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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.

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)

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

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.