Displays the most recent posts in a widget, how many times they have been viewed over last (n) days, and images for popularity.
As of April 2026, Recent Post Views is a WordPress post plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 6.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Post Type Switcher.
This plugin requires the WP-PostViews plugin to be installed and setup to work correctly. (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postviews/)
This plugin displays a widget in the sidebar with the most recently viewed posts over the last 2 days, the number of times they were viewed, a link to each, and images corresponding to whether they were “hot” posts or not (calculated as a percentage of the most viewed post).
| WordPress | 2.8.0+ requiredTested up to 3.3.3 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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