Display popular posts of the current category

Hi @claytonchase,

Currently there’s no way to have the widget automatically filter posts by category.

You can, however, use the wpp_get_mostpopular() template tag for that. For example:

$args = array(
    'range'     => 'last24hours',
    'post_type' => 'post'
);

// We're currently viewing a category archive page
if ( is_category() ) {
    // Retrieve the ID of the category
    $args['cat'] = get_queried_object_id();
}

wpp_get_mostpopular( $args );

Thanks for the reply! I’ll give it a shot.

I achieved it like this (very simplified though)

 $categories = get_the_category();  //get the category  
        $amadeus_pp = array (
        'range' => 'last30days',
        'order_by' => 'views',
        'post_type' => 'post',
        'limit' => 5,
        'title_length' => 70,
        'cat' => $categories[0]->cat_ID,
        'thumbnail_width' => 50,
        'thumbnail_height' => 50,
        'stats_views' => 0,  
        'post_html' => '<li style="margin-left: 0;"><div class="ba-pop-post"><div class="ba-pop-post-image">{thumb}</div><div class="ba-pop-post-title">{title}</div></div></li>',
        );
        // output the query
        wpp_get_mostpopular($amadeus_pp);

Just realized that I completely misunderstood what the OP was trying to achieve. @divemasterza’s solution is the right answer, thanks for sharing it!

Note thought that as is it’ll work only if the code is placed somewhere inside The Loop.

Hi @divemasterza,

I am looking for this solution to but i don’t know where i must put this code? Can u please show me te way?

I’m only using the widget at the moment but i think i have to use the template tag?

Thanks,
Chantal

Hi Chantal,

There are couple ways to achieve this.

You could create:

• A page template
• A custom widget
• Create a shortcode

The first option you will need to create a new template as described in the link, in the other two options you will place in the functions.php of your theme (using a child theme is better to preserve easily your code after updates).

In my case, I used a widget in a sidebar because it was the most flexible to me. You can use this generator to create your code to place in your functions.php It is well commented and you’ll see quickly where you’ll need to insert your custom code. You could wrap everything in an “if statement” to make sure it only displays on posts (my sidebar was only showing on posts so it wasn’t necessary for me)

if ( is single() ) {
//Your code
}

A big thank you to @hcabrera for a well-documented plugin