Popularity Posts Widget is a WordPress app, with a 4.3 average rating from 7 reviews, as of July 9, 2026.
Popularity Posts Widget is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by ILLID. With a rating of 4.3★ from 7 reviews.
AppRanks data: Popularity Posts Widget ranks #0 in Blog on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 1% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Popularity Posts Widget is a well-rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Widget category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 7 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by ILLID — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (7) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Popularity Posts Widget works
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This plugin allows you to show your most popular posts as a widget on your blog!
Main Features
Time Range – You can choose a specific time range (today, last 7 days, last 30 days, all time) to sort youre posts and know the most popular of them within that period
Flexibel Display Settings – How many posts to display? Whats the posts title length must be? Should views, comments or dates displayed in every post in list? To all this quastions you can answer witch help of flexible widget settings!
Display a thumbnail of your posts!
Categories Filter – Should youre posts displays from all categories or only from specific one?
Easy to Change CSS Styles – ppw.css file in youre full possession. Do with him all what you want!
Shortcode and Template tag support – use the [ppw] shortcode or ppw_get_popular_posts() template tag to showcase your most popular posts. For detail information, please refer to the faq section.
To-Do List This is the list of some features, that I planning to add in next versions of plugin. Please donate to help me make all this things.
New styles for plugin.
Unique visitors filter.
Compatibility with caching plugins (such as WP Super Cache/W3 Total Cache).
Compatibility for external images.
If you have some other suggestions you can mail me to mih.barinov at gmail dot com.
Category rankings
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Where Popularity Posts Widget stands in the Widget category
Popularity Posts Widget ranks #0 of 701 apps in the Widget category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Popularity Posts Widget?
Popularity Posts Widget is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.3-star rating from 7 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on a daily refresh cycle. It is listed under the Widget category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by ILLID.
Who uses Popularity Posts Widget?
Currently around 200 active stores have installed Popularity Posts Widget. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Widget category on WordPress.