Title: Most Popular Posts
Author: wesg
Published: August 18, 2008
Last modified: February 14, 2013
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# Most Popular Posts
By [wesg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wesg/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/most-popular-posts.1.6.2.zip)
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## Description
Most Popular Posts is a basic widget for your sidebar that creates a list of links
to the top posts on your blog according to the number of comments on the post. You
can customize many aspects of the plugin to fit in your blog.
Updates include including and excluding categories, reverse the order of comments
and incorporation of WordPress widget standards.
For a complete list of the changes from each version, please visit [the plugin homepage](http://www.wesg.ca/2008/08/wordpress-widget-most-popular/#changelog).
For examples and tips on using the plugin, please check [the examples](http://www.wesg.ca/2008/08/wordpress-widget-most-popular/#examples)
on the plugin homepage.
#### Usage
Used exclusively as a widget at the current time.
## Installation
1. Upload the folder most-popular-posts to your WordPress plugin directory.
2. Activate the plugin from the plugin panel.
3. Navigate to the widget configuration panel and customize the widget.
## FAQ
What is the purpose of this widget?
While I thought a widget like this was very common, I had trouble finding one for
my blog. That led me to create this basic widget that simply displays a link to
the top commented posts. You can customize the title, number of posts, and whether
you want to display the comment count.
Is it configurable?
Sure. Have a look at the options in the widget configuration panel.
Can I only show posts from a single category if I want?
Yes. As of version 1.3, more control is available for categories. You can select
a single category for the links, or exclude a single category. All options are available
from the widget configuration panel.
What do these options mean? Show comment count
Display the number of comments associated with the post beside the link.
Include zero comment posts
Show links to posts that do not yet have any comments.
Show comments from all categories
Check if you want links to be displayed for posts in any category.
Only show posts in this category
Show links to posts that are only in this category. The previous checkbox must be
unchecked for this setting to take effect.
Exclude posts from no categories
Check if you don’t want to exclude links from a specific category.
Exclude posts in this category
Skip posts that fall in this category. The previous checkbox must be unchecked for
this setting to take effect.
Nest widget inside list
When this is checked, the widget will use an additional `` element around it.
Toggle this option to see how the widget best fits in with your theme.
Classes
This box includes options to style the list components of the plugin. To match the
list with your theme, add a class here, then insert a class declaration in your
style sheet.
Show posts in the last x days/weeks/months
By request, version 1.4.3 includes an option to only show links to posts from certain
a certain time period. This is determined by the date the post was published, not
the comments themselves.
Get least commented posts
Toggle the order in which posts are displayed.
## Reviews
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## Contributors & Developers
“Most Popular Posts” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ wesg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wesg/)
[Translate “Most Popular Posts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/most-popular-posts)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/most-popular-posts/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/most-popular-posts/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/most-popular-posts/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/most-popular-posts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.0
* Initial release
#### 1.1
* Added support for using the list as a function in a post
#### 1.2
* Updated for WordPress 2.7
* Add localization capability
#### 1.3
* Added categories to exclude
* Added categories to include
* Switch off nonzero comment posts
#### 1.4
* Added exclude post checkbox
* Added include post checkbox
* Stopped drafts from being displayed
#### 1.4.1
* Excludes posts with multiple categories
#### 1.4.2
* Added control for formatting the list to match website theme
#### 1.4.3
* Added ability to only display links to posts from a specific timeframe
#### 1.5
* Rewritten to conform to WP 2.8+ widget standards
* Added reverse order option
#### 1.6.1
* bugfixes in accordance with WP updates
#### 1.6.2
* Added Slovakian translation
## Meta
* Version **1.6.2**
* Last updated **13 years ago**
* Active installations **300+**
* WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
* Tested up to **3.5.2**
* Language
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## Contributors
* [ wesg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wesg/)
## Support
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[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/most-popular-posts/)
## Donate
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