{"id":13235,"date":"2011-05-13T15:27:49","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T15:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins-wp\/popular-posts\/"},"modified":"2012-03-24T12:37:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T12:37:09","slug":"popular-posts","status":"closed","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/popular-posts\/","author":7855217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.5","stable_tag":"trunk","tested":"3.3.2","requires":"2.0.2","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":"","header_name":"Popular Posts","header_author":"Podz","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2012-03-24 12:37:09","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"http:\/\/plugins.jrseoservices.com\/popular-posts-plugin","header_author_uri":"","rating":1,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":300,"downloads":24951,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":{"1":"1","2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0},"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0.0","1.0.1","1.0.2","1.0.3"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[]},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[323,86,166,162,241],"plugin_category":[43],"plugin_contributors":[81152],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-13235","plugin","type-plugin","status-closed","hentry","plugin_tags-blog","plugin_tags-post","plugin_tags-posts","plugin_tags-widget","plugin_tags-widgets","plugin_category-customization","plugin_contributors-podz","plugin_committers-podz"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/popular-posts.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"\n

This plugin allows you to show your most popular posts as a widget on your blog!<\/p>\n\n

The benefit of using this plugin is that it keeps visitors reading more of your posts as well as showing them your best blog posts - Showing them the great content you have on your site!<\/p>\n\n

It's very simple to configure too - Just change the settings and the plugin will be active and working!<\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. Upload popular-posts.php<\/code> to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n
  2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n
  3. Edit the Popular Posts Settings in your Administration Panel<\/li>\n
  4. Enable the Widget through the Appearance --> Widgets tab.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
    \n
    How does this work?<\/dt>\n

    It stores the user details every time a post is viewed, the totals are incremented so it will show the posts with the most hits in the widget.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

    1.0.3<\/h4>\n\n
      \n
    • Changed MySQL table for larger sites needing more<\/li>\n
    • NoFollowed internal links for people concerned about PR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      1.0.2<\/h4>\n\n
        \n
      • Stripslashes on title<\/li>\n
      • Popular posts now numbered in widget<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        1.0.1<\/h4>\n\n
          \n
        • Using unordered lists to display now<\/li>\n
        • Readme - how does this work?<\/li>\n
        • A few minor tweaks (Eg. \"Most Popular Posts\" in admin panel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n
            \n
          • First Release<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"This plugin allows you to show your most popular posts as a widget on your blog!","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/13235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13235"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/thejrus"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=13235"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=13235"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=13235"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=13235"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=13235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}