Richard Vencu

This plugin can list a selectable number of links to the latest sticky posts, within an animated box that enters the screen when it is scrolled down more than a specified percent of the page height. Admins can set the parameters below:
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<li>the percent of vertical scroll where the animated box appears</li>
<li>the number of recent sticky posts to list</li>
<li>if the posts have thumbnail there is an option to turn on / turn off the thumbnail theme capability</li>
<li>since the sticky posts are presented this way, maybe there is no need to keep them on the front page anymore, so the third option allows to disable the sticky property of posts in the main loops</li>
<li>the module can be disabled for specific posts, pages or custom posts from the post editor via a specific metabox</li>
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Other features
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<li>when displaying a post that is sticky, the corresponding link is eliminated from the animated box</li>
<li>if the sticky posts list remains empty, the animated box is not displayed anymore</li>
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This plugin can list a selectable number of latest sticky posts, and push their links into an animated box

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. :@)
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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.

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