WordPress Popular Posts

• Fixes a rare PHP fatal error that can occur during plugin activation.
• Block: adds links to documentation within the block form for ease of access.
• Updates dependencies.

Release notes

• Improves PHP 8.1 support.
• Adds new filter to modify the post date.
• Adds check to prevent the misuse of the Data Sampling feature (props to the JPCERT/CC team for reporting this issue).
• Updates dependencies.

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• Fixes yet another issue where excerpts may output broken HTML under certain conditions (thanks dxylott54!)
• Updates .pot file.

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• Block: improves logic when toggling certain settings.
• Block: adds back option to show post rating.
• get_views() is now compatible with Polylang/WPML.
• Updates dependencies.
• Updates .pot file.

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• WPCS updates.
• Fixes an issue where excerpts may output broken HTML under certain conditions (thanks ozboss1!)

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• Fixes issue with Stats dashboard not loading for Linux users (thanks agbuere!)

• Security improvements.
• Fixes fatal error in Image class (thanks Senri Miura!)
• Fixes fatal error in "classic" widget when using widget themes (thanks Finn Jackson!)
• Updates ChartJS to version 3.8.0.
• Small improvements / fixes.

Release notes

This release introduces a couple of major changes so please review before updating.

• Minimum required PHP version is now 7.2.
• Minimum required WordPress version is now 5.3.
• Breaking change: this version removes code that has been deprecated for a long time. See the release notes for more details.
• Widget block: fixes an issue where the length of the title when set via theme was being ignored.
• Widget block: fixes bug with thumbnail not rendering under certain circumstances (thanks the9mm!)
• Admin: the Statistics screen will now by default only lists posts. See the release notes for more details.
• Admin: only users with edit_others_posts capability (usually Editors and Administrators) will be able to access certain areas of WPP's dashboard.
• Admin: makes sure to escape params from add_query_arg().
• Fixes an issue where widget themes stored in child theme's folder would not be recognized by the plugin.
• Small improvements / fixes.

Release notes

If you're using a caching plugin flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

• Fixes an issue where the WordPress Popular Posts block would, under specific conditions, output code that may break the page layout (thanks @shoelaced and @themosaurus for the report!)
• Fixes minor variable declaration bug in wpp.js.min.
• Cleans up inline style tag (thanks @gabu69 and Lohen Florent for the suggestions!)
• Other minor fixes & changes.

Release notes

• Adds the Sort by Average Daily Views option from the classic widget to the WordPress Popular Posts block.
• Adds the WordPress Date Format option from the classic widget to the WordPress Popular Posts block (please see announcements for details).
• Adds new Content Tags: author_name and author_url.
• Improves cached data garbage collection.
• Other minor performances improvements and fixes.

Release notes

• Fixes a rare issue that prevented some users from seeing the Statistics chart (thanks Zsolt!)

Release notes

If you're using a caching plugin flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

• Widget block: fixes WPP block loading block editor JS files on the front end.
• Adds filter hook to disable Block editor support.
• Improves logic of filter hooks wpp_excerpt_more and wpp_title_more.
• The Parameters section has been moved to the Wiki (see https://git.io/JEOrX).

Release notes

If you're using a caching plugin flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

• The widget block is no longer an experimental feature and is now available to everyone (but it's still a WIP).
• Widget block: adds AJAX support to prevent caching plugins from caching your popular posts block.
• Widget block: adds WPML/Polylang support.
• Widget block: fixes widget heading not displaying.
• Widget themes: allow themes to detect the current post so it can be styled differently.
• Fixes wpp_excerpt_more filter hook not working (props to SchweizerSchoggi!)
• Adds filter hook wpp_title_more to allow customization of the prefix added to shortened post titles.
• Removes inline JavaScript code from WPP's dashboard in preparation for WordPress' CSP adoption.

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Full Changelog

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• Fixes a potential authenticated stored XSS vulnerability (props to pluginvulnerabilities.com).
• Fixes widget title not being displayed under certain conditions (thanks @Okoth1 and others for reporting this issue!)
• Fixes a PHP notice generated by the widget block on WordPress 5.8.

Release notes

• Reverts security enhancements (not the XSS one though) which caused garbled output for some websites.
• Fixes a PHP Fatal Error affecting some setups.

Release notes

• Experimental Gutenberg support! This version introduces the first WPP block. It's not enabled by default though, see the Release Notes for more.
• Fixes a potential authenticated stored XSS vulnerability (props to Visse for reporting it!)
• Overall security enhancements (props to Visse for assisting with this!)
• Other minor improvements / fixes.

