Title: Mostify Author: ducntnz Published: May 17, 2026 Last modified: May 17, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/mostify/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3534174) # Mostify By [ducntnz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ducntnz/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mostify.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mostify/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mostify/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mostify/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mostify/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mostify/) ## Description Mostify is a fast, no-bloat popular-posts plugin that turns your WordPress views and comments into ranked lists you can drop anywhere via shortcode, widget, or Gutenberg block. It uses a pre-aggregated bucket schema (one row per post per time bucket) so ranking queries stay snappy even on sites with millions of pageviews — no on-the-fly aggregation, no JOIN fan-out, no slow `wp_postmeta` scans. #### Highlights * **Page-views counter** — AJAX tracking with bot detection, per-visitor cookie deduplication, and a `mostify_should_track_view` filter for custom rules. * **Comments counter** — counts approved comments (auto-approved + admin-approved transitions). * **Time-period rankings** — `today`, `yesterday`, `past_24_hours`, `this_week`,` last_week`, `past_7_days`, `this_month`, `last_month`, `past_30_days`, `this_year`,` last_year`, `past_12_months`, `all_time`. * **Custom periods** — build any window via `custom_hours_N`, `custom_days_N`, ` custom_months_N`. * **4 list styles** — simple, bars, cards, medal (top-3 medal emoji). * **10 color presets** — ocean, sunset, forest, berry, fire, midnight, coral, arctic, earth, neon — plus theme inheritance and custom CSS. * **Display surfaces** — shortcode `[mostify]`, classic widget, server-rendered Gutenberg block, post-editor meta box, auto-insert into the_content. * **Admin chart** — per-post hourly / daily / monthly histogram with period switcher. * **Performance** — 3-tier cache (request memo + object cache + transient), optional batch-write buffer for high-traffic sites. * **Capabilities** — role-based access via the `mostify_edit` and `mostify_view` capabilities. * **Privacy** — no third-party tracking. View tracking happens entirely on your own server. ### Privacy Mostify stores anonymous, per-post view counts on your own database. No personal data, no IP addresses, and no third-party services are involved. The view-tracking AJAX endpoint sets a single first-party cookie (`mostify_v_`, default 3- hour TTL) used solely for deduplication; cookie name and TTL are filterable. The plugin makes no outbound HTTP calls. ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * Mostify Ranking ## Installation 1. Upload the `mostify` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, **or** install directly from the WordPress admin via _Plugins Add New Search “Mostify”_. 2. Activate through the _Plugins_ screen. 3. Visit _Settings Mostify_ to configure tracking and view the shortcode builder. 4. Drop the shortcode anywhere: 5. [mostify counter=”views” limit=”10″ period=”this_week”] 6. …or use _Appearance Widgets_ to drop the **Mostify — Popular Posts** widget into a sidebar, or insert the **Mostify Ranking** block in the Gutenberg editor. ## FAQ ### Does the plugin call any external service? No. View tracking, ranking queries, and chart rendering all happen on your own server. The plugin makes no outbound HTTP calls. ### How are page views counted? A small JavaScript snippet sends a one-shot AJAX request after the page loads. The server checks a per-visitor cookie (3-hour window by default, filterable) and a User-Agent allowlist before incrementing the counter. Admins can be excluded via _Settings Mostify Exclude admins from tracking_. ### Is bot traffic excluded? Yes — there’s a built-in User-Agent allowlist covering the long tail of search-engine crawlers, AI scrapers, social link-preview fetchers, and CLI/programmatic clients. You can extend it with the `mostify_bot_patterns` filter. ### Can I customize the rendered HTML? Yes. The renderer exposes `mostify_render_html`, `mostify_list_html`, and `mostify_list_item_html` filters so themes can swap markup, inject columns, or override empty-state output. ### Does it work with caching plugins? The view-tracking AJAX call happens after the page is delivered, so static-cached HTML still triggers a fresh tracking call per visitor. Ranking queries use a 5-minute transient + object-cache layer that any cache plugin can extend. ### How do I report a bug? Use the _Support_ tab on the [Mostify plugin directory page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mostify/). ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Mostify” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ ducntnz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ducntnz/) [Translate “Mostify” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mostify) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mostify/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/mostify/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mostify/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mostify/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial release on the WordPress Plugin Directory. * Page-views counter with bot detection and per-visitor dedup cookie. * Comments counter (auto-approved + admin-approved transitions). * List rendering with 4 list styles and 10 color presets. * 13 built-in time-period presets plus a custom-period builder (`custom_hours_N`,` custom_days_N`, `custom_months_N`). * Shortcode, classic widget, Gutenberg block, post-editor meta box, and auto-insert display surfaces. * Per-post chart with hourly / daily / monthly granularity in the admin meta box. * Optional batch-write buffer for high-traffic sites. * Role-based access via the `mostify_edit` / `mostify_view` capabilities. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **12 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [page views](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/page-views/)[popular widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/popular-widget/) [post views](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-views/)[trending posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/trending-posts/) [View Counter](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/view-counter/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mostify/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mostify/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mostify/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ ducntnz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ducntnz/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mostify/)