As of April 2026, My Popular Posts Widget is a WordPress post plugin with 40 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.
A very simple popular posts widget which displays posts by comment count (with featured image).
This is a very simple plugin which displays your posts by comment count when activated at your desired sidebar.
It comes with a setting whether you’d like to display your post’s featured image or not and also be to adjust the width and height of it.
No CSS styling has been done and it is up to you to customize it.
Please write a review or rate if you like it! 🙂
my-popular-posts-widget folder from the /wp-content/plugins/ directorymy-popular-posts-widget folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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