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Danijel Salijević
Danijel Salijević
8,120 Points
Posted by Danijel Salijević
Danijel Salijević
8,120 Points

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Hi, can someone help me to set up arguments to display most popular ( most readed )posts.

I use code arguments bellow but is not displaying anything. Mybe I need something to turn on that this code works propetly?

$args=array( 'post_type'=>'post', 'cat'=> -1 , 'meta_key'=>'post_views_count' , 'orderby' => 'meta_value_num' , 'posts_per_page' => 3 );

Thank you in advance

Ben Singer
Ben Singer
8,621 Points

HI Danijel,

Have you added the WordPress loop using the WP_Query($args) object?

The $args array doesn't do anything by itself.

<?php 

        /**
         * The WordPress Query class.
         * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query
         *
         */
        $args = array(

            'post_type'=>'post',
            'cat'=> -1 ,
            'meta_key'=>'post_views_count' ,
            'orderby' => 'meta_value_num' ,
            'posts_per_page' => 3 

        );

    $wp_query = new WP_Query( $args );

    if ( have_posts() ) : while ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
    <!-- post -->
    <?php endwhile; ?>
    <!-- post navigation -->
    <?php else: ?>
    <!-- no posts found -->
    <?php endif; ?>


 ?>

1 Answer

Danijel Salijević
Danijel Salijević
8,120 Points
Danijel Salijević
Danijel Salijević
8,120 Points

Yes, sure. But I think that problem is in arguments list . I know that this can be made with plugin, but this is not solution that I'm looking for.