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Hi @gasmas75,

The plugin doesn’t offer native integration with WPBakery so yes you’ll have to customize the listing via CSS to turn it into a (responsive) grid.

Well i found a solution thanks to @radgh thread and custom function.
Used his function and then used the meta-keys to get the data into WPBakery’s interface.
@hcabrera I Used your variation i found in the thread to correct the over 1000 views issue.
*To whoever it may concern –> Don’t forget to set the $accurancy to 100 for a while until you have a decent view count
Thanks all

Good work, @gasmas75!

If possible, please consider sharing your solution. Other users might benefit from it.

I included the link to the thread, but for convenience this is the function I used in functions.php:

/* Storing views of different time periods as meta keys */
add_action( 'wpp_post_update_views', 'custom_wpp_update_postviews' );

function custom_wpp_update_postviews($postid) {
	// Accuracy:
	//   10  = 1 in 10 visits will update view count. (Recommended for high traffic sites.)
	//   30 = 30% of visits. (Medium traffic websites)
	//   100 = Every visit. Creates many db write operations every request.

	$accuracy = 50;

	if ( function_exists('wpp_get_views') && (mt_rand(0,100) < $accuracy) ) {
		// Remove or comment out lines that you won't be using!!
		update_post_meta( $postid, 'views_total', wpp_get_views( $postid, 'all', false ) );
		update_post_meta( $postid, 'views_daily',   wpp_get_views( $postid, 'daily', false ) );
		update_post_meta( $postid, 'views_weekly',  wpp_get_views( $postid, 'weekly', false ) );
		update_post_meta( $postid, 'views_monthly', wpp_get_views( $postid, 'monthly', false ) );
	}
}

Then in WPBakery I used the meta-key of my choice (views_xxx) as custom sorting.
Just remember as the function’s author (@radgh) mentioned to set $accuracy to 100 for the first clicks.

I already included the link on my previous post, but here it is for convenience:
Use this function from @radgh:

/* Storing views of different time periods as meta keys */
add_action( 'wpp_post_update_views', 'custom_wpp_update_postviews' );

function custom_wpp_update_postviews($postid) {
	// Accuracy:
	//   10  = 1 in 10 visits will update view count. (Recommended for high traffic sites.)
	//   30 = 30% of visits. (Medium traffic websites)
	//   100 = Every visit. Creates many db write operations every request.

	$accuracy = 50;

	if ( function_exists('wpp_get_views') && (mt_rand(0,100) < $accuracy) ) {
		// Remove or comment out lines that you won't be using!!
		update_post_meta( $postid, 'views_total', wpp_get_views( $postid, 'all', false ) );
		update_post_meta( $postid, 'views_daily',   wpp_get_views( $postid, 'daily', false ) );
		update_post_meta( $postid, 'views_weekly',  wpp_get_views( $postid, 'weekly', false ) );
		update_post_meta( $postid, 'views_monthly', wpp_get_views( $postid, 'monthly', false ) );
	}
}

Then in WPBakery’s post grid->Data Settings->Orderby->Meta Value enter the meta-key of your choice (views_xxxx)

I already included the link on my previous post, but here it is for convenience:
Use this function from @radgh:

/* Storing views of different time periods as meta keys */
add_action( 'wpp_post_update_views', 'custom_wpp_update_postviews' );

function custom_wpp_update_postviews($postid) {
	// Accuracy:
	//   10  = 1 in 10 visits will update view count. (Recommended for high traffic sites.)
	//   30 = 30% of visits. (Medium traffic websites)
	//   100 = Every visit. Creates many db write operations every request.

	$accuracy = 50;

	if ( function_exists('wpp_get_views') && (mt_rand(0,100) < $accuracy) ) {
		// Remove or comment out lines that you won't be using!!
		update_post_meta( $postid, 'views_total', wpp_get_views( $postid, 'all', false ) );
		update_post_meta( $postid, 'views_daily',   wpp_get_views( $postid, 'daily', false ) );
		update_post_meta( $postid, 'views_weekly',  wpp_get_views( $postid, 'weekly', false ) );
		update_post_meta( $postid, 'views_monthly', wpp_get_views( $postid, 'monthly', false ) );
	}
}

Then in WPBakery’s post grid->Data Settings->Orderby->Meta Value enter the meta-key of your choice (views_xxxx)