Changelog

6.4.2

Fixes default thumbnail resetting to the stock "No Thumbnail" image (props to aalmans!)
Fixes filtering by category / taxonomy when using Polylang (props to mlepore and wpfed!)
Updates dependencies.

6.4.1

Adds support for webp images.
Minor fixes / improvements.

6.4.0

If you're using a caching plugin on your website it's highly recommended to clear its cache after installing / updating to this version.

Fixes a fatal issue caused by the views_count shortcode when providing an invalid time range.
The views_count shortcode can now render a "prettified" version of the views count (eg. 6.2k instead of 6,265).
The wpp shortcode has now a "toggle" to enable/disable AJAX loading.
Adds /views REST API endpoints.
Fixes fatal error that can happen when themes define image sizes using the array format for the crop parameter.
Fixes fatal error that can happen while the plugin is deleting its own transients.
Other minor fixes / improvements.

Release notes

6.3.4

If you're using a caching plugin on your website, clearing its cache after installing / updating to this version is highly recommended.

Patches issue affecting non-HTML5 friendly WordPress themes after the WP 6.4 update.
Adds a button to reset the default thumbnail.
Minor fixes and improvements.

Release notes

6.3.3

Security enhancements (props to the Patchstack team!)
Updates dependencies.

Release notes

6.3.2

Fixes a PHP notice coming from the [wpp] shortcode.
Removes legacy AJAX code from the plugin.

Release notes

6.3.1

If you're using a caching plugin on your website, clearing its cache after installing / updating to this version is highly recommended.

Improves compatibility with newer versions of PHP 8 (thanks ispreview and dimal for the heads-up!)
Introduces new shortcode to render views count (see Release notes for more details).
Shares post_id value with render_image filter hook for more flexibility.
Fixes a fatal error when the PHP extension mbstring is not installed.
Updates wpp.min.js.

Release notes

6.2.1

Fixes an issue where the [wpp] shortcode would get stuck at the loading animation.

6.2.0

If you're using a caching plugin on your website, clearing its cache after installing / updating to this version is highly recommended.

The [wpp] shortcode has now the ability to load itself via AJAX.
Fixes an issue where for certain server configurations the popular posts list would output garbled text.
Fixes an issue where PHP would throw notices due to the usage of HTML5 tags.

Release notes

6.1.4

If you're using a caching plugin on your website, clearing its cache after installing / updating to this version is highly recommended.

Fixes an issue where the [wpp] shortcode might output empty paragraphs under certain conditions.
Reverts "uglification" of wpp.min.js which caused popular post list(s) not to load under certain conditions.
Widget's deprecation notice has been reworded for clarity.
Updates dependencies + minor code cleanup.

Release notes

6.1.3

Hotfix: Fixes rare PHP fatal error in Admin.php (props to winetravelista and scotttripatrek!)

Release notes

6.1.2

If you're using a caching plugin on your website, clearing its cache after installing / updating to this version is highly recommended.

Deprecation Notice: The WordPress Popular Posts "classic" widget is going away! If you're using the classic widget please replace it with the WordPress Popular Posts block or the [wpp] shortcode as soon as possible. See release notes for more details.
Plugin now uses the Tax_Query class to filter popular posts by taxonomy, pretty much similar to how WP_Query does it.
Fixes an issue where selecting the Tiny theme would override the heading of the popular posts list.
Fixes an issue where taxonomy links would render an extra whitespace for some browsers.
Fixes issue where when using a theme (eg. Cards) post titles would be unintentionally truncated.
Adds decoding=async property to WPP's thumbnail.
General PHPCS/WPCS code improvements.

Release notes

6.1.1

Fixes a rare PHP fatal error that can occur during plugin activation.
Block: adds links to documentation within the block form for ease of access.
Updates dependencies.

Release notes

6.1.0

Improves PHP 8.1 support.
Adds new filter to modify the post date.
Adds check to prevent the misuse of the Data Sampling feature (props to the JPCERT/CC team for reporting this issue).
Updates dependencies.

