I have related post code as below

<div >Related Posts</div>
<div >
    <?php
    $related = get_posts(
        array(
            'category__in' => wp_get_post_categories($post->ID),
            'numberposts' => 6,
            'post__not_in' => array($post->ID)
        )
    );
    if( $related ) {
        foreach( $related as $post ) {
            setup_postdata($post);
            get_template_part( 'includes/templates/loop', 'single' );
        }
    }
    wp_reset_postdata();
    ?>
</div>

i found popular post codes here WP Populer Post

how to make the popular post code implemented in the code made above?

CodePudding user response：

Just use below code into your functions.php

/*
 * Set post views count using post meta
 */
function setPostViews($postID) {
    $countKey = 'post_views_count';
    $count = get_post_meta($postID, $countKey, true);
    if($count==''){
        $count = 0;
        delete_post_meta($postID, $countKey);
        add_post_meta($postID, $countKey, '0');
    }else{
        $count  ;
        update_post_meta($postID, $countKey, $count);
    }
}

Put setPostViews(get_the_ID()); into single.php file.

Then use below code for popular posts:

<div >Related Posts</div>
<div >
    <?php
    query_posts(
        array(
            'category__in' => wp_get_post_categories($post->ID),
            'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
            'meta_key' => 'post_views_count',
            'posts_per_page' => '6',
            'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
            'order' => 'DESC'
        )
    );
    if (have_posts()) :
        while (have_posts()) :
            the_post();
            get_template_part( 'includes/templates/loop', 'single' );
        endwhile;
    endif;
    wp_reset_query();
    ?>
</div>