Popularity Posts Widget
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- Small user base (200+ active installs)
- No update in 13 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.5 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Popularity Posts Widget stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| blog | >100 |
| post | >100 |
| posts | >100 |
| widget | >100 |
| widgets | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 from 7 reviews
About Popularity Posts Widget
From the official readme · v1.13Description
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This plugin allows you to show your most popular posts as a widget on your blog!
Main Features
- Time Range – You can choose a specific time range (today, last 7 days, last 30 days, all time) to sort youre posts and know the most popular of them within that period
- Flexibel Display Settings – How many posts to display? Whats the posts title length must be? Should views, comments or dates displayed in every post in list? To all this quastions you can answer witch help of flexible widget settings!
- Display a thumbnail of your posts!
- Categories Filter – Should youre posts displays from all categories or only from specific one?
- Easy to Change CSS Styles – ppw.css file in youre full possession. Do with him all what you want!
- Shortcode and Template tag support – use the [ppw] shortcode or ppw_get_popular_posts() template tag to showcase your most popular posts. For detail information, please refer to the faq section.
To-Do List
This is the list of some features, that I planning to add in next versions of plugin. Please donate to help me make all this things.
- New styles for plugin.
- Unique visitors filter.
- Compatibility with caching plugins (such as WP Super Cache/W3 Total Cache).
- Compatibility for external images.
If you have some other suggestions you can mail me to mih.barinov at gmail dot com.
Installation
- Upload
popularitypostswidgetfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Enable the Widget through the Appearance –> Widgets tab.
- Edit the widget Settings in your widget Administration Panel.
Changelog
1.13
- Add shortcode and template tags support
- New features for cat filter
- Some small fixes in code
1.12
- Another fix of categories filter. Now it must work proper
1.11
- Fix bug in categories filter
- Fix some issues witch thumbnails
1.10
- Thumbnail feature added
- New file – uninstall.php, that clear all generated data when delet plugin
1.00
- First Release
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FAQ
Popularity Posts Widget: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026
Is Popularity Posts Widget free?
Yes. Popularity Posts Widget is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Popularity Posts Widget safe to use in 2026?
Popularity Posts Widget shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 200+ sites, is rated 4.3/5 and was last updated 14 years ago, and scores 35/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Popularity Posts Widget?
Popularity Posts Widget is active on 200+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 44,709 times since it launched in January 2013. It was downloaded 366 times in the last 30 days.
Does Popularity Posts Widget work with WordPress 7.1?
Popularity Posts Widget is officially tested up to WordPress 3.5.2, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Popularity Posts Widget last updated?
The latest version, 1.13, was released on March 24, 2013 (14 years ago).
Who makes Popularity Posts Widget?
Popularity Posts Widget is developed and maintained by ILLID.
What are the best alternatives to Popularity Posts Widget?
The most popular alternatives to Popularity Posts Widget are SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (400K+ installs), All In One Favicon (60K+ installs) and Gum Addon for Elementor (50K+ installs).
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