Popular Posts Grid Widget has gone away

  • Resolved deeveearr

    (@deeveearr)


    5 months ago

    I’ve been running a website with a Popular Posts (grid) widget which was working great until this morning’s update, as it has now disappeared.

    I was using the grid as a ‘trending posts’ option, so that website viewers could see at a glance which pages and posts were being last viewed

    I’m NOT using the block editor as I hate gutenberg with a passion.

    Which leaves the shortcode option.

    The ‘wpp Shortcode’ that is supposed to be the same as my old grid widget DOES work, but after throwing it on as a replacement, it looks horrible, and is better to remove the grid widget than to leave it on there.

    Sorry, but it looks like WordPress Popular Posts has now outlived it’s usefulness.

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  • Sean

    (@sean-h)

    About WP forum rules, can others also jump in with a ‘me too’ post? But yes, the widget in my side bars has also gone, just a very little red line, like it’s trying to load something. I had this in the past but cache flushing solved it. Now I’ve tried everything, but with no joy.

    Bear in mind there has also been a WP core update, so I have to wonder if that maybe also has something to do with it.

    Plugin Author Hector Cabrera

    (@hcabrera)

    Hey all,

    @deeveearr the widget has been deprecated for over a year at this point, as you may remember. That’s plenty of time to switch to either the WordPress Popular Posts block or the shortcode and make adjustments where / if needed.

    It’s alright if you decide that the plugin isn’t for you anymore. I will still be here if you ever decide to use it again and need assistance with it.

    @sean-h it’s OK to “me too” as long as you’re having the exact same issue as the OP, and from what you said that doesn’t seem to be the case. Please open a new topic, share your site’s URL and explain in detail what the problem is so I can help.

    Where can I download the old version that still has the sidebar widget? The new shortcode is missing core features such as using predefined thumbnails from media library.

    Plugin Author Hector Cabrera

    (@hcabrera)

    You can find older versions of the plugin on the Advanced section, @anonamix.

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