Release notes

6.0.5

Fixes yet another issue where excerpts may output broken HTML under certain conditions (thanks dxylott54!)
Updates .pot file.

Release notes

6.0.4

Block: improves logic when toggling certain settings.
Block: adds back option to show post rating.
get_views() is now compatible with Polylang/WPML.
Updates dependencies.
Updates .pot file.

Release notes

6.0.3

WPCS updates.
Fixes an issue where excerpts may output broken HTML under certain conditions (thanks ozboss1!)

Release notes

6.0.2

Fixes issue with Stats dashboard not loading for Linux users (thanks agbuere!)

Release notes

6.0.1

Security improvements.
Fixes fatal error in Image class (thanks Senri Miura!)
Fixes fatal error in "classic" widget when using widget themes (thanks Finn Jackson!)
Updates ChartJS to version 3.8.0.
Small improvements / fixes.

Release notes

6.0.0

This release introduces a couple of major changes so please review before updating.

Minimum required PHP version is now 7.2.
Minimum required WordPress version is now 5.3.
Breaking change: this version removes code that has been deprecated for a long time. See the release notes for more details.
Widget block: fixes an issue where the length of the title when set via theme was being ignored.
Widget block: fixes bug with thumbnail not rendering under certain circumstances (thanks the9mm!)
Admin: the Statistics screen will now by default only lists posts. See the release notes for more details.
Admin: only users with edit_others_posts capability (usually Editors and Administrators) will be able to access certain areas of WPP's dashboard.
Admin: makes sure to escape params from add_query_arg().
Fixes an issue where widget themes stored in child theme's folder would not be recognized by the plugin.
Small improvements / fixes.

Release notes

5.5.1

If you're using a caching plugin flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

Fixes an issue where the WordPress Popular Posts block would, under specific conditions, output code that may break the page layout (thanks shoelaced and themosaurus for the report!)
Fixes minor variable declaration bug in wpp.js.min.
Cleans up inline style tag (thanks gabu69 and @lflorent for the suggestions!)
Other minor fixes & changes.

Release notes

5.5.0

Adds the Sort by Average Daily Views option from the classic widget to the WordPress Popular Posts block.
Adds the WordPress Date Format option from the classic widget to the WordPress Popular Posts block (please see release notes for details).
Adds new Content Tags: author_name and author_url.
Improves cached data garbage collection.
Other minor performances improvements and fixes.

Release notes

5.4.2

Fixes a rare issue that prevented some users from seeing the Stats chart (thanks Zsolt!)

Release notes

5.4.1

If you're using a caching plugin flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

Widget block: fixes WPP block loading block editor JS files on the front end.
Adds filter hook to disable Block editor support.
Improves logic of filter hooks wpp_excerpt_more and wpp_title_more.
The Parameters section has been moved to the Wiki (see https://git.io/JEOrX).

Release notes

5.4.0

If you're using a caching plugin flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

The widget block is no longer an experimental feature and is now available to everyone (but it's still a WIP).
Widget block: adds AJAX support to prevent caching plugins from caching your popular posts block.
Widget block: adds WPML/Polylang support.
Widget block: fixes widget heading not displaying.
Widget themes: allow themes to detect the current post so it can be styled differently.
Fixes wpp_excerpt_more filter hook not working (props to SchweizerSchoggi!)
Adds filter hook wpp_title_more to allow customization of the prefix added to shortened post titles.
Removes inline JavaScript code from WPP's dashboard in preparation for WordPress' CSP adoption.

Release notes

5.3.6

Fixes a potential authenticated stored XSS vulnerability (props to pluginvulnerabilities.com).
Fixes widget title not being displayed under certain conditions (thanks Okoth1 and others for reporting this issue!)
Fixes a PHP notice generated by the widget block on WordPress 5.8.

Release notes

5.3.5

Reverts security enhancements (not the XSS one though) which caused garbled output for some websites.
Fixes a PHP Fatal Error affecting some setups.

Release notes

5.3.4

Experimental Gutenberg support! This version introduces the first WPP block. It's not enabled by default though, see the Release Notes for more.
Fixes a potential authenticated stored XSS vulnerability (props to Visse for reporting it!)
Overall security enhancements (props to Visse for assisting with this!)
Other minor improvements / fixes.

