Title: [Plugin: WordPress Popular Posts] Views Not Counted
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress Popular Posts] Views Not Counted

 *  Resolved [skimdc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skimdc/)
 * (@skimdc)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-views-not-counted/)
 * I just downloaded your plugin but it only shows 2 posts for All-Time. I checked
   and it seems to not register the views from the past. Does this plugin only work
   moving forward?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-views-not-counted/#post-3073735)
 * Hi there,
 * If you’re sorting your popular posts by **views**, WordPress Popular Posts will
   only show the views it started calculating from the time you first installed 
   this plugin. From version 2.3.x and on, WordPress Popular Posts can also calculate
   the popularity of your posts by the number of comments it has got and in this
   particular case it doesn’t matter when the plugin was installed since the comments
   count data is already present in your database since you installed WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [skimdc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skimdc/)
 * (@skimdc)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-views-not-counted/#post-3073736)
 * Gotcha, thanks for letting me know. Is there any plugin that can see how many
   views you’ve had in the past before you installed it to create the most popular
   post list?
 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-views-not-counted/#post-3073739)
 * Nope, because WordPress itself doesn’t keep a count of pageviews natively. This
   plugin adds this functionality.
 *  Thread Starter [skimdc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skimdc/)
 * (@skimdc)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-views-not-counted/#post-3073741)
 * Ok thanks.
 *  [glennjamieson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glennjamieson/)
 * (@glennjamieson)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-views-not-counted/#post-3074063)
 * Hi there
 * Thanks for the plugin but it’s not working for me. I have installed it on this
   page [http://manxmotortrader.com/our-sponsors/motaworld/](http://manxmotortrader.com/our-sponsors/motaworld/)
   but you will see it doesn’t move past 0 (just about the map). Any ideas please?
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-views-not-counted/#post-3074064)
 * I’m sorry, I can’t see any sign of WPP on that page, glennjamieson. Are you sure
   you posted on the right place?
 *  [glennjamieson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glennjamieson/)
 * (@glennjamieson)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-views-not-counted/#post-3074065)
 * Hi Hector
 * Sorry I deleted the code, I am not using it any more. Thanks anyway.

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 * Last reply from: [glennjamieson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glennjamieson/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-views-not-counted/#post-3074065)
 * Status: resolved