Posts not updating

Hi @lauratraveler,

Could it be that some LiteSpeed Cache settings are interfering with the WordPress Popular Posts plugin?

Could be, try disabling the LiteSpeed Cache plugin and check again. If the problem goes away after disabling it then you’ll know for sure it’s something related to that particular plugin.

If the problem persists even after disabling the LiteSpeed Cache plugin then it might be a conflict with a different plugin altogether. In such case try following these troubleshooting instructions and report back your results.

@hcabrera Okay, I ran the tests and I think it’s not the plugin but my understanding of it. On the main dashboard page under “Trending now” I can see a quite dynamic list of posts that change every few minutes. But when I go to the plugin’s settings > stats the most viewed posts for the 7 days and 24 hours match what I see on the front end (I’ve installed the plugin 2 days ago so the 2 are the same). So the question is, is it possible to change the criteria used to display the popular posts – such as the timeframe and the type of post (most viewed, most commented, hall of fame, etc.)? Thank you!

Alright so here’s an example on how things work.

On the Stats page (WP Dashboard > Settings > WordPress Popular Posts) we have 4 “tabs”:

Most Viewed

Lists the most viewed posts within the selected Time Range (above the Comments / Views labels from the chart). You can tell which Time Range is the currently active one as it’s styled differently from the other ones.

Following the example from the screenshot, this would be the equivalent of setting the Time Range dropdown from the widget to “Last 7 days” and the Sort posts by dropdown to “Total views”.

Most Commented

Works exactly the same way as the Most Viewed tab, except this one lists the most commented posts from the selected Time Range.

This would be the equivalent of setting the Time Range dropdown from the widget to “Last 7 days” and the Sort posts by dropdown to “Comments”.

Trending now

Lists the most viewed posts within the last 24 hours.

This would be the equivalent of setting the Time Range dropdown from the widget to “Last 24 hours” and the Sort posts by dropdown to “Total views”.

Hall of Fame

Lists the most viewed posts of all time.

This would be the equivalent of setting the Time Range dropdown from the widget to “All-time” and the Sort posts by dropdown to “Total views”.

Configuration

There’s also a little popup window that allows you to configure some of the stuff you see on the Stats page:

• Post type (by default it’s post)
• Max. number of posts to show (default is 10)
• Whether to only show posts that were published within the selected time range (eg. list the most viewed / commented posts that were published within the last 7 days)

So I just realized I kind of wrote a wall of text here haha hopefully it answers your questions but if not feel free to let me know, alright?

@hcabrera Thank you for the long explanation. I apologise for being slow, but how can I show the most viewed posts in the last 24 hours on the front end? Right now the most viewed posts in the last 7 or 30 days (I can’t tell the difference because they are the same) are being displayed and I’d like my popular posts list to be more dynamic, as there are more differences on a 24 hours range than on the 7 days range. Thank you!

No worries, it’s a (sort of) complex plugin so feel free to ask any questions you may have.

To have your popular posts list show the most viewed posts in the last 24 hours:

• Set Time Range to Last 24 hours.
• Check that Sort posts by is set to Total views.
• Save changes.

@hcabrera Thank you! For some reason I kept on looking at the settings > stats page and there was no “Save” button there. I figured it out eventually. Thank you for your patience.

Don’t mention it, glad I could help!