2014
Lynda
Morten Rand-Hendriksen
38m 27s
English
This installment of WordPress Developer Tips offers a simple, code-based method for tracking and displaying popular posts. Staff author Morten Rand-Hendriksen will help you build a custom plugin to track the popularity of posts, based on views, and then create a widget to display a list of the five most popular posts on the front page, or on any other widgetized area, of your WordPress site. This feature will help visitors discover more content on your site, and help site owners understand what posts are trending.
Introduction 1m 8s
Welcome 1m 8s
1. Identifying Popular Posts by Count 21m 43s
Counting views with Custom Fields 3m 0s
Creating a plugin 3m 46s
Creating a Popular Posts function 10m 12s
Displaying view counts in the Admin panel 4m 45s
2. Displaying Popular Posts on the Front End 13m 49s
Creating a Popular Posts widget 4m 58s
Displaying the five most popular posts 8m 51s
Conclusion 1m 47s
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