Plugin / AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget

Changelog

0.9.10 [2018-03-09]

• Response of increment hits now in JSON format
• You can use callback function for “success” (ajaxHitsCounterSuccessCallback(xhr)) or “failed” (ajaxHitsCounterFailedCallback(xhr)) result status of increment hits script

0.9.9 [2014-12-19]

• Added option in Settings: “Don’t count hits of admin users”. Currently it works only with normal (not “rapid”) counting script. Thanks for the idea to vvvv.
• Updated screenshots with WordPress 4.1

0.9.8 [2014-12-18]

• Added possibility to set Hits Count format from predefined. Thanks for the idea to emik91, Dre_MPMG, Pulseframe.
• Added possibility to exclude Posts/Pages by their IDs. Thanks for the idea to pFrog.

0.9.7 [2013-12-28]

• Bug fixes and visual fixes for WordPress v3.8

0.9.6 [2013-11-29]

• Added translation in serbo-croatian (sr_RS) language. Thanks to Borisa Djuraskovic.

0.9.5 [2013-11-29]

• Replace filter_var() for PHP < 5.2.0 support.

0.9.4 [2013-11-18]

• Added translation in spanish (es_ES) language. Thanks to Maria Ramos.

0.9.3 [2013-11-14]

• Added translations in russian (ru_RU) and ukrainian (uk_UA) languages.

0.9.2 [2013-10-22]

• Bug fixes

0.9.1 [2013-10-22]

• Added shortcode [hits] (or [hits id=12345]). Thanks for the idea to AsankaD.
• Small bugs fixes

0.9.0 [2013-10-22]

• Added very fast (rapid) alternative hits counter script that used WP constant SHORTINIT. You can choose script type via Settings checkbox in admin area.
• Changed design of Popular Posts Widget

0.8.8 [2013-09-15]

• Added classes for <li> elements: item-num-<NUMBER_IN_ORDER> and item-id-<POST_ID>
• Added coefficients for Hits count and Comments count in Sorting Algorithm.
• Added hits column for Pages in admin dashboard.
• Added meta box for change hits count for Pages in admin dashboard.

0.8.7 [2013-09-03]

• Added counting for pages type too. Now you can choose post types to display in Popular Posts Widget: Pages & Posts, Posts only or Pages only.

0.8.6 [2013-09-02]

• Added import views count (hits) from plugin WP-PostViews to hits of AJAX Hits Counter. Accessible from menu: Tools > Import > AJAX Hits Counter: Import from WP-PostViews. Thanks for the idea to fabinhoalmeida.

0.8.5 [2013-08-29]

• Added Exclude category option. It means that Popular Posts Widget will exclude posts from selected category. In future I do it for more than one category. Thanks for the idea to fenomeno0chris.
• New look of Popular Posts Widget

0.8.4 [2013-08-28]

• Small fixes

0.8.3 [2013-08-28]

• Added Custom CSS box. Now you can add your styles from Widget Management

0.8.2 [2013-03-29]

• Display meta box for change hits count only for administrators.
• Improved logic of hits counting

0.8.1 [2013-03-28]

• Added meta box for change hits count in admin dashboard. Thanks for the idea to benben123.
• Rewritten on objects.

0.8.0 [2013-03-28]

• Added Current Category / Any option. It means that Popular Posts Widget will display only posts from current navigated category or for any category for other pages. Thanks for the idea to benben123.
• Added Posts date range selection. Now you can select posts publication date range, such as day, week, month, 3 months, 6 months, year and all time. Thanks for the idea to whatwillb.
• Added placeholder {post_title_N} to Popular Posts Widget, where N – is words count. Thanks for the idea to fenomeno0chris.
• Updated logic of {post_excerpt_N}.

0.7.6 [2013-02-27]

• Cache lifetime bug fix in Popular Posts Widget

0.7.5 [2013-02-25]

• Fix some bugs in Popular Posts Widget

0.7.4 [2013-02-22]

• Fix some bugs in Popular Posts Widget

0.7.3 [2013-02-22]

• Added category filter to Popular Posts Widget. Thanks for the idea to benben123.
• Updated screenshot

0.7.2 [2013-01-22]

• Added new function ajax_hits_counter_get_hits($post_id) for displaying hits count in your custom theme.
  Example: echo(ajax_hits_counter_get_hits(get_the_ID()).' hits');

0.7.1 [2013-01-03]

• JS optimization

0.7.0 [2013-01-03]

• For plugin’s work you DON’T need anymore any JS-framework, such as jQuery, MooTools, script.aculo.us etc.

0.6.2 [2012-12-27]

• Fix some bugs in Popular Posts Widget

0.6.1 [2012-12-27]

• readme.txt updates

0.6.0 [2012-11-24]

• Fix some bugs in Popular Posts Widget

0.5.9 [2012-11-24]

• Fix some bugs in Popular Posts Widget

0.5.8 [2012-11-23]

• Added placeholder {post_excerpt_N} to Popular Posts Widget, where N – is words count. Thanks for the idea to meetanik.
• Update screenshot of Popular Posts Widget

0.5.7 [2012-11-07]

• Fix some bugs in Popular Posts Widget

0.5.6 [2012-11-06]

• Update screenshot of Popular Posts Widget

0.5.5 [2012-11-06]

• Added placeholders {post_author} and {post_author_link} to Popular Posts Widget. Thanks for the idea to ebreuers.

0.5.4 [2012-11-06]

• Added Sorting Algorithm (Hits, Comments, Hits + Comments) to Popular Posts Widget
• Added placeholder {post_comments_count} to Popular Posts Widget

0.5.3 [2012-09-22]

• Added placeholder {post_hits} to Popular Posts Widget

0.5.2 [2012-09-05]

• Fixed small bug

0.5.1 [2012-09-05]

• Fixed small bug with already in cache data

0.5 [2012-09-05]

• Added placeholders {post_date} and {post_categories} to Popular Posts Widget
• Some performance optimizations

0.4 [2012-09-04]

• Now you can customize Popular Posts Widget output by using placeholders {post_id}, {post_title}, {permalink} and {thumbnail-[thumbnail|large|medium|...|64x64]}

0.3.1 [2012-09-03]

• Fixed bug with displaying posts in Popular Posts Widget

0.3 [2012-09-03]

• Fixed Transient cache usage for Popular Posts Widget
• Added cleaning widget transient cache on save_post action

0.2 [2012-09-03]

• Added Popular Posts Widget

0.1 [2012-08-27]

• AJAX Hits Counter initialization commit