Release notes

5.3.3

Fixes a potential XSS vulnerability (props to Yu Iwama of Secure Sky Technology Inc. and the JPCERT/CC Vulnerability Coordination Group).
Fixes a potential code injection vulnerability (props to Jerome & NinTechNet).
Fixes a srcset bug that affects specific PHP locales (props to fredel).
Fixes a srcset not loading images due to improper SSL/HTTPS configuration (props to aj4h).
Updates ChartJS to version 2.9.4.

If you're using a caching plugin flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

Release notes

5.3.2

wpp_get_views(): fixed an issue where the function would return 0 views under certain conditions (thanks to everyone who helped with this!)

Release notes

5.3.1

wpp_get_views(): restores previous behavior where when no time range was set the function would return total views count (thanks narolles!)
The WPP widget will now be loaded via AJAX by default (this affects new installs only.)

Release notes

5.3.0

Improves compatibility with PHP 8.
Allows to override widget theme stylesheets.
Each post can have its own thumbnail now when using WPP with WPML/Polylang.
Improved Polylang support.
Adds a loading animation when using the widget with the Ajaxify widget option enabled.
Fixes an issue where the plugin wouldn't generate thumbnails when filenames contains Unicode characters.
The /popular-posts REST API endpoint now correctly translate posts when using WPML/Polylang.
wpp_get_views() can now return views count from custom time ranges.
Post thumbnails will now look sharper on retina displays!
Other minor improvements / fixes.

Release notes

5.2.4

Fixes PHP notices affecting Block Editor users on WordPress 5.5.
Fixes a rare PHP warning message that pops up randomly when the Pageviews Cache is enabled.

Release notes

5.2.3

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

Fixes a compatibility issue with WordPress 5.5.
Widget themes: various fixes for better IE11 compatibility.

Release notes

5.2.2

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

Fixes compatibility issue with plugins that minify HTML code.
Updates installation instructions.
Other minor improvements.

Release notes

5.2.1

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

Fixes fatal PHP error triggered on some server setups.
Makes sure non-ajaxified themed widgets are properly moved into the ShadowRoot.
Fixes declaration of the wpp_params variable.

Release notes

5.2.0

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

JavaScript based Lazy Loading superseded by Native Lazing Loading.
Improved Pageviews Cache.
Views/comments count will be prettified now!
Fixed a few layout issues found in widget themes.
Improved compatibility with Content Security Policy (CSP).
Added support for ACF images.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

Release notes

5.1.0

The /popular-posts GET API endpoint is now being cached as well.
Added a new Content Tag: title_attr.
Added a new filter hook to filter popular posts terms.
Minor code improvements.

5.0.2

A performance notice will be displayed for mid/high traffic sites (see #239).
Fixed an issue with text_title content tag not being shortened (see #241).
Added a link to the Debug screen to the plugin's dashboard for ease of access.
Other minor improvements/changes.

5.0.1

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is recommended.

Fixed a compatibility issue with the newly introduced widget themes feature. If you're using a theme with your popular posts widget you'll need to reapply it for it to get the latest changes (go to Appearance > Widgets > WordPress Popular Posts, select a different theme then hit Save, finally switch back to your preferred theme and hit Save again.)
Fixed two date related issues.
Minor styling improvements to widget themes Cards, Cards Compact, Cardview and Cardview Compact.
Removes bold styling from post title on the stock design (wpp.css).
Improves data caching logic.

5.0.0

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

Code has been refactored to use more modern PHP practices! This will help make WordPress Popular Posts more maintainable and easier to extend.
WordPress Popular Posts now requires PHP 5.4 or newer and WordPress 4.7 or newer.
The WPP_Query class has been deprecated. Use WordPressPopularPosts\Query instead.
Added ability to filter posts by multiple taxonomies (thanks blackWhitePanda!)
New Dashboard Widget: Trending Now.
Added 10 new themes for the widget!
Added ability to lazy load thumbnails (enabled by default).
Improved support for WPML and Polylang.
Authors and Editors can now access the Stats dashboard too!
Fixed translation issues affecting russian and similar languages.
New Content Tags: total_items and item_position.
Many minor bug fixes/improvements.

