Use buttons to interactive display different options

Hi gabu69,

1) Click a button to display the most popular posts:
– day, week, month, year, all time

You could probably use some Javascript / jQuery scripts for this (for example: A method for adding jQuery UI tabs into WordPress). Create a new page template for your theme with this functionality and use the wpp_get_mostpopular() template tag to retrieve different time ranges for each tab.

2) Have a dropdown menu set by defaul to all the categories but as well to display the most popular posts individually by category?

This is possible as well, since the plugin itself uses AJAX to display the posts. However, it’s not a trivial task and right now I can’t think of a simple solution for this.

Ic

thanks a lot for the super fast response sir ??

Functions like this would be super handy, to have lets say in a normal blog like a page section for a hall of fame they can enter, reducing even more the bounce rate in some cases for those addictive readers that want to find the best content

any ideas in the future to add functions like this to use simply with a shortcode?

thanks a lot sir

The main objective of WordPress Popular Posts is to be a flexible plugin, easy to use for the majority. The same principle applies to its shortcode: it must be a “fire-and-forget” kind of thing. Actually, the wpp shortcode already does what you said:

… a hall of fame they can enter, reducing even more the bounce rate in some cases for those addictive readers that want to find the best content.

While I like your idea, it won’t be implemented for the very same reason stated at the first paragraph of this long comment: it would make the shortcode unnecessarily complex, and I prefer keeping things simple for everyone.

I could help you with your first request, though, since it’s not that difficult to implement. The second one, however, is a different story.