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Top Posts Widget

Venture over to your Widgets page (it’s under Presentation, in case you forgot) and check out your new widget: Top Posts. This one finds your posts with the most visits in the last two days and links to them in your sidebar. You can set the title and the number of posts to show.

This widget is based on your Blog Stats but it never shows the numbers. Don’t worry, your secret is safe with us.

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by Andy Skelton

Posted: Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 at 11:14 am. Filed in Stats, Widgets, WordPress.com.

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  1. Secret Project
    Sep 26th at 11:21 am

    Superb!

    Thank you

    *pops off to Widget World happily*

    (Hey, one day it might make a difference….)

  2. allansiew
    Sep 26th at 11:43 am

    Neat feature.

  3. Sperestillan
    Sep 26th at 11:47 am

    Nice. I also see we have a ‘recent comments’ widget, which is something I hadn’t noticed before. Is that new too?

  4. Nobodyknows
    Sep 26th at 11:51 am

    Nifty!

  5. blayde
    Sep 26th at 11:55 am

    Neato, thanks for the info…

  6. bluesaze
    Sep 26th at 12:00 pm

    hey cool thanks just what We need :)

  7. 0nkulis
    Sep 26th at 12:03 pm

    thanks, but I would be happy if “recent posts” widget too would be with changable title, because not all blogs are in english and so I would like to have that title in my native language. In case someone have some spare time, he could fix this little thing..
    anyway…
    you are great guys!
    wp.com is the best thing I have ever used!
    thanks

  8. scribez
    Sep 26th at 12:04 pm

    currently we were doing this by marking the most popular articles with a tag “POPULAR” and the creating a RSS widget out of it :) . Why is it only for the last 2 days though ??

  9. shashi
    Sep 26th at 12:07 pm

    Its cool ….
    However I would love to have numbers along side the post…
    You guys are doing pretty good job..almost everyday there is something new feature.. :-)

  10. livingjourney
    Sep 26th at 12:09 pm

    What a good idea… you guys keep pumping them out don’t ya!

    Thanks once again.

    V

  11. cleav_
    Sep 26th at 12:19 pm

    oh my goodness this widget is cool! 3 cheers to WP! great surprises popping out these days ^_^

  12. K
    Sep 26th at 12:24 pm

    Wow I needed this widget. Would it be nice if we can also show how many “clicks” in those particular TOP Posts?

    Thanks so much.

  13. mirthe
    Sep 26th at 12:35 pm

    Cool :)

  14. eoinpurcell
    Sep 26th at 12:37 pm

    Now that is cool!
    Thanks
    Eoin

  15. Thomas
    Sep 26th at 12:48 pm

    Thanks!

  16. TheShortFatKid
    Sep 26th at 1:05 pm

    This is bad a$$

  17. kashmir
    Sep 26th at 1:14 pm

    This is awesome!

  18. gaminghobo
    Sep 26th at 1:17 pm

    Another awesome addition. Keep em’ coming. :)

  19. rdgujarati
    Sep 26th at 1:26 pm

    its very good feature. Best wishes to WORDPRESS

  20. Moey
    Sep 26th at 1:30 pm

    wow.. this is great, I’m using it now check my blog out

  21. abhishekmittal
    Sep 26th at 1:33 pm

    This is so cool! Was waiting for it since a long time.
    Cheers!

  22. Naxos
    Sep 26th at 1:38 pm

    Coooll!!
    Ivebeen waiting for something like that!!!
    thanks!! :-)

  23. vientos
    Sep 26th at 1:53 pm

    Thx !!! is amazing !!! ;-)

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  25. ruhi
    Sep 26th at 2:07 pm

    Thanks a bunch :) ) I’ll use it right away! The speed at which you guys are introducing new stuff is actually a lil scary :) )

  26. TheHype
    Sep 26th at 2:09 pm

    Coolies, I’ve been wanting to manually do it myself since other smarty bloggers have it… now you saved me the trouble (I’ll still try to learn though :) )! Thanks!

  27. storymode
    Sep 26th at 2:12 pm

    I’ll definitely have to try this out at some point. Definitely a useful add-on, I’d say. Thanks! ^^

  28. britgirl
    Sep 26th at 2:17 pm

    Great stuff!

  29. Confused
    Sep 26th at 2:19 pm

    Great. But perhaps it would make more sense to include older stats sand not just24-48 hours, like maybe atleast a week or so. Of course, the best would have been top posts ever.

    Even though I regularly update my blog, right now it seems a replica of recent posts.

  30. muslim
    Sep 26th at 2:29 pm

    sweet i was just searching for this the other day!

  31. peteremcc
    Sep 26th at 2:34 pm

    how about an option TO show the numbers as well? it’s not such a big secret :)

  32. Mojca
    Sep 26th at 2:34 pm

    Awesome! Thanks a lot.
    Keep up the good job. ;)

  33. dresramblings
    Sep 26th at 2:41 pm

    That sounds like something that would be quite useful. Especially if it encourageds more readership of some of the posts that people thought were better. Great job!

