Criteria for popular post widget.

Hi mmshahid. It’s based on the post comment counts. There isn’t a theme option for that but you can change it manually by adding /functions/widgets/alx-tabs.php to the same path in a child theme, then locating the popular posts section and changing the query criteria:

<?php if($instance['popular_enable']) { // Popular posts enabled? ?>

<?php
	$popular = new WP_Query( array(
		'post_type'		=> array( 'post' ),
		'showposts'		=> $instance['popular_num'],
		'cat'			=> $instance['popular_cat_id'],
		'ignore_sticky_posts'	=> true,
		'orderby'		=> 'comment_count',
		'order'			=> 'dsc',
		'date_query' => array(
			array(
				'after' => $instance['popular_time'],
			),
		),
	) );
?>

If you don’t have a child theme you can easily install one by following this guide from the theme website:
https://docs.presscustomizr.com/article/239-using-a-child-theme-with-hueman

• This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by bdbrown.
• This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by bdbrown.

Hi, the ordering criteria for the popular tab is the number of comments.

Ha! @nikeo and I are typing at the same time, even though we’re on opposite sides of the globe!

@bdbrown crossed replies !
Yours is much more complete ??

• This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by presscustomizr.

Thanks for both of you ??

You’re welcome; glad to help.

Hi, i done same as you advised, it looks like that:

		<?php if($instance['popular_enable']) { // Popular posts enabled? ?>

			<?php
				$popular = new WP_Query( array(
					'post_type'				=> array( 'post' ),
					'showposts'				=> $instance['popular_num'],
					'cat'					=> $instance['popular_cat_id'],
					'ignore_sticky_posts'	=> true,
					'meta_key'				=> 'views',
					'orderby'				=> 'meta_value_num',
					'order'					=> 'dsc',
					'date_query' => array(
						array(
							'after' => $instance['popular_time'],
						),
					),
				) );
			?>

I tried to set Most Popular by Post view, but the above seams to not working properly, any advise?

Order should be ‘DESC’.

I have a column “Hits” in my databae, is this enugh to add “Hits” to display Popular posts based on most Hits?

<?php
				$popular = new WP_Query( array(
					'post_type'				=> array( 'post' ),
					'showposts'				=> $instance['popular_num'],
					'cat'					=> $instance['popular_cat_id'],
					'ignore_sticky_posts'	                => true,
					'meta_key'				=> 'hits',
					'orderby'				=> 'meta_value_num',
					'order'					=> 'desc',
					'date_query' => array(
						array(
							'after' => $instance['popular_time'],
						),
					),
				) );
			?>

Not sure. Where did that come from?

This column is a part of “JetPack” belongs to WP-Statistic.

If it’s a custom field associated with a post then yes, theoretically it should work.

Hi, guys.
How can I use Custom Fields for this purpose? I mean use Custom Field value instead of comments number. What shall I change in this code

• This reply was modified 8 years ago by Kirill Belotserkovskiy.