Popular per Category

Hey there,

If you want to display different lists of popular posts by category on a page, you can use the [wpp] shortcode in conjuction with the cat parameter (see Settings > WordPress Popular Posts > Parameters for more).

Similarly, if you want to display a list of popular posts by category when archive.php is loaded by WordPress, you can use the wpp_get_mostpopular() template tag in conjunction with the cat parameter. For example:

<?php

// Somewhere inside your archive.php template ...

if ( function_exists('wpp_get_mostpopular') ) {

    // WPP parameters
    $args = array(
        'range' => 'weekly'
    );

    // Get the category ID so we can use it with the wpp_get_mostpopular() template tag
    if ( is_category() ) {
        $args['cat'] = get_queried_object_id();
    }

    wpp_get_mostpopular( $args );

}

?>

• This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by Hector Cabrera. Reason: Wrapped code in backticks
• This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by Hector Cabrera. Reason: Added link to wpp_get_mostpopular() function documentation