Release notes

• Fixes a potential XSS vulnerability (props to Yu Iwama of Secure Sky Technology Inc. and the JPCERT/CC Vulnerability Coordination Group).
• Fixes a potential code injection vulnerability (props to Jerome & NinTechNet).
• Fixes a srcset bug that affects specific PHP locales (props to @fredel).
• Fixes a srcset not loading images due to improper SSL/HTTPS configuration (props to @aj4h).
• Updates ChartJS to version 2.9.4.

If you're using a caching plugin flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

Release notes

• wpp_get_views(): fixed an issue where the function would return 0 views under certain conditions (thanks to everyone who helped with this!)

Release notes

• wpp_get_views(): restores previous behavior where when no time range was set the function would return total views count (thanks @narolles!)
• The WPP widget will now be loaded via AJAX by default (this affects new installs only.)

• Improves compatibility with PHP 8.
• Allows to override widget theme stylesheets.
• Each post can have its own thumbnail now when using WPP with WPML/Polylang.
• Improved Polylang support.
• Adds a loading animation when using the widget with the Ajaxify widget option enabled.
• Fixes an issue where the plugin wouldn't generate thumbnails when filenames contains Unicode characters.
• The /popular-posts REST API endpoint now correctly translate posts when using WPML/Polylang.
• wpp_get_views() can now return views count from custom time ranges.
• Post thumbnails will now look sharper on retina displays!
• Other minor improvements / fixes.

Release notes

• Fixes PHP notices affecting Block Editor users on WordPress 5.5.
• Fixes a rare PHP warning message that pops up randomly when the Pageviews Cache is enabled.

Release notes

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

• Fixes a compatibility issue with WordPress 5.5.
• Widget themes: various fixes for better IE11 compatibility.

Release notes

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

• Fixes compatibility issue with plugins that minify HTML code.
• Updates installation instructions.
• Other minor improvements.

Release notes

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

• Fixes fatal PHP error triggered on some server setups.
• Makes sure non-ajaxified themed widgets are properly moved into the ShadowRoot.
• Fixes declaration of the wpp_params variable.

Release notes

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

• JavaScript based Lazy Loading superseded by Native Lazing Loading.
• Improved Pageviews Cache.
• Views/comments count will be prettified now!
• Fixed a few layout issues found in widget themes.
• Improved compatibility with Content Security Policy (CSP).
• Added support for ACF images.
• Other minor improvements and fixes.

Release notes

• The /popular-posts GET API endpoint is now being cached as well.
• Added a new Content Tag: title_attr.
• Added a new filter hook to filter popular posts terms.
• Minor code improvements.

• A performance notice will be displayed for mid/high traffic sites (see #239).
• Fixed an issue with text_title content tag not being shortened (see #241).
• Added a link to the Debug screen to the plugin's dashboard for ease of access.
• Other minor improvements/changes.

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is recommended.

• Fixed a compatibility issue with the newly introduced widget themes feature. If you're using a theme with your popular posts widget you'll need to reapply it for it to get the latest changes (go to Appearance > Widgets > WordPress Popular Posts, select a different theme then hit Save, finally switch back to your preferred theme and hit Save again.)
• Fixed two date related issues.
• Minor styling improvements to widget themes Cards, Cards Compact, Cardview and Cardview Compact.
• Removes bold styling from post title on the stock design (wpp.css).
• Improves data caching logic.

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

• Code has been refactored to use more modern PHP practices! This will help make WordPress Popular Posts more maintainable and easier to extend.
• WordPress Popular Posts now requires PHP 5.4 or newer and WordPress 4.7 or newer.
• The WPP_Query class has been deprecated. Use WordPressPopularPosts\Query instead.
• Added ability to filter posts by multiple taxonomies (thanks blackWhitePanda!)
• New Dashboard Widget: Trending Now.
• Added 10 new themes for the widget!
• Added ability to lazy load thumbnails (enabled by default).
• Improved support for WPML and Polylang.
• Authors and Editors can now access the Stats dashboard too!
• Fixed translation issues affecting russian and similar languages.
• New Content Tags: total_items and item_position.
• Many minor bug fixes/improvements.

Release notes | Full Changelog.

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• Hotfix: don't typehint scalars, breaks plugin on PHP 5.

• Adds filter to set thumbnail compression quality.
• Adds filter to change the ending string of the excerpt generated by WPP.
• When using multilingual plugins, return the author of the translation instead of the author of the original post.
• Fixes a PHP warning message generated by an unimplemented method in the REST API controller.
• Minor code improvements.

See full changelog.

