indyparker

Okay- will let you know when I get to test it.

Hi Ajay,

The caching has made some difference but not huge. Things are still slow.

So, happy to test the beta – you have my email from before.

Hi Ajay,

Thanks for your response. I will switch on the caching and check with our hosting support team to see if it makes a difference and let you know accordingly.

Hi Hector,

Thanks for your reply.

Okay, I will forward the link(s) to the hosting team to see what the next steps will be.

If they have more questions, I shall contact you.

Regards,

Indy

Hi Hector,

Thanks for your reply.

I shall forward your point about CloudFlare to the hosting company.

Is this Wiki section

https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/7.-Performance

You mention a few things. Is there anything we need to do from this?

With regards to the ‘Views’ display – this has always been present when we have WPP enabled.

https://prnt.sc/L4I7UgIM6fFV

We only use WPP for the views, nothing from GA comparisons. This figure begins to rise as soon as caches are cleared and it can be 1000+ when this is the case, thus, reflecting more hits on the server, than missed due to the cache.

Therefore, what we need for our WPP popular posts to show is a more realistic views figure, which gets reduced as the caches begin to populate.

Hi Ajay,

The staging is the same – it was a snapshot. The plugins have all been updated as per the live. Oddly, it works on there. I can give you access to it.

Re. the code, not sure how I would replace the active_sidebar check? Can you provide the full code for this segment. What I need to change it to etc.

Regards,

Indy

HI Ajay,

It is a live site, so I cannot switch off the plugins. It started to happen after upgrading to PHP 8.1 last week.

I tried an experiment and went to our staging server. Where the plugin still works – this is also on PHP 8.1:

https://prnt.sc/TqRo8NiFFAw8

https://shorturl.at/doxLZ

On the staging, 3 plugins are off – due to licensing etc.

https://prnt.sc/xE6LySUn2GQl

Where the Related Reads works (using your plugin):

https://shorturl.at/xyzHX

https://prnt.sc/GdA3RvV4HsNt

https://prnt.sc/DPYA78sIawxG

So, I switched these off on the live server too:

https://prnt.sc/SKrRd109fIqA

But no difference, it still does not work ??

————

I tried the date option – it only produces one related read. If I then set it back to relevance. Nothing.

I really do need a fix to this. I can give you access to my site via a secure link or email.

Regards,

Indy

Hi Ajay,

Here are the widget settings:

https://prnt.sc/6yvNY6Oa2476

Plugin settings:

GENERAL

https://prnt.sc/KOvfkqZD4DW0

https://prnt.sc/pf5JfwOxaUJF

LISTTUNING

https://prnt.sc/0yAGn1xwaC0-

https://prnt.sc/sBQtWT7QLZ3R

https://prnt.sc/hqlhxR6ByLI-

OUTPUT

https://prnt.sc/cV3HjwsBaQMr

https://prnt.sc/H8CMvTsOy1AE

https://prnt.sc/l9Aror6ZkKJ4

THUMBNAIL

https://prnt.sc/YrVFeodChfCC

https://prnt.sc/HT0JcZZ2uHA4

STYLES:

https://prnt.sc/5JQZGNIAVJYK

FEED:

https://prnt.sc/pWfYkChZKITS

—————-

I removed the widget and re-added it. But result is same. Cleared all caches as well.

https://prnt.sc/93QugGZLGjlo

Regards,

Indy

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Hi Ajay

Here is the PHP code:

                     



                        <section class="related-reads-section <?=$sidebar_cat;?>_cate_wid">

                            <h2 class="section-title capitalize h2-related">

                                <span>Related Reads</span><i></i>

                            </h2>

                            <div class="flex">

                                <ul>                                

                                <?php 

                                    if ( is_active_sidebar( 'single-related-post' ) ) :

                                        dynamic_sidebar( 'single-related-post' );

                                    endif; 

                                ?>    

                                </ul>                            

                            </div>

                            <div class="clear"></div>

                        </section>                                          

And here is the widget registered

function lym_post_relatedPost() {       

    register_sidebar( array(            

                'name' => 'Single Post - Below Posts',          

                'id' => 'single-related-post',

                )); 

}   

add_action( 'widgets_init', 'lym_post_relatedPost' );

Here is the widget setting for CRP

https://prnt.sc/GWDRTyGasI1n

Regards,

Indy

Hi,

Thanks. I have left a comment supporting this.

IndyParker

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I’ve tried editing the template but not getting much joy as I am not hugely technical.

Do you have the code/template that can do the following?

1. Display 10 Most Popular Posts

2. Two rows: 5 in a row – 1,2,3,4,5 (row 1), 6,7,8,9,10 (row 2)

3. Featured image thumbnail with post title below it for each post in this table.

Your help with this is highly appreciated.

Regards,
Indy

Hi,

I have a few key questions related to using your plugin now.

1. Why are the results showing post 1 as the lowest views and post 10 as the highest, in a 10 post list? How can this order be changed to highest views first?

2. I have ‘display post views’ unchecked in the widget but it still shows the views under each post title.

MOST IMPORTANT TASK:

What I am trying to do is the following:

I need to produce a TRENDING popular posts widget that can output the posts that have been published within a certain time period e.g. posts published in the last 7 days, 30 days etc.

Therefore, the output needs to show posts that have been published in the above time period, not from the date they were published. Because at the moment I see very old posts showing that I do not want to include. The widget needs to as ‘fresh’ as possible.

Therefore, I need to filter by ‘post date’.

It would be great if you had it as a feature on your plugin. See here for the WP Popular Posts widget:

https://prntscr.com/20wz9g0

What is the most optimal way to do this?

Your help with this is highly appreciated.

Regards,
Indiy

Hi,

When I click on Widgets Management, it gives me a 404 error.

With a url like this:

https://www.xyz.com/wp-admin/%7B!!%20admin_url(widgets.php

Any ideas?

Hi,

It’s set up I think!

This is what I got:

https://prntscr.com/20wvf7p

https://prnt.sc/20wvbu5

Please let me know if this is correct?

Thanks

Hi,

I’m trying to set-up the Private Authorisation and following your guide here:

https://www.presslabs.com/docs/code/toplytics/installation/

But the Google project API screen is different or has changed since this documentation.

CREATING CREDENTIALS:

1. OAuth Consent Screen first asks this:

https://prntscr.com/20wryhz

2. After selecting ‘External’ as it seems like the right one? I get this:

https://prntscr.com/20ws1f9
https://prntscr.com/20ws2r0

Please advise on how I can get this working. Plus anything else I need to do with this.

Regards,
Indyparker

• This reply was modified 2 years, 12 months ago by indyparker.