  34. elvenbyte
    Sep 26th at 2:44 pm

    That’s great! You get me surprised everyday! You’re doing a really good job!

  35. muslim
    Sep 26th at 2:46 pm

    sweet i was just looking for this yesterday, thanks!

  36. vjp
    Sep 26th at 2:55 pm

    Well, it’s a start. Would love for the widget to show top posts EVER, or at least the last 30 days.

  37. nightfox
    Sep 26th at 3:03 pm

    oohh.. wordpress.com is doing great!

  38. engtech
    Sep 26th at 3:03 pm

    This is awesome.

    Thanks for listening to us! :)

  39. wearedikonaca
    Sep 26th at 3:14 pm

    cool dude! ;)

  40. aNtónio
    Sep 26th at 3:26 pm

    Thank you Super Admnin

    I always wanted to say thar Well, something like that :)

  41. Lucas
    Sep 26th at 3:32 pm

    I’m making a dashboard widget for my wordpress blog.
    That’s cool :-D

  42. Guy Murray
    Sep 26th at 3:36 pm

    Cool. Thanks for the great toys. Please keep em comming! ;-)

  43. Sankar Viruthachalam
    Sep 26th at 3:38 pm

    This is great!!!

  44. mooth
    Sep 26th at 3:41 pm

    “but it never shows the numbers. Don’t worry, your secret is safe with us.” lol thank god

    i’m really grateful due to the improvements you guys have been doing lately, congrats good job!

  45. ish
    Sep 26th at 3:42 pm

    Awesome.Just what I needed.

  46. aishel
    Sep 26th at 3:46 pm

    Cool, thanks!

  47. alex
    Sep 26th at 4:11 pm

    Sounds like a nifty little widget! Good works guys!

  48. Ujwala
    Sep 26th at 4:13 pm

    thank you :D

  49. woland783
    Sep 26th at 4:34 pm

    wow, cool, but why 48 hours instead of something like 1 day, 1 week or 1 month?

  50. Vash the Stampede
    Sep 26th at 4:49 pm

    There have been a lot of additions that have come down the road recently, and I like them all, but this is sweet. A big thanks goes out to the development team for all the hard work every1 does.

  51. helar
    Sep 26th at 4:51 pm

    Love this widget! Added it on my page immediately. Now the page looks even more inviting to read…

  52. Jennie
    Sep 26th at 4:55 pm

    oh yes! this is excellent! just what I needed, Thanks WP team, you’ve saved me the trouble of editing one manually.

  53. Curmudgeonly Yours
    Sep 26th at 5:23 pm

    Great!

  54. Jope
    Sep 26th at 5:25 pm

    This is great! Any chance we could get something like this but for the full life of the blog?

    (While you’re at it… ;) )

  55. JV
    Sep 26th at 5:47 pm

    Great.

  56. Dean
    Sep 26th at 6:07 pm

    Ditto all the previous comments. Great work.

  57. KesheR
    Sep 26th at 6:19 pm

    MARVELOUS!

  58. EclecticGeek
    Sep 26th at 6:29 pm

    I was tired of manually changing the one I had. Thanks!

  59. Tim
    Sep 26th at 6:47 pm

    I was, quite literally, going into my view options to “roll my own” with stat data taken from the last 120 days or so. As I was trying to decide what widget to use to embed the links (most likely the text widget), I saw “Top Posts.” Dang… why hadn’t I seen that before?

    Drag… drop… save changes… test… DANG!

    If you guys keep looking over my shoulder to code the stuff I need, I’m gonna have to start charging you rent. ;-)

  60. jerjer
    Sep 26th at 6:54 pm

    I would like it tobe able to show the click numbers…. Also It would be nice to show top posts in a longer period. 24-48 hrs. doesn’t make very much sense….

    Thanks anyway.. Great Job Done..!

  61. isadora
    Sep 26th at 7:12 pm

    Very nice! I wouldn’t mind about showing the numbers… 8-)

  62. pobiznews
    Sep 26th at 7:13 pm

    Ahm, I screwed my moustache, feeling the widget is feminine;-)
    enjoy the humour.

  63. broadband
    Sep 26th at 7:41 pm

    Nice to have, thanks!

  64. hazel8500
    Sep 26th at 7:44 pm

    I’m green with envy, My Girl Theme doesn’t support widgets of any kind.

    Am I really going to have to learn to live without my Girl Theme?!

    Wahhhhhh.

    Hazel.

  65. Ryan Martin
    Sep 26th at 7:45 pm

    Thank you for all that you do. I am a satisfied customer for sure.

    And the price is always right!

    If I could make one suggestion while attempting to avoid the unfortunate result of sounding ungrateful, if you could add an option to customize the time span this feature covers, including perhaps a week, month, or even the entire life of the blog.

    But again, thanks for all the features! I really enjoy using wordpress.

  66. therealdonquixote
    Sep 26th at 8:15 pm

    I could kiss you. And I am totally straight.

