About WordPress Popular Posts
WordPress Popular Posts is a plugin for the WordPress content management system that allows users to display a widget or shortcode featuring a list of the most popular posts on their website based on criteria such as pageviews or comments.
How many people use WordPress Popular Posts
GitHub · npm- #5Crayon Syntax Highlighter1.1k
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Gridster807 - #7
Browser-Update.org386 - #8WordPress Popular Posts284
- #9Dynamic Conditions58
- #10Embed PDF Viewer41
- #11Contextual Related Posts39
#8 of 18 Widgets we have counts for (of 190) · bars are GitHub stars across these neighbours; the category leader is Headroom.js at 11k · as of September 7, 2026
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