Version 3.1.0 Beta 1

• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed PHP notice on widgets.php page due to the block
  • Widget checkboxes are not saved in WordPress 5.8

Version 3.0.0

• Features:

  • New Top_Ten_Query class for fetching popular posts. Adds the function get_tptn_posts() which replaces get_tptn_pop_posts() which will be deprecated in a future version
  • New option to exclude the Front page and Posts page if these are set in Settings > Reading or via Customizer
  • New option in the Widget to include specific post IDs in the top lists. You can also use them in the shortcode using include_post_ids
  • New block for Gutenberg aka the block editor. The block is called Popular Posts [Top 10] and you can find it under the widgets category
  • Top 10 now supports the WP REST API. The plugin adds a new tracker type called REST API based which you can find under Counter/Tracker settings. Additionally, you can now receive the popular posts via a REST Request to top-10/v1/popular-posts

• Enhancements/Modifications:

  • No popular posts feed will be added if the corresponding slug is set to blank
  • Changed sum_count to visits

• Bug fixes:

  • PHP notices when displaying Network Wide Popular Posts in WordPress Multisite
  • Query based tracker gave an ajax error

Version 3.0.0 - Beta 3

• Features:

  • New Top_Ten_Query class for fetching popular posts. Adds the function get_tptn_posts() which replaces get_tptn_pop_posts() which will be deprecated in a future version
  • New option to exclude the Front page and Posts page if these are set in Settings > Reading or via Customizer
  • New option in the Widget to include specific post IDs in the top lists. You can also use them in the shortcode using include_post_ids
  • New block for Gutenberg aka the block editor. The block is called Popular Posts [Top 10] and you can find it under the widgets category
  • Top 10 now supports the WP REST API. The plugin adds a new tracker type called REST API based which you can find under Counter/Tracker settings. Additionally, you can now receive the popular posts via a REST Request to top-10/v1/popular-posts

• Enhancements/Modifications:

  • No popular posts feed will be added if the corresponding slug is set to blank.

• Bug fixes:

  • PHP notices when displaying Network Wide Popular Posts in WordPress Multisite
  • Query based tracker gave an ajax error

Version 3.0.0 Beta 2

• Features:

  • New Top_Ten_Query class for fetching popular posts. Adds the function get_tptn_posts() which replaces get_tptn_pop_posts() which will be deprecated in a future version
  • New option to exclude the Front page and Posts page if these are set in Settings > Reading or via Customizer
  • New option in the Widget to include specific post IDs in the top lists. You can also use them in the shortcode using include_post_ids
  • New block for Gutenberg aka the block editor. The block is called Popular Posts [Top 10] and you can find it under the widgets category

• Enhancements/Modifications:

  • No popular posts feed will be added if the corresponding slug is set to blank.

• Bug fixes:

  • PHP notices when displaying Network Wide Popular Posts in WordPress Multisite
  • Query based tracker gave an ajax error

Version 3.0.0 Beta 1

Introducing Top_Ten_Query modelled around WP_Query which should make it a lot easier to build custom popular posts lists.

The admin area has a new dashboard which displays charts over a forecast period along with a list of top posts today, yesterday, in the last 7 and 30 days respectively and all time.

Version 2.9.5

Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/top-10-v2-9-0/

• Bug fixes:
  • Security fix: Nonces were not always checked in import module

Version 2.9.4

Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/top-10-v2-9-0/

• Bug fixes:
  • .json file error when trying to import tables in the Tools page

Version 2.9.3

Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/top-10-v2-9-0/

• Enhancements:

  • Cache now uses MD5 generated keys based on the Top 10 parameters being passed. This means the cache should now work with shortcodes and manual implementations
  • Database creation now uses the correct collation

• Bug fixes:

  • include_cat_ids didn't work with the shortcode
  • Password protected posts will no longer show the excerpt

Version 2.9.2

Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/top-10-v2-9-0/

• Bug fixes:
  • Custom CSS box was not saved when saving settings

Version 2.9.1

Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/top-10-v2-9-0/

• Bug fixes:
  • Published age of posts parameter was no longer working
  • Importing settings should now work properly - previously checkboxes all ended up being enabled
  • In rare cases, the tracker would throw PHP errors e.g. on search results page where no posts were loaded and tracker was enabled to load on all pages