  67. astasia
    Sep 26th at 8:19 pm

    this is the best news i’ve ever read!!!Thanks!!!I like to know which is my “top post”!
    Thanks!!!

  68. saniroy
    Sep 26th at 8:42 pm

    Great! I very enjoy the rapid development of WP! Thanks anymore.

  69. SzAq
    Sep 26th at 8:57 pm

    Omg, and now I could show to the world my recently posts but for what? I dunn know that?! ;)

  70. talkislam
    Sep 26th at 9:08 pm

    WOOT WOOT

  71. rici
    Sep 26th at 9:20 pm

    yes one of the cool feature !
    Thanks ya !

    CAYO

  72. amandawho
    Sep 26th at 9:47 pm

    How depressing.

    LOL

  73. ohwailywaily
    Sep 26th at 9:50 pm

    Love the constant updates – great work !
    Thanks for making this a terrific place to blog !

  74. Steve Weintraub
    Sep 26th at 9:52 pm

    Very nice. Of course, “top posts” type things are self-perpetuating, so the stat tends to lose relevance after awhile.

  75. wohoo
    Sep 26th at 10:20 pm

    Been looking something like this for ages but I don’t see it for some reason ?

  76. wohoo
    Sep 26th at 10:22 pm

    It’s not showing up for me :(

  77. vjp
    Sep 26th at 10:22 pm

    Close but no cigar for me. I need more than the last 2 days. Would like to have top posts EVER or at least the last 30 days.

  78. Okro Lightcloud
    Sep 26th at 10:35 pm

    Pretty cool..

  79. timethief
    Sep 26th at 11:28 pm

    Thanks for the “top posts” widget. I really appreciate the responsiveness that’s being shown towards what bloggers are asking for on the ideas forum. However, I would also prefer that the “top posts” widget reflects the last 30 days please. Tx TT

  80. Justin
    Sep 26th at 11:43 pm

    I love it, using the new widget right now! Great job

  81. riversaredamp
    Sep 27th at 1:19 am

    I wish the Supposedly Clean theme had this option….

  82. சாத்தான்
    Sep 27th at 2:17 am

    Nice move!

  83. Zeezat
    Sep 27th at 4:24 am

    Hi,

    Its worked. Thanks a lot for new feature.

    Again thanks a lot for all WP admin team.

    Best Smile,
    Zeezat

  84. rollmops
    Sep 27th at 7:10 am

    That’s a really great improvement, thanks! And for something to complete, numbers for Recent Comments would be neat too ;)

  85. raincoaster
    Sep 27th at 8:34 am

    How is it that I, the stat whore di tutti stat whores, missed this thread? I’m up with anything that lets us post numbers.

  86. dinsan
    Sep 27th at 8:36 am

    really nice

  87. Dil
    Sep 27th at 9:19 am

    Cool.

  88. Phoenix
    Sep 27th at 10:42 am

    Thanks a lot. had been waiting for it all my life. Was using a manually updated widget all this time! Yay! :)

  89. tnstampgirl
    Sep 27th at 1:07 pm

    YAY! a new widget. Keep ‘em comin’ WordPress!

  90. Scott
    Sep 27th at 2:29 pm

    Just when one thinks that he has all he needs to be a happy contented blogger, the WP admin striks back with another grrrrrrrrrreat feature!

  91. Brent
    Sep 27th at 2:36 pm

    I’ve been waiting for this one. Thanks guys!
    :cool:

  92. Fred.cpp
    Sep 27th at 4:07 pm

    At last! thanks guys, I’ve been waithing for this for a long Time. I implemented my own version but I hate to edit It each time stats change :P

  93. ehab
    Sep 27th at 6:47 pm

    Awesome !

  94. The neurophilosopher
    Sep 27th at 9:44 pm

    I agree with Jope. I’ve got my top 10 posts in a text widget, and would prefer the Top Posts widget to be for the overall number of hits instead of hits in the last 2 days.

  95. uptownflavor
    Sep 27th at 10:58 pm

    Yay!!! Thanks :-)

  96. oldprints
    Sep 28th at 12:12 am

    Nice, thanks!

  97. Sports Snob
    Sep 28th at 10:19 am

    Cant it be done for a longer period than 48 hours? How about a month? That would be the best. I hope you guys are working on that.

    As of now I have put it up manually.

  98. unitedcats
    Sep 28th at 3:21 pm

    It is a neat idea and like it, but I have a concern. Do people who click on the links in the top post widget add to the count? If that’s the case, especially on a 48 hour time frame, rather mediocre posts could end up in the widget and staying there for awhile cause people think they are a top post and click on them. I too think a longer time frame would be more useful for this widget.

  99. brianfox
    Sep 28th at 6:28 pm

    yeaaaahh!!!!

  100. dorai
    Sep 29th at 4:10 am

    Pretty cool. Something I was hoping for. Here is an additional feature, I would love.

    Ability to set an option whether it is:

    = Top posts of last 7days, 30 days or all time

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