Looper: Most viewed Post

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#1

Hey there,
how is it possible to display most viewed posts in a looper
Do I have to use the query builder? I can’t find the right settings. Please help!

#2

Hello @quellplan,

Thanks for writing in! There must be an indicator that determines the number of views for that particular post item. In most cases, a custom field is used. You can use the Looper Provider Query Builder to display the most viewed post. I am not sure what custom field is used in your set up though. The name of the custom field is needed in displaying the most viewed post item.

Best Regards.

#3

Hey Ruenel,
thanks for getting back.
I am rebuilding a “tagDIV Newsletter” page in Pro and the client wants the 8 of the most read posts displayed in in a red div. I imported the posts via Wordpress importer. Does that mean, there is no way because the indicator hasn’t been set in Pro?
best
Marcus

#4

Hey Ruenel,

It’s in section 5

best,
Marcus

#5

Hey Marcus,

I have checked your post items and your Looper. You are already doing it correctly. You have this one:

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The number of post views is saved in the custom field post_views_count . In your Looper, it will only return port items that have more than 300 views.

Best Regards.

#6

Thats, what I thought but it shows only posts with less than 100 views.
If you klick on the posts at the front end, you can see the count within the meta values.

#7

now I change the value to 1000 instead of 300 and there is only 1 post with more then 1000 views.

#8

how can I display the most viewed post at first and then the next etc… descending?

have a look at the link: mystageurl/die-besten-hochschulen-fuer-architekturstudierende/
Its got +4000 views and never appears on the looper???

#9

Hello @quellplan,

I would recommend that you use the Looper Provider Query String with this query argument:

$args = array(
   'meta_key' => 'post_views_count',
   'meta_value_num' => 2000,
   'meta_compare' => '>=',
   'post_type' => 'post',
   'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
   'order' => 'DESC'
);

Getting the query string with the output of:
meta_key=post_views_count&meta_value_num=2000&meta_compare=%3E%3D&post_type=post&orderby=meta_value_num&order=DESC

You can check the result in the test page URL which can be found in the secure note below.

Cheers.

#10

works like a charm… thanks for your effort.
I’d love to get more into query strings. Any suggestion except of the Themco website?
Best,
Marcus

#11

Hi Marcus,

Glad that it worked for you. There is no other suggestion on this right now.

Thanks

#12

Very helpful plugin you left behind :wink: thanks

#13

Hey @quellplan,

You’re most welcome!

#14

Hi Ruenel,
I have a follow-up question to that topic.
I am trying to achieve a “tag cloud” but get back duplicates within the result.
Can I avoid that somehow?

#15

Hey @quellplan,

You can use the Looper Provider All Terms for your Tag Cloud. I was wondering where we can view this page.

Thanks.

#16

Thanks Ruenel, sorry, I forgot to say, that they also needs to be sorted by “most viewed”

#17

Hello @quellplan,

You can only display “Most Viewed” tags if there is data that supports it. At the moment, there is nothing that indicates that a particular tag has a number of views.

Hope this makes sense.

#18

Hello Ruenel,

that make complete sense to me.
Thanks for your effort on this subject.

Best,
Marcus

#19

You are most welcome, Marcus.

#20

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