Author:
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan

Website:
» http://lesterchan.net/

Features:
» Enables you to display how many times a post/page had been viewed.

Download:
» WP-PostViews 1.50 For WordPress 2.8.x
» WP-PostViews 1.40 For WordPress 2.7.x
» WP-PostViews 1.31 For WordPress 2.3.x, 2.5.x And 2.6.x
» WP-PostViews 1.11 For WordPress 2.1.x And 2.2.x
» WP-PostViews 1.02 For WordPress 2.0.x

Screenshots:
» http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/screenshots/browse/wp-postviews/

Demo:
» http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/

Development:
» http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-postviews/

Translations:
» http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-postviews/i18n/

Support Forums:
» http://forums.lesterchan.net/index.php?board=16.0

Credits:
» WP-Cache/WP-SuperCache Compatibility By Thaya Kareeson.
» __ngetext() by Anna Ozeritskaya.
» Right To Left Language Support by Kambiz R. Khojasteh. » Options To Display Views On Certain Places by David Potter.

Note:
» The Changelog, Installation, Upgrade, Usage Tab at the top of the page.

Donations:
» I spent most of my free time creating, updating, maintaining and supporting these plugins, if you really love my plugins and could spare me a couple of bucks as my school allowance, I will really appericiate it. If not feel free to use it without any obligations. Thank You. My Paypal account is

• Version 1.50 (01-06-2009)
  • NEW: Works For WordPress 2.8 Only
  • NEW: Uses jQuery Framework
  • NEW: Added In Most Viewed Pages To WP-Stats
  • NEW: Use _n() Instead Of __ngettext() And _n_noop() Instead Of __ngettext_noop()
  • FIXED: Uses $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] With plugin_basename(__FILE__) Instead Of Just $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
  • NEW: Uses New Widget Class From WordPress
  • NEW: Merge Widget Code To wp-postviews.php And Remove wp-postviews-widget.php
  • NEW: Added get_most_viewed_tag() And get_least_viewed_tag()
  • FIXED: Ensure That Post Is Not A Revision
  • FIXED: Multiple Loops Filtered Not Cleared
• Version 1.40 (12-12-2008)
  • NEW: Works For WordPress 2.7 Only
  • NEW: Options To Display Views On Certain Places by David Potter
  • NEW: Right To Left Language Support by Kambiz R. Khojasteh
  • NEW: Output Of the_views() Applied To "the_views" Filter by Kambiz R. Khojasteh
  • NEW: Called postviews_textdomain() In views_init() by Kambiz R. Khojasteh
  • NEW: Uses plugins_url() And site_url()
  • NEW: Added get_least_viewed() And get_least_viewed_category() By JBrinx
  • FIXED: "views" Custom Field Gets Created Now When Post Is Published
• Version 1.31 (16-07-2008)
  • NEW: Works For WordPress 2.6
  • NEW: Renamed GET Variables sortby To v_sortby And orderby To v_orderby
  • NEW: Better Translation Using __ngetext() by Anna Ozeritskaya
  • FIXED: Able To Use v_sortby And v_orderby in query_posts()
• Version 1.30 (01-06-2008)
  • NEW: Uses /wp-postviews/ Folder Instead Of /postviews/
  • NEW: Uses wp-postviews.php Instead Of postviews.php
  • NEW: Uses wp-postviews-widget.php Instead Of postviews-widget.php
  • NEW: Uses number_format_i18n() Instead Of number_format()
  • NEW: Option To Exclude Bots Views In 'WP-Admin -> Settings -> Post Views'
  • NEW: Added Most Viewed Template
  • NEW: Change The Way WP-PostViews Count Views
  • NEW: Should Work With WP-Cache Or WP-SuperCache
• Version 1.20 (01-10-2007)
  • NEW: Works For WordPress 2.3 Only
  • NEW: Most Viewed Widget Added
  • NEW: Ability To Uninstall WP-PostViews
  • NEW: Uses WP-Stats Filter To Add Stats Into WP-Stats Page
• Version 1.11 (01-06-2007)
  • FIXED: Wrong URL For Page Under Most Viewed Posts Listing
• Version 1.10 (01-02-2007)
  • NEW: Works For WordPress 2.1 Only
  • NEW: Localization WP-PostViews
  • NEW: Added Function To Get Most Viewed Post By Category ID
  • FIXED: Views Not Counting In Some Cases
• Version 1.02 (01-10-2006)
  • NEW: Change In get_most_viewed() To Accommodate Latest Version Of WP-Stats
• Version 1.01 (01-07-2006)
  • NEW: Added Get Total Views Function
  • FIXED: Modified Get Most Viewed Post Function
• Version 1.00 (01-03-2006)
  • NEW: Initial Release