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If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

• Breaking change: Database query performance improvements (thanks Stofa!), plugin should be significantly faster for most people out there. Developers: if you're hooking into the WPP_Query class to customize the query, you will have to review it as this change will likely break your custom query.
• Persistent object caching support: WPP can now store views count in-memory, reducing greatly the number of database writes which is good for performance!
• Adds filter hook wpp_parse_custom_content_tags.
• Adds filter hook wpp_taxonomy_separator.
• You can now also pass arrays when using the parameters post_type, cat, term_id, pid or author (see issue 169 for details).
• The plugin will use language packs from wordpress.org from now on.
• Minor fixes and improvements.

Check the Release notes for more details!

• Enables Data Caching by default (new installs only).
• The Parameters section (Settings > WordPress Popular Posts > Parameters) is now mobile-friendly.
• Updated the documentation in the Parameters section.
• Refactored WPP's caching mechanism into its own class.
• Removed unused code.

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

• Improves compatibility with Cloudflare's Rocket Loader.
• Code cleanup.
• Fixes a minor bug (plugin returning the wrong excerpt when a translation plugin is used).
• Bumps minimum required PHP version to 5.3.

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

• Adds support for the REST API.
• Adds At-a-Glance stats.
• Adds Today time range to Stats section.
• Drops jQuery dependency on front-end (faster loading times!)
• The plugin will no longer display debugging information unless WP_DEBUG is set to true.
• Many minor bug fixes and improvements.

See the Release notes for more details!

• Fixes bug where WPP didn't return the right URL when using Polylang / WPML.
• Fixes a compatibility issue with Yoast SEO (and potentially other plugins as well).
• Improves compatibility with MySQL 5.7+.
• Other minor fixes and improvements.

• Improvements to WPP's upgrade process.
• Fixes ALT text missing from IMG tags.

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after installing / upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

• Fixes reference to tracking script.

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

• Widget: fixes Author ID field not saving/updating.
• Fixes WPP data caching (props @zu2).
• Dashboard: updates Content Tags' documentation.
• Main POT file updated.
• Other minor bug fixes & improvements.

• Multisite: plugin can now be installed individually on each site.
• Multisite: improved upgrade process.
• Dashboard: adds multisite check to Debug screen.
• Dashboard: have the Debug screen display active plugins only.
• Improves compatibility with Beaver Builder.
• Adds onload event to ajax widget (props @cawa-93).
• Other minor bug fixes.

• Improves compatibility with Multisite.
• Fixes a bug that prevented upgrade process from running on MU (props Greg Sullivan!)
• Improves compatibility with Beaver Builder.

• Fixes the taxonomy filter for Custom Post Types.
• Updates summary table structure and indexes.
• Adds back ability to use custom wpp.css from theme.
• Dashboard: adds a Debug screen to help with support inquiries.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

This is a hotfix release.

• Dashboard: escapes post titles to prevent potential XSS (props Delta!)
• Restores ability to use a custom default thumbnail.

This is a hotfix release.

• Dashboard: fixes thumbnail picker on HTTPS.
• Adds the wpp_custom_html filter back.

This is a hotfix release.

• Fixes a warning message triggered on old PHP versions.
• Fixes undefined default_thumbnail_sizes warning message.
• Removes a hardcoded table prefix causing issues on sites that uses a different prefix than the stock one.

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after installing / upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

• Plugin code refactored!
• Dashboard section redesigned (now mobile-friendly, too!)
• New Statistics chart and other goodies.
• Adds ability to pick a Custom Time Range!
• Adds ability to filter posts by other taxonomies than just categories!
• Adds Relative Date Format.
• Fixes error caused by changeset 41508 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41508
• Improves PHP7+ compatibility.
• Improves compatibility with WP-SpamShield, WooCommerce, Polylang and WPML.
• Drops qTranslate support (that plugin has been long removed from WordPress.org anyways.)
• New content tags added: {img_url}, {taxonomy}.
• New filters: wpp_post_class, wpp_post_exclude_terms.
• French and German translation files became too outdated and so support has been dropped for now (want to help? Contact me!)
• Tons of minor bug fixes and improvements.

• Attempt to convert tables to InnoDB during upgrade if other engine is being used.
• Adds a check to prevent the upgrade process from running too many times.
• Minor improvements and bug fixes.
• Documentation updated.

• Fixes potential XSS exploit in WPP's admin dashboard.
• Adds filter to set which post types should be tracked by WPP (details).
• Adds ability to select first attached image as thumbnail source (thanks, @serglopatin!)

• Fixes warning message: 'stream does not support seeking in...'
• Removes excerpt HTML encoding.
• Passes widget ID to the instance variable for customization.
• Adds CSS class current.
• Documentation cleanup.
• Other minor bug fixes / improvements.

• Fixes undefined index notice.
• Makes sure legacy tables are deleted on plugin upgrade.

