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Popular Post Widget
Popular post widget is a simple widget to show your most popular posts based on views.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 1
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 2 Dec 2017
- Added
- May 2016
- Requires WP
- 4.0
- Tested up to
- WP 4.9.31
- Downloads
- 11,187
Our analysis
AI-assistedPopular Post Widget is a WordPress plugin that displays your most popular posts based on the number of views. After activation, it automatically shows the five posts that have received the most visits, updating as user activity changes.
This plugin is suitable for website owners who want to highlight their most viewed content, enhancing user engagement by directing visitors to popular articles.
Best for: Website owners looking to showcase popular content to increase visitor engagement.
What it does well
- ✓Displays the five most popular posts based on views
- ✓Easy to add to any widget area from the WordPress dashboard
- ✓Updates automatically as posts receive more views
Where it falls short
- •Limited to showing only five posts
- •No additional features or customisation options mentioned
- •Last updated in December 2017
Verdict
Popular Post Widget offers a straightforward solution for displaying popular posts, but its limited features and lack of recent updates may be a concern for some users.
From the developer
Mostafiz Shamim's own description of Popular Post Widget, lightly tidied.
This is a simple widget like others to show your most popular posts based on views of your post. Put it in any of your widget area from your WordPress dashboard and the it will automatically show 5 most popular posts which will be visited most after the activation of the widget.So, after activation of the widget, visit a post of your website and see, it will show below the popular post title.
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