1. Open wp-content/plugins Folder
2. Put:

   Folder: wp-postviews

3. Activate WP-PostViews Plugin
4. Refer To Usage For Further Instructions

1. Deactivate WP-PostViews Plugin
2. Open wp-content/plugins Folder
3. Put/Overwrite:

   Folder: wp-postviews

4. Delete this folder if exists:

   Folder: postviews

5. Activate WP-PostViews Plugin
6. Refer To Usage For Further Instructions

1. Open wp-content/themes/<YOUR THEME NAME>/index.php

   You may place it in archive.php, single.php, post.php or page.php also.

2. Find:

   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

3. Add Anywhere Below It:

   <?php if(function_exists('the_views')) { the_views(); } ?>

4. Go to 'WP-Admin -> Settings -> PostViews' to configure the plugin.

1. Go to 'WP-Admin -> Appearance -> Widgets'
2. The widget name is Views.

• To Display Least Viewed Posts
• Use:

  <?php if (function_exists('get_least_viewed')): ?>
     <ul>
        <?php get_least_viewed(); ?>
     </ul>
  <?php endif; ?>

  The first value you pass in is what you want to get, 'post', 'page' or 'both'.
  The second value you pass in is the maximum number of post you want to get.

  Default: get_least_viewed('both', 10);

• To Display Most Viewed Posts
• Use:

  <?php if (function_exists('get_most_viewed')): ?>
     <ul>
        <?php get_most_viewed(); ?>
     </ul>
  <?php endif; ?>

  The first value you pass in is what you want to get, 'post', 'page' or 'both'.
  The second value you pass in is the maximum number of post you want to get.

  Default: get_most_viewed('both', 10);

• To Display Least Viewed Posts By Tag
• Use:

  <?php if (function_exists('get_least_viewed_tag')): ?>
     <ul>
        <?php get_least_viewed_tag(); ?>
     </ul>
  <?php endif; ?>

  The first value you pass in is the tag id.
  The second value you pass in is what you want to get, 'post', 'page' or 'both'.
  The third value you pass in is the maximum number of post you want to get.

  Default: get_least_viewed_tag(1, 'both', 10);

• To Display Most Viewed Posts By Tag
• Use:

  <?php if (function_exists('get_most_viewed_tag')): ?>
     <ul>
        <?php get_most_viewed_tag(); ?>
     </ul>
  <?php endif; ?>

  The first value you pass in is the tag id.
  The second value you pass in is what you want to get, 'post', 'page' or 'both'.
  The third value you pass in is the maximum number of post you want to get.

  Default: get_most_viewed_tag(1, 'both', 10);

• To Display Least Viewed Posts For A Category
• Use:

  <?php if (function_exists('get_least_viewed_category')): ?>
     <ul>
        <?php get_least_viewed_category(); ?>
     </ul>
  <?php endif; ?>

  The first value you pass in is the category id.
  The second value you pass in is what you want to get, 'post', 'page' or 'both'.
  The third value you pass in is the maximum number of post you want to get.

  Default: get_least_viewed_category(1, 'both', 10);

• To Display Most Viewed Posts For A Category
• Use:

  <?php if (function_exists('get_most_viewed_category')): ?>
     <ul>
        <?php get_most_viewed_category(); ?>
     </ul>
  <?php endif; ?>

  The first value you pass in is the category id.
  The second value you pass in is what you want to get, 'post', 'page' or 'both'.
  The third value you pass in is the maximum number of post you want to get.

  Default: get_most_viewed_category(1, 'both', 10);

• To Sort Most/Least Viewed Posts
• You can use:

  <?php query_posts('v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc') ?>

  Or pass in the variables to the URL:

  http://yoursite.com/?v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc

  You can replace desc with asc if you want the least viewed posts.