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I added the widget, but nothing shows up

Check whether the Wordpress.com Stats plugin is installed and active. You must have at least version 1.2 of WP Stats.

I'd like to display the most popular posts per category.

Add some WPPP widgets, and then choose a different category in each one's options.

How can I integrate this plugin in my non-widget-ready theme?

If your theme supports widgets, you can place the widget named 'Popular Posts' where you want.

If it doesn't, put this code inside the file sidebar.php, in your theme files:

<?php if (function_exists('WPPP_show_popular_posts')) WPPP_show_popular_posts(); ?>

Optionally you can add some parameters to the function, in this format:

name=value&name=value etc.

Possible names are:

• title (title of the widget, you can add tags (e.g. <h3>Popular Posts</h3>) default: Popular Posts)
• number (number of links shown, default: 5)
• days (length of the time frame of the stats, default 0, i.e. infinite)
• show (can be: both, posts, pages; default both)
• format (the format of the links shown, default: <a href='%post_permalink%' title='%post_title%'>%post_title%</a>)
• excerpt_length (the length of the excerpt, if %post_excerpt% is used in the format)
• title_length (the length of the title links, default 0, i.e. unlimited)
• exclude (the list of post/page IDs to exclude, separated by commas. Read the following FAQ for instructions)
• cutoff (don't show posts/pages with a view count under this number, default 0, i.e. unlimited)
• list_tag (can be: ul, ol, default ul)
• category (the ID of the category, see FAQ below for info. Default 0, i.e. all categories)
• cachename it is used to enable the cache. Please see the FAQ below.
• cache_only_when_visitor (if enabled, it doesn't serve a cached version of the popular posts to the users logged in, default 0)

Example: if you want to show the widget without any title, the 3 most viewed articles, in the last week, and in this format: My Article (123 views) you will use this:

 <?php WPPP_show_popular_posts( "title=&number=3&days=7&format=<a href='%post_permalink%' title='%post_title_attribute%'>%post_title% (%post_views% views)</a>" );?>

You don't have to fill every field, you can insert only the values you want to change from default values.

You can use these special markers in the format value:

• %post_permalink% the link to the post
• %post_title% the title the post
• %post_title_attribute% the title of the post; use this in attributes, e.g. <a title='%post_title_attribute%'...
• %post_views% number of views
• %post_excerpt% the first n characters of the content. Set n with excerpt_length.
• %post_category% the category of the post
• %post_comments% the number of comments a post has

How can I discover the ID of a post/page?

Log into your admin page, go to Posts or Pages; go with your mouse on your post's title, and in your status bar you should see something like this: http://YOURSITE.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=14 Then 14 is the number you are looking for.

How can I enable the caching system when using WPPP_show_popular_posts()?

When you're using WPPP_show_popular_posts(), the caching system is not enabled. However you can easily enable it adding a cachename parameter to your settings string. You will have something like this:

 <?php WPPP_show_popular_posts( "title=&number=3&cachename=topposts1" );?>

where topposts1 is a name you must choose for your list. This allows you to have different lists with different caches.

I have some other issues. How can I get a debug log?

1. Download this zip file
2. extract it and overwrite the current /wp-content/plugins/wordpresscom-popular-posts/wppp.php file

Now, if you are using WPPP as a widget:

1. Log in to your admin page.
2. Go to Settings -> Popular Posts DEBUG
3. you’ll see a long text. Copy & mail it to: frasten AATT gmail DOOTT com

If you are instead using WPPP_show_popular_posts() function for non-widget-ready themes:

1. edit your theme files, replacing your old WPPP_show_popular_posts with WPPP_show_popular_posts_debug .
2. you'll see the debug text in place of your usual top-posts list.
3. Copy & mail it to: frasten AATT gmail DOOTT com

IMPORTANT: Then, for both cases (widget and function) reinstall the original version of wppp.php.

I want to translate the plugin in my language!

Make a copy of the file language/wordpresscom-popular-posts.pot of the plugin, edit it adding your translations, and then send it to: frasten AATT gmail DOOTT com.

You can take a look to the it_IT translation file if you want.

I'll add your translations to the plugin!