This is a very simple widget that displays a link to the top commented posts on your blog.
As of April 2026, Most Popular Posts is a WordPress widget plugin with 300 active installations and a 2/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 51K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.
Most Popular Posts is a basic widget for your sidebar that creates a list of links to the top posts on your blog according to the number of comments on the post. You can customize many aspects of the plugin to fit in your blog.
Updates include including and excluding categories, reverse the order of comments and incorporation of WordPress widget standards.
For a complete list of the changes from each version, please visit the plugin homepage.
For examples and tips on using the plugin, please check the examples on the plugin homepage.
Used exclusively as a widget at the current time.
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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