WPP Query doesn’t work
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Hi again, Héctor:
I’m currently using this to collect views in different period times, but the other day I tried to order posts using this code and it doesn’t work:
<?php $popular_posts = new WPP_Query( array('range' => 'last24hours', 'order_by' => 'views', 'limit' => 8) ); $popular_days_ago = "$popular_days days ago"; $recent = new WP_Query(array( 'ignore_sticky_posts'=> 1, 'date_query' => array( array( 'after' => $popular_days_ago )) )); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post(); ?>
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1. I also tried with \WordPressPopularPosts\Query but apparently the entire code is wrong.
2. $popular_days is a function of my theme to sort popular posts by the date published, for example the most viewed posts published 1, 2, 3…7…30, etc. days ago. But without that line it’s the same!
3. Actually I’m using it right now but with other meta key name and works well:
<?php global $post; $mvp_related_num = get_option('mvp_related_num'); $pop_days = esc_html(get_option('mvp_pop_days')); $popular_days_ago = "$pop_days days ago"; $category = get_the_category(); $current_cat = $category[0]->cat_ID; $recent = new WP_Query(array('cat' => $current_cat, 'posts_per_page' => $mvp_related_num, 'ignore_sticky_posts'=> 1, 'post__not_in' => array( $post->ID ), 'orderby' => 'meta_value_num', 'order' => 'DESC', 'meta_key' => 'post_views_day', 'date_query' => array( array( 'after' => $popular_days_ago )) )); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post(); ?>4. The same but without saving the views data in post meta.
That didn’t answer my question from earlier. You’re declaring a variable that you’re not using in your code. How do you expect it to do anything if you don’t use it at all?
Sorry but I’ll respond this in spanish to clearly say what I want to say… Usé eso únicamente para probar sin saber realmente si funcionaría… Ahora sé qué falta algo en el código para que funcione y es lo que no sé qué es. ¿Qué falta?
Lo que quiero es simplemente mostrar los posts más populares (igual que hasta ahora) tomando la data de WPP directamente y sin guardar la data de los views de cada período en post meta una y otra vez, porque provoca una sobrecarga en mi hosting, o algo así me dijo mi proveedor.
Before, I used another plugin and I could mix the code. Look especially since “orderby”:
<?php global $post; $mvp_related_num = get_option('mvp_related_num'); $pop_days = esc_html(get_option('mvp_pop_days')); $popular_days_ago = "$pop_days days ago"; $category = get_the_category(); $current_cat = $category[0]->cat_ID; $recent = new WP_Query(array('cat' => $current_cat, 'posts_per_page' => $mvp_related_num, 'ignore_sticky_posts'=> 1, 'post__not_in' => array( $post->ID ),'order' => 'DESC', 'orderby' => 'post_views', 'views_query' => array( 'year' => date( 'Y' ), // this year 'month' => date( 'm' ), // this month 'day' => date( 'd' ), // this day ), 'date_query' => array( array( 'after' => $popular_days_ago )) )); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post(); ?>That’s all! I hope you understand!
Hi Matías, good day!
Lo que quiero es simplemente mostrar los posts más populares (igual que hasta ahora) tomando la data de WPP directamente y sin guardar la data de los views de cada período en post meta (…)
That can’t be done: if you want to use the core WP_Query class to list posts, WordPress won’t know how to sort posts by views unless it uses the views post meta.
If you’re having performance issues on your site:
- Follow the suggestion posted here (step one) to avoid writing views meta to the database too often.
- Consider using either of the performance suggestions/solutions available to make sure WPP doesn’t slow down your website.
Edit: do take into account the comment I left on that topic or else the code won’t work properly.
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