Release notes | Full Changelog.

4.2.2

Hotfix: don't typehint scalars, breaks plugin on PHP 5.

4.2.1

Adds filter to set thumbnail compression quality.
Adds filter to change the ending string of the excerpt generated by WPP.
When using multilingual plugins, return the author of the translation instead of the author of the original post.
Fixes a PHP warning message generated by an unimplemented method in the REST API controller.
Minor code improvements.

4.2.0

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

Breaking change: Database query performance improvements (thanks Stofa!), plugin should be significantly faster for most people out there. Developers: if you're hooking into the WPP_Query class to customize the query, you will have to review it as this change will likely break your custom query.
Persistent object caching support: WPP can now store views count in-memory, reducing greatly the number of database writes which is good for performance!
Adds filter hook wpp_parse_custom_content_tags.
Adds filter hook wpp_taxonomy_separator.
You can now also pass arrays when using the parameters post_type, cat, term_id, pid or author (see issue 169 for details).
The plugin will use language packs from wordpress.org from now on.
Minor fixes and improvements.

Check the Release notes for more details!

4.1.2

Enables Data Caching by default (new installs only).
The Parameters section (Settings > WordPress Popular Posts > Parameters) is now mobile-friendly.
Updated the documentation in the Parameters section.
Refactored WPP's caching mechanism into its own class.
Removed unused code.

4.1.1

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

Improves compatibility with Cloudflare's Rocket Loader.
Code cleanup.
Fixes a minor bug (plugin returning the wrong excerpt when a translation plugin is used).
Bumps minimum required PHP version to 5.3.

4.1.0

If you’re using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

Adds support for the REST API.
Adds At-a-Glance stats.
Adds Today time range to Stats section.
Drops jQuery dependency on front-end (faster loading times!)
The plugin will no longer display debugging information unless WP_DEBUG is set to true.
Many minor bug fixes and improvements.

See the Release notes for more details!

4.0.13

Improvements to WPP's upgrade process.
Fixes ALT text missing from IMG tags.

4.0.12

Fixes bug where WPP didn't return the right URL when using Polylang / WPML.
Fixes a compatibility issue with Yoast SEO (and potentially other plugins as well).
Improves compatibility with MySQL 5.7+.
Other minor fixes and improvements.

4.0.11

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after installing / upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

Fixes reference to tracking script.

4.0.10

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after installing / upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

Renames tracking script to prevent issues with ad blockers (props @Damienov).
Widget: fixes caching (props @zu2).
Exposes offset parameter to wpp shortcode / wpp_get_mostpopular template tag.

4.0.9

Widget: fixes Author ID field not saving/updating.
Fixes WPP data caching (props @zu2).
Dashboard: updates Content Tags' documentation.
Main POT file updated.
Other minor bug fixes & improvements.

4.0.8

Multisite: plugin can now be installed individually on each site.
Multisite: improved upgrade process.
Dashboard: adds multisite check to Debug screen.
Dashboard: have the Debug screen display active plugins only.
Improves compatibility with Beaver Builder.
Adds onload event to ajax widget (props @cawa-93).
Other minor bug fixes.

4.0.6

Improves compatibility with Multisite.
Fixes a bug that prevented upgrade process from running on MU (props @gregsullivan!)
Improves compatibility with Beaver Builder.

4.0.5

Fixes the taxonomy filter for Custom Post Types.
Updates summary table structure and indexes.
Adds back ability to use custom wpp.css from theme.
Dashboard: adds a Debug screen to help with support inquiries.
Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

4.0.3

This is a hotfix release.

Dashboard: escapes post titles to prevent potential XSS (props Delta!)
Restores ability to use a custom default thumbnail.

4.0.2

This is a hotfix release.

Dashboard: fixes thumbnail picker on HTTPS.
Adds the wpp_custom_html filter back.

