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Hey makta112,

I’d highly suggest converting the query_posts function over to a WP_Query and using the date parameters – https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

You can use the after parameter to do something like:

'date_query' => array(
     array(
         'after'     => '7 days ago',  // or '1 week ago'
         'inclusive' => true,
     ),
 ),

Hope this helps

Hey makta112,

I can’t fully test this at the moment but I would of thought something like:

<?php
//Set the parameters / arguments for the query
$popular_post_args = array(
	'post_type' => 'page', // The post type you need to query, can remove if it's just posts
	'meta_key'  => 'post_views_count', //meta key currently set
	'orderby'    => 'meta_value_num', //orderby currently set
	'order'      => 'DESC', //order currently set
	'posts_per_page' => 2, // show 2 posts
	'date_query' => array( // date query from after 1 week ago
		array(
			'after' => '1 week ago',
		),
	),
);

//Initialise the Query and add the arguments
$popular_posts = new WP_Query( $popular_post_args );

//Check if theres posts and add your html divs around it
if ( $popular_posts->have_posts() ) : ?>
	<div id="latest">
		<ul>
			<?php
			//Start the loop
			while ( $popular_posts->have_posts() ) : $popular_posts->the_post(); ?>

				<?php
				//Whatever goes here, show title for example
				the_title(); ?>

			<?php endwhile ?>

			<?php
			//Reset back to the normal loop
			wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
		</ul>
	</div>
<?php endif; ?>

Would work. Please only test this on a local or staging environment though if you’re not comfortable implementing this on a live server.

Many thanks

Hey @makta112,

That sounds right to me.

The function and call you have are just adding to the meta field which is stored in the database.

With the WP_Query we are just querying all the posts with that field.

I’ve just tested it on a similar scenario and it seems to work fine for me.

What are you doing inside the loop by chance? The bit where you specified “/posts here/”

Many thanks