• Adds the ability to limit the amount of data logged by WPP (see Settings > WordPress Popular Posts > Tools for more).
• Adds Polylang support (thanks, @Chouby!)
• Removes post data from DB on deletion.
• Fixes whitespaces from post_type argument (thanks, @getdave!)
• WPP now handles SSL detection for images.
• Removes legacy datacache and datacache_backup tables.
• Adds Settings page advertisement support.
• FAQ section has been moved over to Github.

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after installing / upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

• Fixes a potential bug that might affect other plugins & themes (thanks @pippinsplugins).
• Defines INNODB as default storage engine.
• Adds the wpp-no-data CSS class to style the "Sorry, no data so far" message.
• Adds a new index to summary table.
• Updates plugin's documentation.
• Other small bug fixes and improvements.

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after installing / upgrading to this version is recommended.

• Moves sampling logic into Javascript (thanks, @kurtpayne!)
• Simplifies category filtering logic.
• Fixes list sorting issue that some users were experimenting (thanks, sponker!)
• Widget uses stock thumbnails when using predefined size (some conditions apply).
• Adds the ability to enable / disable responsive support for thumbails.
• Renames wpp_update_views action hook to wpp_post_update_views, update your code!
• Adds wpp_pre_update_views action hook.
• Adds filter wpp_render_image.
• Drops support for get_mostpopular() template tag.
• Fixes empty HTML tags (thumbnail, stats).
• Removes Japanese, French and Norwegian Bokmal translation files from plugin.
• Many minor bug fixes / enhancements.

• Fixes missing HTML decoding for custom HTML in widget.
• Puts LIMIT clause back to the outer query.

• Adds check for jQuery.
• Fixes invalid parameter in htmlspecialchars().
• Switches AJAX update to POST method.
• Removes href attribute from link when popular post is viewed.
• Removes unnecesary ORDER BY clause in views/comments subquery.
• Fixes Javascript console not working under IE8 (thanks, @raphaelsaunier!)
• Fixes WPML compatibility bug storing post IDs as 0.
• Removes wpp-upload.js since it was no longer in use.
• Fixes undefined default thumbnail image (thanks, Lea Cohen!)
• Fixes rating parameter returning false value.
• Adds Data Sampling (thanks, @kurtpayne!)
• Minor query optimizations.
• Adds {date} (thanks, @matsuoshi!) and {thumb_img} tags to custom html.
• Adds minute time option for caching.
• Adds wpp_data_sampling filter.
• Removes jQuery's DOM ready hook for AJAX views update.
• Adds back missing GROUP BY clause.
• Removes unnecesary HTML decoding for custom HTML (thanks, Lea Cohen!)
• Translates category name when WPML is detected.
• Adds list of available thumbnail sizes to the widget.
• Other minor bugfixes and improvements.

• Adds check for exif extension availability.
• Rolls back check for user's default thumbnail.

• Fixes invalid HTML title/alt attributes caused by encoding issues.
• Fixes issue with jQuery not loading properly under certain circumstances.
• Fixes issue with custom excerpts not showing up.
• Fixes undefined notices and removes an unused variable from widget_update().
• Fixes wrong variable reference in __image_resize().
• Adds charset to mb_substr when truncating excerpt.
• Sets default logging level to 1 (Everyone).
• Renders the category link with cat-id-[ID] CSS class.
• Replaces getimagesize() with exif_imagetype().
• Adds notice to move/copy wpp.css stylesheet into theme's directory to keep custom CSS styles across updates.
• Thumbail generation process has been refactored for efficiency.
• Thumbnails are now stored in a custom folder under Uploads.
• Drops support on Japanese and French languages since the translations were outdated.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

• Fixes widget not saving 'freshness' setting.
• Adds HTMLentities conversion/deconversion on wpp_get_mostpopular().
• Improves thumbnail detection.
• Fixes a bug affecting the truncation of excerpts.
• Fixes yet another bug on wpp_get_views().
• Other minor changes.

• Fixes an introduced bug on wpp_get_views().
• Fixes bug where thumbnail size was cached for multiple instances.
• Adds back stylesheet detection.
• Removes unused widget.js file.
• Other minor bug fixes.

• Fixes bug on wpp_get_views.
• Sustitutes WP_DEBUG with custom debugging constant.
• Fixes bug that prevented disabling plugin's stylesheet.

• Plugin refactoring based on @tikaszvince's work (many thanks, Vince!).
• Added WPML support.
• Added experimental Wordpress Multisite support.
• Added bot detection.
• Added ability to filter posts by freshness.
• Added own data caching method.
• Added filters wpp_custom_html, wpp_post.
• Added action wpp_update_views.
• Dropped support on Dutch and Persian languages since the translations were outdated.
• Several other fixes and improvements.

• Fixed category excluding/including bug.