4.0.1

This is a hotfix release.

Fixes a warning message triggered on old PHP versions.
Fixes undefined default_thumbnail_sizes warning message.
Removes a hardcoded table prefix causing issues on sites that uses a different prefix than the stock one.

4.0.0

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after installing / upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

Plugin code refactored!
Dashboard section redesigned (now mobile-friendly, too!)
New Statistics chart and other goodies.
Adds ability to pick a Custom Time Range!
Adds ability to filter posts by other taxonomies than just categories!
Adds Relative Date Format.
Fixes broken views tracking caused by changeset 41508 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41508 (props hykw!)
Improves PHP7+ compatibility.
Improves compatibility with WP-SpamShield, WooCommerce, Polylang and WPML.
Drops qTranslate support (that plugin has been long removed from WordPress.org anyways.)
New content tags added: {img_url}, {taxonomy}.
New filters: wpp_post_class, wpp_post_exclude_terms.
French and German translation files became too outdated and so support has been dropped for now (want to help? Contact me!)
Tons of minor bug fixes and improvements.

Also, see Release notes.

3.3.4

Attempt to convert tables to InnoDB during upgrade if other engine is being used.
Adds a check to prevent the upgrade process from running too many times.
Minor improvements and bug fixes.
Documentation updated.

3.3.3

Fixes potential XSS exploit in WPP's admin dashboard.
Adds filter to set which post types should be tracked by WPP (details).
Adds ability to select first attached image as thumbnail source (thanks, @serglopatin!)

3.3.2

Fixes warning message: 'stream does not support seeking in...'
Removes excerpt HTML encoding.
Passes widget ID to the instance variable for customization.
Adds CSS class current.
Documentation cleanup.
Other minor bug fixes / improvements.

3.3.1

Fixes undefined index notice.
Makes sure legacy tables are deleted on plugin upgrade.

3.3.0

Adds the ability to limit the amount of data logged by WPP (see Settings > WordPress Popular Posts > Tools for more).
Adds Polylang support (thanks, @Chouby!)
Removes post data from DB on deletion.
Fixes whitespaces from post_type argument (thanks, @getdave!)
WPP now handles SSL detection for images.
Removes legacy datacache and datacache_backup tables.
Adds Settings page advertisement support.
FAQ section has been moved over to Github.

3.2.3

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after installing / upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

Fixes a potential bug that might affect other plugins & themes (thanks @pippinsplugins).
Defines INNODB as default storage engine.
Adds the wpp-no-data CSS class to style the "Sorry, no data so far" message.
Adds a new index to summary table.
Updates plugin's documentation.
Other small bug fixes and improvements.

3.2.2

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after installing / upgrading to this version is recommended.

Moves sampling logic into Javascript (thanks, @kurtpayne!)
Simplifies category filtering logic.
Fixes list sorting issue that some users were experimenting (thanks, sponker!)
Widget uses stock thumbnails when using predefined size (some conditions apply).
Adds the ability to enable / disable responsive support for thumbails.
Renames wpp_update_views action hook to wpp_post_update_views, update your code!
Adds wpp_pre_update_views action hook.
Adds filter wpp_render_image.
Drops support for get_mostpopular() template tag.
Fixes empty HTML tags (thumbnail, stats).
Removes Japanese, French and Norwegian Bokmal translation files from plugin.
Many minor bug fixes / enhancements.

3.2.1

Fixes missing HTML decoding for custom HTML in widget.
Puts LIMIT clause back to the outer query.

