Not sorting by views correctly

Got your e-mail, thanks ??

Does editing in my theme’s functions.php have anything to do with this? I recently did that and the bug kinda appeared after that.

No, not likely. I’ll be sure once I start messing with the data.

Hi @sponker!

Here’s the result of my tests: sorting works correctly for me (screenshots).

What were these changes you mentioned before? Also, could you please list the currently active plugins on your site?

Forget about it. I figured out what the problem is.

WPP is actually sorting the posts / pages correctly. The problem here is formatting. WPP was I18Ning the numeric value of the views count at the wrong time, converting numbers like 1,234 into 1.

So, let’s say you have a post / page at the top of the listing with 9,018 views. Because of the issue described above WPP would format it like 9 views, giving the impression that the plugin was sorting the posts incorrectly. I never noticed this because none of my posts / pages have over 1000 views (I’m talking about my laptop here, where I develop and test the plugin).

Thanks to @sponker and @lovelylifeproject (who also reported the same issue here) for helping out!

Just released WPP 3.2.2 Beta 2 at Github. It’d help a lot if you guys could test it before releasing 3.2.2 to the public.

How to upgrade:

1. Do a backup of your site and database!
2. Go to Plugins and deactivate WordPress Popular Posts 3.2.1 (do not uninstall it, or you’ll lose your data!)
3. Download and extract WPP 3.2.2 Beta 2 into your desktop.
4. Browse the wordpress-popular-posts-3.2.2-beta-2 folder and delete the uninstall.php file. This will allow you to uninstall WPP 3.2.2 Beta without losing your data once the official version is out.
5. Upload the wordpress-popular-posts-3.2.2-beta-2 folder to your site (wp-content/plugins/).
6. Enable WordPress Popular Posts 3.2.2.

Once WPP 3.2.2 is officially available, you’ll get the usual notification from WordPress. So:

1. Disable and uninstall WPP 3.2.2.
2. Enable WPP 3.2.1 again.
3. Run the upgrade process.

Good work Hector. I am currently testing 3.2.2.

I still experience the problem. Out of curiosity, does the plugin “Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions” do harm to the sorting from the new features of 3.2.2? Do you want to check out my homepage? – vi-fit.org

Hi,

I’m sorry for not returning your “call for data”, I’ve been away a few days and can see that the issue is already worked out.

Thanks so much Hector.

Miguel

When I enable Ajaxify Widget in Tools following error displays on my site: “Error: cannot ajaxify WordPress Popular Posts on this theme. It’s missing the id attribute on before_widget (see register_sidebar for more)”. In Settings > WPP the plugin is sorting the posts correctly, but on my homepage it is not. ??
Maybe my theme is not supporting WPP? That’s really not good for me.

Out of curiosity, does the plugin “Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions” do harm to the sorting from the new features of 3.2.2?

Couldn’t tell. It’s kinda impossible for me to test the compatibility of WPP with every plugin out there ??

Would you be willing to provide me access to your site so that I could check things directly there and figure out what’s causing this?

When I enable Ajaxify Widget in Tools following error displays on my site: “Error: cannot ajaxify WordPress Popular Posts on this theme. It’s missing the id attribute on before_widget (see register_sidebar for more)“. In Settings > WPP the plugin is sorting the posts correctly, but on my homepage it is not. ??
Maybe my theme is not supporting WPP? That’s really not good for me.

Indeed. That’s a theme issue, but it’s not related to the sorting problem. It’s a completely different thing. I have posted about that here and here, you may want to check it out ?? (or if you decide to give me access to your site, I can “fix” that while I’m checking the main issue as well).

@miguel, don’t worry about it ?? The good thing about this community is that there’s always someone willing to lend a hand.

I sent you an email with your account informations. Let’s figure this out! ??

Awesome, thanks! I’ll check it out right away.

@sponker just sent you an e-mail. Thing seems a bit more complicated than I hoped, but I won’t give up. As you said, let’s figure it out!

Hey guys!

WPP 3.2.2 is officially out! Among many other things, it resolves the sorting issue reported by the OP and some other users as well.

Please, upgrade to 3.2.2 as soon as possible.

Say thanks to @sponker for his kind help!