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1. soiwalker
   Member
   Nov 9, 2012, 9:53 AM

   The "Top Posts & Pages by views" widget shows most-viewed posts from 24-48 hours of stats.

   But, I want it to show the most-viewed posts in history, is there any other widget to do that?

   The blog I need help with is soiwalkers.wordpress.com.

2. timethief
   Member
   Nov 9, 2012, 8:25 PM

   No there is not.

3. timethief
   Member
   Nov 9, 2012, 8:28 PM

   However, you have access to your stats page and you can post that into a text widget and display it on your blog if you think there's some sort of reader benefit in doing so.
   http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/
   http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/

   I don't even post my top posts and pages widget as they already have traffic so I can't see the value in promoting them. Instead I encourage traffic flow by featuring posts and pages that have good information in them but the readers have overlooked.

4. lightninglu10
   Member
   Nov 14, 2012, 8:56 AM

   Is there anyway to hyperlink the text-widget?

   Or is there any way to add all posts from a category to the sidebar?

5. oegukeen
   Member
   Dec 9, 2012, 6:13 AM

   Timethief, you have a point in not promoting popular posts cause they are already popular. But I wonder if it encourages people to click through more.

   Is there a way to add those nice little thumbnails like Top Posts and Pages has in text widget?

6. 1tess
   Moderator
   Dec 9, 2012, 7:23 AM

   You would have to add the little thumbnails "by hand" yourself. There is not automatic way to do it. Easiest way is to use a draft post to arrange your thumbnails and make them link to the posts of your choice. Then copy/paste the code into a text widget.

7. oegukeen
   Member
   Dec 11, 2012, 10:12 AM

   Thank you 1tess.

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