3.2.0

Adds check for jQuery.
Fixes invalid parameter in htmlspecialchars().
Switches AJAX update to POST method.
Removes href attribute from link when popular post is viewed.
Removes unnecesary ORDER BY clause in views/comments subquery.
Fixes Javascript console not working under IE8 (thanks, @raphaelsaunier!)
Fixes WPML compatibility bug storing post IDs as 0.
Removes wpp-upload.js since it was no longer in use.
Fixes undefined default thumbnail image (thanks, Lea Cohen!)
Fixes rating parameter returning false value.
Adds Data Sampling (thanks, @kurtpayne!)
Minor query optimizations.
Adds {date} (thanks, @matsuoshi!) and {thumb_img} tags to custom html.
Adds minute time option for caching.
Adds wpp_data_sampling filter.
Removes jQuery's DOM ready hook for AJAX views update.
Adds back missing GROUP BY clause.
Removes unnecesary HTML decoding for custom HTML (thanks, Lea Cohen!)
Translates category name when WPML is detected.
Adds list of available thumbnail sizes to the widget.
Other minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.1.1

Adds check for exif extension availability.
Rolls back check for user's default thumbnail.

3.1.0

Fixes invalid HTML title/alt attributes caused by encoding issues.
Fixes issue with jQuery not loading properly under certain circumstances.
Fixes issue with custom excerpts not showing up.
Fixes undefined notices and removes an unused variable from widget_update().
Fixes wrong variable reference in __image_resize().
Adds charset to mb_substr when truncating excerpt.
Sets default logging level to 1 (Everyone).
Renders the category link with cat-id-[ID] CSS class.
Replaces getimagesize() with exif_imagetype().
Adds notice to move/copy wpp.css stylesheet into theme's directory to keep custom CSS styles across updates.
Thumbail generation process has been refactored for efficiency.
Thumbnails are now stored in a custom folder under Uploads.
Drops support on Japanese and French languages since the translations were outdated.
Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

3.0.3

Fixes widget not saving 'freshness' setting.
Adds HTMLentities conversion/deconversion on wpp_get_mostpopular().
Improves thumbnail detection.
Fixes a bug affecting the truncation of excerpts.
Fixes yet another bug on wpp_get_views().
Other minor changes.

3.0.2

Fixes an introduced bug on wpp_get_views().
Fixes bug where thumbnail size was cached for multiple instances.
Adds back stylesheet detection.
Removes unused widget.js file.
Other minor bug fixes.

3.0.1

Fixes bug on wpp_get_views.
Sustitutes WP_DEBUG with custom debugging constant.
Fixes bug that prevented disabling plugin's stylesheet.

3.0.0

Plugin refactoring based on @tikaszvince's work (many thanks, Vince!).
Added WPML support.
Added experimental Wordpress Multisite support.
Added bot detection.
Added ability to filter posts by freshness.
Added own data caching method.
Added filters wpp_custom_html, wpp_post.
Added action wpp_update_views.
Dropped support on Dutch and Persian languages since the translations were outdated.
Several other fixes and improvements.

2.3.7

Fixed category excluding/including bug.

2.3.6

Added ability to set links' target attribute (thanks, Pedro!).
Added sanitization for external thumbnail filenames to avoid weird characters.
Added a new content tag, {score}, to display the post rating as a simple integer (thanks, Artem!).
Added japanese and persian translations (thanks kjmtsh and Tatar).
Added wpp-list class to the UL tag, this should help style the popular list better.
Added plugin version to wp_enqueue_* calls.
Updated thumbnail feature to handle external images.
Updated wpp.css with text floating next to thumbnails - this sets a predefined style for the plugin for the first time.
Removed unnecesary wpp-thumbnail class from link tag, the image already has it.
Fixed typo in wpp_update_warning. From v2.3.3, minimun Wordpress version required is 3.3.
Fixed minor bugs.

2.3.5

Fixed minor bugs on admin page.
Fixed query bug preventing some results from being listed.
Added a check to avoid using the terms tables if not necessary (eg. listing pages only).

2.3.4

Added ability to shorten title/excerpt by number of words.
Updated excerpt code, don't show it if empty.
Added ability to set post_type on Stats page.
Added check for is_preview() to avoid updating views count when editing and previewing a post / page (thanks, Partisk!).
Added ability to change default thumbnail via admin (thanks for the suggestion, Martin!).
Fixed bug in query when getting popular posts from category returning no results if it didn't have any post on the top viewed / commented.
Added function for better handling changes/updates in settings.
Updated get_summary() to use API functions instead querying directly to DB.
Updated wpp_print_stylesheet() to get the wpp.css file from the right path (thanks, Martin!).
Moved translations to lang folder.

