Most Popular by views widget

TheSurvivalMom · #1 Jul 12, 2009, 08:34 AM

The current "Most Popular" widget on my blog sorts my entries by the number of comments made. However, if I go by the number of views, the Most Popular list would be totally different.

Is there a way I can change my Most Popular list so it's according to views, not comments?

Thanks in advance.

juggledad · #2 Jul 12, 2009, 09:23 AM

Which most popular widget are you using?

TheSurvivalMom · #3 Jul 12, 2009, 09:36 AM

BFA Popular Posts

juggledad · #4 Jul 12, 2009, 10:03 AM

try http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/...s-plus-widget/

TheSurvivalMom · #5 Jul 12, 2009, 10:08 AM

Thanks so much, and I have donated, too, BTW.

Lisa

TheSurvivalMom · #6 Jul 12, 2009, 11:24 AM

Whoops! I think I spoke too soon.

I have successfully installed this widget, but when I activate it, everything on my blog disappears except for the left sidebar, and instead of showing my most popular posts, I get this message in the sidebar:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_most_viewed() in /home/content/49/4475949/html/wp-content/plugins/wp-postviews-plus-widget/postviews_plus_widget.php on line 77

Can you help me out with this?

Thanks

juggledad · #7 Jul 12, 2009, 03:43 PM

Did you follow step 1 of the instructions?

WP-PostViews Plus widget

1) first install WP-PostViews Plus plugin from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postviews-plus, you can get how to install and use it from it's readme.txt
2) then Upload 'wp-postviews-plus-widget' directory to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory.
3) Activate the plugin 'WP-PostViews Plus widget' through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
4) In your blog's admin system goto Presentation > Widgets
5) Drag and drop the widget to a convenient place in your sidebar

TheSurvivalMom · #8 Jul 12, 2009, 06:29 PM

Yes, I followed the instructions. My host is Go Daddy, and I uploaded and unarchived the plugin in my File Manager. I followed the same procedure w/ this plugin as I have every other one. hmmmm....

Lisa

juggledad · #9 Jul 12, 2009, 07:10 PM

So you installed BOTH plugins?

1) first install WP-PostViews Plus plugin from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postviews-plus, you can get how to install and use it from it's readme.txt

TheSurvivalMom · #10 Jul 18, 2009, 06:22 PM

I have just now been able to revisit this plugin situation and have everything installed correctly. The widget shows up correctly in my sidebar, but now there's no content! I have it set to show my 8 most popular posts. Can you help me out one more time?

Thanks,

Lisa

sonjasays · #11 Mar 7, 2010, 10:47 PM

I had the same problem – never could get a list to show up even though I installed both plug-ins.

MrsMoody · #12 Mar 19, 2010, 01:08 PM

I use WP-Popular Post