WordPress.com Popular Posts
IMPORTANT: this plugin has been abandoned!
If you are a developer and would like to fork, feel free to do so (under the
GPLv3 license). No need to contact me.
WordPress.com Popular Posts lists the most popular posts on a WordPress powered site.
This list can be used in the sidebar to show an indication of which are the most visited pages.
For further info visit plugin homepage.
Requires one of these plugins installed:
- Jetpack plugin
- WordPress.com Stats plugin, at least v1.2
From v2.0.0, it requires WordPress 2.8 or greater.
Features
- Catch your visitors’ eye with a list of your most interesting contents!
- It doesn’t overload your site: all the stats are stored on WordPress.com
- Support for multiple (and different) widgets on a page
- Support for shortcodes to embed the list inside a page/post
- Choose how many links to show, the time period of the stats…
- Support for filters: by category, ID, authors, visits…
- The format of the link is completely customizable
- Support for displaying post thumbnails in the list
- Support for displaying post excerpt
- Support for displaying post visits
- Internal caching system, to be faster than light
You can follow the development on Github.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.