Mathias Gomig

<p>Displays a simple widget with a list of the most commented posts.</p>
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<li>English and German Translation</li>
<li>Number of Posts choosable</li>
<li>Multiple widgets possible</li>
<li>More Information will be added as the plugin gets better and bigger.</li>
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<p>Features in the future</p>
<ul>
<li>Choose year or period of time</li>
<li>Choose different posts types (Posts, Pages, …)</li>
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Most Commented Posts

Displays a simple widget with a list of the most commented posts.

<p>This is a simple popular posts WordPress widget for your blog. Add and day interval to specify when the posts are considered popular, the default is 365 (one year) you can also filter your post by category. Enjoy!! and please support the plugin. :@)</p>
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<li>Languages http://xparkmedia.com/plugins/popular-widget/#languages</li>
<li>Support http://xparkmedia.com/support/plugin/popular-widget/</li>
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<h4>Features</h4>
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<li>Day range</li>
<li>Disable tabs.</li>
<li>Title length.</li>
<li>Count Display.</li>
<li>Excerpt option.</li>
<li>Excerpt length.</li>
<li>Category filter.</li>
<li>Display thumbnails.</li>
<li>Display recent comments.</li>
<li>Calculate visits or page views.</li>
<li>Custom field options for view counts.</li>
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Popular Widget

The plugin still works as expected but the support doesn't seem to be very responsive: Last reply on the Wordpress forum over 1 year ago, on the recommended official forum over 2 months ago.
More activity would be great since there are not many comparable alternatives.



Nice plugin, and some support would be great

Display the most commented or most viewed posts in a tabbed widget, filter the post by date range or by category. It also includes a tags tab.

Most Commented Posts vs Popular Widget