WP Popular Posts for WordPress
- Category rank
- #6 in Widget
- Listing audit
- 49/100
WP Popular Posts is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Hector Cabrera. With a rating of 4.5★ from 249 reviews, it currently ranks #6 in the Widget category.
WP Popular Posts is the #6 ranked Widget app on WordPress, with a 4.5 average rating from 249 reviews, as of Sep 11, 2026.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from marketplace data as of Sep 11, 2026
WP Popular Posts ranks #6 of 781 in Widget on WordPress. It holds a 4.5★ average from 249 reviews on WordPress.
Pros
- +4.5★ average across 249 reviews
Cons
- −Sparse visual evidence (0 screenshots) — harder to evaluate the UX before installing
How WP Popular Posts works
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WP Popular Posts is a highly customizable plugin that displays your most popular posts.
PSA: Plugin has been renamed as WP Popular Posts! See the announcement for more details.
Main Features
Multiple Popular Posts Lists – You can have several Popular Posts lists on your blog, each with its own settings!
Time Range – List those posts of your blog that have been the most popular ones within a specific time range (eg. last 24 hours, last 7 days, last 30 days, etc)!
Custom Post-type support – Want to show other stuff than just posts and pages, eg. Popular Products? You can!
Thumbnails! – Display a thumbnail of your posts! (see the FAQ section for more details.)
Statistics dashboard – See how your popular posts are doing directly from your admin area.
Sorting options – Order your popular list by comments, views (default) or average views per day!
Custom themes – Out of the box, WP Popular Posts includes some themes so you can style your popular posts list (see Widget Themes for more details).
Use your own layout! – WPP is flexible enough to let you customize the look and feel of your popular posts! (see customizing WPP’s HTML markup and How to style WP Popular Posts for more.)
Performance Tools! – WP Popular Posts includes a few options to make sure your site’s performance stays as good as ever! (see Performance for more details.)
REST API support – Embed your popular posts in your (web) app! (see REST API Endpoints for more.)