2.3.3

Minimum Wordpress version requirement changed to 3.3.
Minimum PHP version requirement changed to 5.2.0.
Improved Custom HTML feature! It's more flexible now + new Content Tags added: {url}, {text_title}, {author}, {category}, {views}, {comments}!.
Added ability to exclude posts by ID (similar to the category filter).
Added ability to enable / disable logging visits from logged-in users.
Added Category to the Stats Tag settings options.
Added range parameter to wpp_get_views().
Added numeric formatting to the wpp_get_views() function.
When enabling the Display author option, author's name will link to his/her profile page.
Fixed bad numeric formatting in Stats showing truncated views count.
Fixed AJAX update feature (finally!). WPP works properly now when using caching plugins!
Fixed WP Post Ratings not displaying on the list (and while it works, there are errors coming from the WP Post Ratings plugin itself: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-postratings-undefined-indexes).
Improved database queries for speed.
Fixed bug preventing PostRating to show.
Removed Timthumb (again) in favor of the updated get_img() function based on Victor Teixeira's vt_resize function.
Cron now removes from cache all posts that have been trashed or eliminated.
Added proper numeric formatting for views / comments count. (Thank you for the tip, dimagsv!)
Added "the title filter fix" that affected some themes. (Thank you, jeremyers1!)
Added dutch translation. (Thank you, Jeroen!)
Added german translation. (Thank you, Martin!)

2.3.2

The ability to enable / disable the Ajax Update has been removed. It introduced a random bug that doubled the views count of some posts / pages. Will be added back when a fix is ready.
Fixed a bug preventing the cat parameter from excluding categories (widget was not affected by this).
FAQ section (Settings / Wordpress Popular Posts / FAQ) updated.
Added french translation. (Thanks, Le Raconteur!)

2.3.1

Fixed bug caused by the sorter function when there are multiple instances of the widget.
Added check for new options in the get_popular_posts function.
Added plugin version check to handle upgrades.
Fixed bug preventing some site from fetching images from subdomains or external sites.
Fixed bug that prevented excluding more than one category using the Category filter.

2.3.0

Merged all pages into Settings/Wordpress Popular Posts.
Added new options to the Wordpress Popular Posts Stats dashboard.
Added check for static homepages to avoid printing ajax script there.
Database queries re-built from scratch for optimization.
Added the ability to remove / enable plugin's stylesheet from the admin.
Added the ability to enable / disable ajax update from the admin.
Added the ability to set thumbnail's source from the admin.
Timthumb support re-added.
Added support for custom post type (Thanks, Brad Williams!).
Improved the category filtering feature.
Added the ability to get popular posts from given author IDs.

2.2.1

Quick update to fix error with All-time combined with views breaking the plugin.

2.2.0

Featured Image is generated for the user automatically if not present and if there's an image attached to the post.
Range feature Today option changed. Replaced with Last 24 hours.
Category exclusion query simplified. Thanks to almergabor for the suggestion!
Fixed bug caused by selecting Avg. Views and All-Time that prevented WPP from getting any data from the BD. Thanks Janseo!
Updated the get_summary function to strip out shortcodes from excerpt as well.
Fixed bug in the truncate function affecting accented characters. Thanks r3df!
Fixed bug keeping db tables from being created. Thanks northlake!
Fixed bug on the shortcode which was showing pages even if turned off. Thanks danpkraus!

2.1.7

Added stylesheet detection. If wpp.css is on theme's folder, will use that instead the one bundled with the plugin.

2.1.6

Added DB character set and collate detection.
Fixed excerpt translation issue when the qTrans plugin is present. Thanks r3df!.
Fixed thumbnail dimensions issue.
Fixed widget page link.
Fixed widget title encoding bug.
Fixed deprecated errors on load_plugin_textdomain and add_submenu_page.

2.1.5

Dropped TimThumb support in favor of Wordpress's Featured Image function.

2.1.4

Added italian localization. Thanks Gianni!
Added charset detection.
Fixed bug preventing HTML View / Visual View on Edit Post page from working.

