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Plugin Description
The plugin is quite simple to use. See below.
- It will store all views for a Single Post. You can configure it to ignore views to logged users and disable for some posts.
- In the Posts View Table you will see the View column. You can remove it in configurations.
- All views will be cached for 24 hours. You can disabled it or change the flush cache hour.
For now, Piggly Views is available in:
- English,
- Portuguese Brazilian.
Some additional resources
- You can use the shortcode
[piggly_views] to get views to the current post OR use [piggly_views id="post_id"] to a specific post. It will return the number of views following the format set in the settings.
- You can get a collection of most viewed posts by using the method
piggly_view_collection($limit,$days). Where $days is the range between NOW and X($days) days, $limit is the number of posts and $types is one or more post types slug into an array, such as: post, page or attachment.
- You can use the shortcode
[piggly_views_collection limit="X" days="X" types="post, page, attachment"] to get a collection of most viewed posts returning the default template.
Getting the most viewed posts
An easy way to get the most viewed posts is using the global function piggly_view_collection(). The default $days values is 30, default $limit value is 5 and default $types array is post.
// 10 most viewed posts in the last 180 days.
$most_viewed = piggly_view_collection( 10, 180 );
if ( !empty( $most_viewed ) ) :
foreach ( $most_viewed as $post ) :
$postID = $post->post_id;
endforeach;
endif;
In the other side, you can use the shortcode [piggly_views_collection limit="10" days="180" types="post"] to return the default template.
When you use [piggly_views_collection] shortcode, it will return the following template for each post. Customize CSS as your needs by using .pgl-views-post as parent.
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{{title}}
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> {{category}}
> {{author}}
> {{date}}
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How to Use
From your WordPress administration panel go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and scroll down until you find Piggly Views. You will need to activate it first, then click on Settings to configure it.
Configuration
Screenshots
Piggly View settings.
Piggly View in Post Table Column.
Piggly View setting in Post Page.
