Count post views in wordpress
The code below will help you count article views without using the plugin. Just need a few simple code . Note the code below supports you to use the cache comfortably. No need to worry about not counting article views when using caches
Add to functions.php file
The following function helps you get views and set views of a post. Which uses ajax to count views when using cache. Insert code into the functions.php file
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function getPostViews($postID, $is_single = true){
global $post;
if(!$postID) $postID = $post->ID;
$count_key = ‘post_views_count’;
$count = get_post_meta($postID, $count_key, true);
if(!$is_single){
return ‘<span class="svl_show_count_only">’.$count.’ Views</span>’;
}
$nonce = wp_create_nonce(‘devvn_count_post’);
if($count == "0"){
delete_post_meta($postID, $count_key);
add_post_meta($postID, $count_key, ‘0’);
return ‘<span class="svl_post_view_count" data-id="’.$postID.’" data-nonce="’.$nonce.’">0 View</span>’;
}
return ‘<span class="svl_post_view_count" data-id="’.$postID.’" data-nonce="’.$nonce.’">’.$count.’ Views</span>’;
}
function setPostViews($postID) {
$count_key = ‘post_views_count’;
$count = get_post_meta($postID, $count_key, true);
if($count == "0" || empty($count) || !isset($count)){
add_post_meta($postID, $count_key, 1);
update_post_meta($postID, $count_key, 1);
}else{
$count++;
update_post_meta($postID, $count_key, $count);
}
}
add_action( ‘wp_ajax_svl-ajax-counter’, ‘svl_ajax_callback’ );
add_action( ‘wp_ajax_nopriv_svl-ajax-counter’, ‘svl_ajax_callback’ );
function svl_ajax_callback() {
if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_REQUEST[‘nonce’], "devvn_count_post")) {
exit();
}
$count = 0;
if ( isset( $_GET[‘p’] ) ) {
global $post;
$postID = intval($_GET[‘p’]);
$post = get_post( $postID );
if($post && !empty($post) && !is_wp_error($post)){
setPostViews($post->ID);
$count_key = ‘post_views_count’;
$count = get_post_meta($postID, $count_key, true);
}
}
die($count.’ Views’);
}
add_action( ‘wp_footer’, ‘svl_ajax_script’, PHP_INT_MAX );
function svl_ajax_script() {
if(!is_single()) return;
?>
<script>
(function($){
$(document).ready( function() {
$(‘.svl_post_view_count’).each( function( i ) {
var $id = $(this).data(‘id’);
var $nonce = $(this).data(‘nonce’);
var t = this;
$.get(‘<?php echo admin_url( ‘admin-ajax.php’ ); ?>?action=svl-ajax-counter&nonce=’+$nonce+’&p=’+$id, function( html ) {
$(t).html( html );
});
});
});
})(jQuery);
</script>
<?php
}
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Using
Insert the following code into the while loop () where you want to display view views or anywhere with a specific article ID
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echo getPostViews(get_the_ID());
echo getPostViews(12);
echo getPostViews(get_the_ID(), false);
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Add display post views in admin
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add_filter(‘manage_posts_columns’, ‘posts_column_views’);
add_action(‘manage_posts_custom_column’, ‘posts_custom_column_views’,5,2);
function posts_column_views($defaults){
$defaults[‘post_views’] = __( ‘Views’ , ” );
return $defaults;
}
function posts_custom_column_views($column_name, $id){
if( $column_name === ‘post_views’ ) {
echo getPostViews( get_the_ID(), false);
}
}
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Query to display posts with the most views.
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$q = new WP_Query(array(
‘post_type’ => ‘post’,
‘posts_per_page’ => 5,
‘meta_key’ => ‘post_views_count’,
‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value_num’,
‘order’ => ‘DESC’
));
if($q->have_posts()):
echo ‘
<ul>’;
while ($q->have_posts()):$q->the_post();
echo ‘
<li>’ . get_the_title() . ‘ – ‘ . getPostViews( get_the_ID(), false) . ‘</li>
‘;
endwhile;
echo ‘</ul>
‘;
endif; wp_reset_query();
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