache after installing / updating to this version is highly recommended.

• The [wpp] shortcode has now the ability to load itself via AJAX.
• Fixes an issue where for certain server configurations the popular posts list would output garbled text.
• Fixes an issue where PHP would throw notices due to the usage of HTML5 tags.

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6.1.4

If you’re using a caching plugin on your website, clearing its cache after installing / updating to this version is highly recommended.

• Fixes an issue where the [wpp] shortcode might output empty paragraphs under certain conditions.
• Reverts “uglification” of wpp.min.js which caused popular post list(s) not to load under certain conditions.
• Widget’s deprecation notice has been reworded for clarity.
• Updates dependencies + minor code cleanup.

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6.1.3

• Hotfix: Fixes rare PHP fatal error in Admin.php (props to winetravelista and scotttripatrek!)

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6.1.2

If you’re using a caching plugin on your website, clearing its cache after installing / updating to this version is highly recommended.

• Deprecation Notice: The WordPress Popular Posts “classic” widget is going away! 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.
• Plugin now uses the Tax_Query class to filter popular posts by taxonomy, pretty much similar to how WP_Query does it.
• Fixes an issue where selecting the Tiny theme would override the heading of the popular posts list.
• Fixes an issue where taxonomy links would render an extra whitespace for some browsers.
• Fixes issue where when using a theme (eg. Cards) post titles would be unintentionally truncated.
• Adds decoding=async property to WPP’s thumbnail.
• General PHPCS/WPCS code improvements.

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6.1.1

• Fixes a rare PHP fatal error that can occur during plugin activation.
• Block: adds links to documentation within the block form for ease of access.
• Updates dependencies.

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6.1.0

• Improves PHP 8.1 support.
• Adds new filter to modify the post date.
• Adds check to prevent the misuse of the Data Sampling feature (props to the JPCERT/CC team for reporting this issue).
• Updates dependencies.

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