"Most And Least Read Posts Widget" is a free plugin for Wordpress, developed by the Whiletrue.it staff to generate lists of the most and least read posts.

The following options are customizable:

• number of posts to show
• exclude posts whose title contains certain words
• show post hits after the title (style customizable via CSS class)
• exclude posts older than XX days

The plugin starts counting hits once activated, storing them in the "custom_total_hits" custom field without the need of external accounts.

The most popular web crawlers (e.g. Googlebot) are recognized and their hits discarded.

Optionally, the number of hits can be shown inside the post content, with:

• a custom phrase, e.g. "This post has already been read XX times!"
• a custom position (above the post, below the post, both)
• a custom CSS style

For more informations: http://www.whiletrue.it/en/projects/wordpress/29-most-and-least-read-posts-widget-per-wordpress.html

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1. Upload the most_and_least_read_posts_widget directory into the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
3. Inside the Themes->Widget menu, place the Least Read Posts Widget inside a sidebar, customize the settings and save
4. Enjoy!

I get an error message that says "no results available"

The plugin starts collecting hits once installed, so there are "no results available" for a short time, until the first data is stored. It's better to show the widget some hours (or days) after having installed it.

= The same post shows up multiple times " This uncommon issue can be caused by duplicated custom fields in some posts. To solve it, inspect the post custom fields and delete unnecessary duplicates of the "custom_total_hits" field.

Coming soon

1.5

Added: option to exclude posts older than XX days also in Least Read Posts (default: 365 days) Added: Frequently Asked Questions

1.4

Added: option to exclude posts older than XX days in Most Read Posts (default: 365 days)

1.3

Added: style customization of hits on widget, through the "most_and_least_read_posts_hits" CSS class Changed: hits on widget put out of the link Fixed: query limited only to published posts Fixed: error while saving widget options Fixed: error while opening the Settings page

1.2

Added: option to show hits after the post title, inside the widgets

1.1

Added: optionally show hits inside the post content, with phrase, position and css style customization

1.0.0

Initial release