A widget that lists your most discussed posts with thumbnail, date and comment count.
Alternatives to Simple Popular Posts
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Relevant replacements
WordPress plugins with similar use cases
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Track post views and page views, and display popular posts and trending content on your WordPress site.
Provide two widgets, showing lists of the most and reast read posts.
Toplyticsv4.1.6
Displays the most visited posts as a widget using data from Google Analytics. Designed to be used under high-traffic or low server resources.
Statify Widgetv1.4.9
Data privacy conform widget for list popular content (pages, posts, custom post types) – based on Statify plugin.
Lightweight post view counter with a widget and shortcodes. Track post views automatically, stop double-counting, and display popular content easily.
Jassn Popular Postsv1.0.6
Display popular posts with customizable image dimensions, responsive settings, and multiple display options.
RB Post Views Widgetv1.0.2
Display the most viewed posts on your website using a simple, lightweight widget.
Advance Widget Packv1.6.0
A pack of content widgets and blocks: recent/popular/related posts, author info, tag cloud, social links, countdown timer, and more.
WP Views Counterv2.1.3
Fast, lightweight post views counter. Display views in admin, blocks or shortcodes — no tracking scripts required.