2.1.1

Fixed bug preventing widget title from being saved.
Fixed bug affecting blogs with Wordpress installed somewhere else than domain's root.
Added htmlentities to post titles.
Added default thumbnail image if none is found in the post.

2.1.0

Title special HTML entities bug fixed.
Thumbnail feature improved! Wordpress Popular Posts now supports The Post Thumbnail feature. You can choose whether to select your own thumbnails, or let Wordpress Popular Posts create them for you!
Shortcode bug fixed. Thanks Krokkodriljo!
Category exclusion feature improved. Thanks raamdev!

2.0.3

Added a Statistics Dashboard to Admin panel so users can view what's popular directly from there.
Users can now select a different date format.
get_mostpopular() function deprecated. Replaced with wpp_get_mostpopular().
Cache maintenance bug fixed.
Several UI enhancements were applied to this version.

2.0.2

"Keep text format and links" feature introduced. If selected, formatting tags and hyperlinks won't be removed from excerpt.
Post title excerpt html entities bug fixed. It was causing the excerpt function to display more characters than the requested by user.
Several shortcode bugs fixed (range, order_by, do_pattern, pattern_form were not working as expected).

2.0.1

Post title excerpt now includes html entities. Characters like �� should display properly now.
Post excerpt has been improved. Now it supports the following HTML tags: a, b, i, strong, em.
Template tag wpp_get_views() added. Retrieves the views count of a single post.
Template tag get_mostpopular() re-added. Parameter support included.
Shortcode bug fixed (range was always "daily" no matter what option was being selected by the user).

2.0.0

Plugin rewritten to support Multi-Widget capabilities
Cache table implemented
Shortcode support added
Category exclusion feature added
Ajax update added - plugin is now compatible with caching plugins such as WP Super Cache
Thumbnail feature improved - some bugs were fixed, too
Maintenance page added

1.5.1

Widget bug fixed

1.5.0

Database improvements implemented
WP-PostRatings support added
Thumbnail feature added

1.4.6

Bug in get_mostpopular function affected comments on single.php
"Show pageviews" option bug fixed
Added "content formatting tags" functionality

1.4.5

Added new localizable strings
Fixed Admin page coding bug that was affecting the styling of WPP

1.4.4

HTML Markup customizer added
Removed some unnessesary files

1.4.3

Korean and Swedish are supported

1.4.2

Code snippet bug found

1.4.1

Found database bug affecting only new installations

1.4

Massive code enhancement
CSS bugs fixed
Features added: Time Range; author and date (stats tag); separate settings for Widget and Code Snippet

1.3.2

Permalink bug fixed

1.3.1

Admin panel styling bug fixed

1.3

Added an Admin page for a better management of the plugin
New sorting options (sort posts by comment count, by pageviews, or by average daily views) added

1.2

Added extra functionalities to Wordpress Popular Post plugin core

1.1

Fixed comment count bug

1.0

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6.4.2

6.4.1

6.4.0

6.3.4

6.3.3

6.3.2

6.3.1

6.2.1

6.2.0

6.1.4

6.1.3

6.1.2

6.1.1

6.1.0

6.0.5

6.0.4

6.0.3

6.0.2

6.0.1

6.0.0

5.5.1

5.5.0

5.4.2

5.4.1

5.4.0

5.3.6

5.3.5

5.3.4

5.3.3

5.3.2

5.3.1

5.3.0

5.2.4

5.2.3

5.2.2

5.2.1

5.2.0

5.1.0

5.0.2

5.0.1

5.0.0

4.2.2

4.2.1

4.2.0

4.1.2

4.1.1

4.1.0

4.0.13

4.0.12

4.0.11

4.0.10

4.0.9

4.0.8

4.0.6

4.0.5

4.0.3

4.0.2

4.0.1

4.0.0

3.3.4

3.3.3

3.3.2

3.3.1

3.3.0

3.2.3

3.2.2

3.2.1

3.2.0

3.1.1

3.1.0

3.0.3

3.0.2

3.0.1