WP Popular Posts vs Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy

Build a list or grid layout of any post type (products, pages, posts + more). The visual editing experience makes creating unique designs a breeze. Design post templates (cards) using our drag and drop builder Built for both Gutenberg users and non Gutenberg users (blocks + shortcodes available) Query builder – select from multiple post types or restrict by tags, categories, taxonomies, authors and more Works with any theme No coding required Responsive options Links Website Examples Documentation Follow us for updates and tips What can you make with this plugin? Popular posts widget Recent posts widget A shop layout for listing products (*when combined WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads and other product plugins) A post grid A portfolio grid Masonry layouts Custom post type layouts And much more… Layout Editor Build single column or grid based layouts using the visual editor. Supports Masonry out of the box Tons of design options to build the layout you want Choose to add numbered Pagination ( ‘Load more’ and ‘Infinite scroll’ options are planned ) Powerful query builder Responsive columns (choose how many columns to show for each device size – and set your own breakpoints) Query Builder Options include: Multiple post type selection Tag, category and custom taxonomy restriction Single author or multiple author restriction Ordering by – post title, published date (for recent posts), modified date, post ID, comment count (for popular posts), author Posts per page Offset Ignore sticky posts Template Editor Design individual templates (cards) using our drag and drop editor – creativity is your only limit Link them with your layouts to build beautiful designs Hundreds of design options Unique blocks for building templates + template editor granular control over the blocks you add to your design – choose from a growing list to re-arrange blocks, just drag and drop each block has it’s own sidebar full of options such as spacing, colors (including gradients + alpha transparencies), font settings, borders, and more. Currently available blocks: Post Title, Post Type, Post Excerpt, Post Author, Published + Modified Date, Custom Field, Taxonomies, Link, Basic Text (with shortcode support). Find out more about our template blocks. Gutenberg integration Custom blocks for building layouts Seamlessly integrates with our Template Editor UI built using 90% Gutenberg components 👍 Experimental FSE Query block support (drop our Post Template block into the Query block…) Works with the version of Gutenberg shipped in WP core, and the Gutenberg plugin (using the latest stable build) Built for speed At its base – loads only 1 css file and 1 javascript file on the frontend – total bundle size approx 15kb. CSS file dynamically created, saving resources and requests per page load (+ avoiding inline CSS) Caches posts + queries for optimum performance Not jQuery dependant Includes 7 sample templates We’ve included a pack of templates ready for you to customise – check the installation tab for how to import these to your site. Multilingual ready Custom Layouts should support most multilingual plugins – we use a custom post type to store content that is not stored in the block editor. * We’ve also added specific support for WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor. Known Issues Admin Template Editor only works on desktop computers (tablets + mobiles not supported) Admin Template Editor does not work on IE, all other major browsers supported – ** the frontend of this plugin supports IE 11+, no sweat Roadmap Improve performance and load speed by providing an option to use CSS Grid for layouts + masonry Support more CSS unit types in more places Blocks for WooCommerce Blocks for ACF More template blocks (possibly use the block library) Additional hover options Additional font options. Social/sharing blocks Reviews help us improve (and climb the plugin rankings)

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.) Elementor support – Are you building sites with Elementor? There’s a popular posts widget for it too! Disqus support – Sort your popular posts by Disqus comments count! Polylang & WPML 3.2+ support – Show the translated version of your popular posts! WordPress Multisite support – Each site on the network can have its own popular posts list! Other Features Shortcode support – Use the [wpp] shortcode to showcase your most popular posts on pages, too! For usage and instructions, please refer to the Installation section. Template tags – Don’t feel like using blocks? No problem! You can still embed your most popular entries on your theme using the wpp_get_mostpopular() template tag. Additionally, the wpp_get_views() template tag allows you to retrieve the views count for a particular post. For usage and instructions, please refer to the Installation section. Localization – Translate WPP into your own language. WP-PostRatings support – Show your visitors how your readers are rating your posts! PSA: The classic WP Popular Posts widget has reached End-of-Life The classic WP Popular Posts widget doesn’t work very well / at all with the block-based Widgets editor introduced with WordPress 5.8. This new Widgets editor expects WordPress blocks instead of regular WordPress widgets. If you’re using the classic WP Popular Posts widget please replace it with the WP Popular Posts block instead – it has the same features and functionality as the “classic” widget so you won’t be missing anything at all. See the Migration Guide for more details. Bjorn from wplearninglab.com was kind enough to create a video explaining how to use the new block for all of you visual learners: If you cannot (or do not want to) use WordPress blocks on your website then please replace your classic widget with the [wpp] shortcode. Support the Project! If you’d like to support my work and efforts to creating and maintaining more open source projects your donations and messages of support mean a lot! Buy me a coffee | PayPal WP Popular Posts is now also on GitHub! Looking for a Recent Posts widget just as featured-packed as WP Popular Posts? Try Recently! Credits Flame graphic by freevector/Vecteezy.com.