Title: Order by Post Views
Last modified: January 30, 2021

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# Order by Post Views

 *  [Jmantis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmantis/)
 * (@jmantis)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-by-post-views/)
 * Hi,
 * Is there a way to make it the most viewed posts show on top? Order by views?
 * Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Support [Elvin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ejcabquina/)
 * (@ejcabquina)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-by-post-views/#post-13989751)
 * Hi,
 * You can adjust the order by value with the shortcode.
 * Example: `[wp_show_posts id="1477" settings="meta_key=your-meta-key&orderby=meta_value_num&
   order=ASC"]`
 * Where `1477` is the list ID of your list and `your-meta-key` is the post view’s
   meta key value.
 *  Thread Starter [Jmantis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmantis/)
 * (@jmantis)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-by-post-views/#post-14020692)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for your response. As I understand, WordPress doesn’t collect post view
   meta by default? I guess I’d need another plugin or is there as simple function
   code for that?
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Support [Elvin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ejcabquina/)
 * (@ejcabquina)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-by-post-views/#post-14022856)
 * Hi there,
 * Yes that’s correct. You’ll need a plugin for that or you can try what these articles
   have to offer:
    [https://www.themexpert.com/blog/track-display-post-views-in-wordpress](https://www.themexpert.com/blog/track-display-post-views-in-wordpress)
   [https://blog.hubspot.com/website/wordpress-post-views](https://blog.hubspot.com/website/wordpress-post-views)
 * But we can’t guarantee how well they work.

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