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Popular Widget
v1.7.0Not updated in over a year
Display the most commented or most viewed posts in a tabbed widget, filter the post by date range or by category. It also includes a tags tab.
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- Rank
- #8,096 24h — · 7d —
- Est. installs
- 600+ bucket floor only
- Total downloads
- 129K all time
- Rating
- 4.5 ★ 14 reviews
- Official installs
- 600+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 0 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- — of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 4.6.0 compatibility
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Ratings
14 public ratings · 4.5 out of 5.
Maintenance & compatibility
8.9 years ago
Last release
- Version
- 1.7.0
- Requires WP
- 3.0.0
- Requires PHP
- —
- On WP.org since
- 2011
About Popular Widget
Popular Widget is a WordPress plugin by Hax, first published on WordPress.org in 2011. It has 600+ active installations and 129,290 downloads in total, and ranks #8,096 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Users rate it 4.5 out of 5 across 14 reviews. Version 1.7.0 was released 8.9 years ago; WordPress.org flags plugins that have not been updated in over a year. It is tested up to WordPress 4.6.0 and requires WordPress 3.0.0 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under Box, most-commented, most-viewed, popular and widget.
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