Title: Trying to install a plugin – php help needed.
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Trying to install a plugin – php help needed.

 *  [WonderJunky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureproof/)
 * (@futureproof)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trying-to-install-a-plugin-php-help-needed/)
 * Hi all
 * I’m trying install a plugin called readers posts.
    link: [http://www.aufzynden.de/post-readers-wp-plugin/#english](http://www.aufzynden.de/post-readers-wp-plugin/#english)
   and [http://www.marialanger.com/2006/12/09/article-hits/](http://www.marialanger.com/2006/12/09/article-hits/)
 * Its looks like a fantastic plugin but as you’ll see from the link the directions
   are a bit skimpy for the “php challenged”. I’m hoping somebody could help me 
   with out here with what code I need to place in the loop.
 * Going by what it says on the site just simply adding “readers(’You are number‘,’
   reading this post’);” and activating the plugin will get things up and running.
   This resulted in an error, as did enclosing the above code in php tags.
 * Also, the directions state your supposed to call the function in either single.
   php or page.php. My template (almost spring) has both.
 * Thanks in advance! [http://supertv.jp/](http://supertv.jp/)

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trying-to-install-a-plugin-php-help-needed/#post-488994)
 * 1. Get rid of those ugly “curly” quotes: don’t copy the code from the plugin’s
   site, but TYPE it!
    2. There are different snippets given to use inside the Loop
   and outside of it. 3. Yes, you should always put those tag exmaples in between`
   <?php ..... ?>` 4. Single.php displays the single post view, and page.php is 
   used to display your Pages (created in Write > Write Page).
 *  Thread Starter [WonderJunky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureproof/)
 * (@futureproof)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trying-to-install-a-plugin-php-help-needed/#post-488997)
 * Ok thanks moshu! I’ll give it a go and report back.
 *  Thread Starter [WonderJunky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureproof/)
 * (@futureproof)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trying-to-install-a-plugin-php-help-needed/#post-489000)
 * Hi again. It worked! Thanks! Now I have to figure out how to make a top 10 posts
   section for my sidebar. My sidebar is widgetized and unless Im mistaken you cant
   place php in a text widget right?
 * So, I’ll have a go at editing the sidebar directly. How about using this formatting:
 *  <li id=”categories”>
    <h2><?php _e(‘Categories’); ?></h2>
    -  <?php wp_list_cats(); ?>
 * and replacing it with the appropriate code to call the last_posts function? Should
   that do it?
 *  Thread Starter [WonderJunky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureproof/)
 * (@futureproof)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trying-to-install-a-plugin-php-help-needed/#post-489004)
 * I installed the execphp widget. Dropped the php code in there and styled it using
   inline styles and its working perfectly 🙂 I feel like Im actually starting to
   get the hang of this..hehe.
 * thanks again moshu.

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