Simple visit counting in WordPress
<?php
//IN single.php put this
?>
<?php set_post_views(get_the_ID());?>
<!-- to show the most readed post of the week (showing 5 post)-->
<ul class="more-readed-widget">
<?php function filter_where($where = '') {
$where .= " AND post_date > '" . date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-7 days')) . "'";
return $where;
$i = 0;
}
add_filter('posts_where', 'filter_where');
query_posts($query_string . 'meta_key=post_views_count&orderby=meta_value_num&order=DESC&posts_per_page=5');
while (have_posts()): the_post();
$i++;
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink()?>"><?php the_title()?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_query();?>
</ul>
<?php
//In function.php
function get_post_views($postID){
$count_key = 'post_views_count';
$count = get_post_meta($postID, $count_key, true);
if($count==''){
delete_post_meta($postID, $count_key);
add_post_meta($postID, $count_key, '0');
return "0";
}
return ' ('.$count.')';
}
function set_post_views($postID) {
$count_key = 'post_views_count';
$count = get_post_meta($postID, $count_key, true);
if($count==''){
$count = 0;
delete_post_meta($postID, $count_key);
add_post_meta($postID, $count_key, '0');
}else{
$count++;
update_post_meta($postID, $count_key, $count);
}
}
?>