Show wpp_get_views(). with shortcode

Hi @itism64,

The [wpp] shortcode returns a list of all popular posts so that won’t work.

Since WordPress Popular Posts doesn’t have a shortcode to display the views count of a post or a page you could just simply create a new shortcode, like this for example:

/**
 * Registers the shortcode [wpp_views_count].
 *
 * @author Hector Cabrera (https://cabrerahector.com)
 * @return string
 */
function wpp_views_count_func() {
    if (
        function_exists('wpp_get_views')
        && is_single()
    ) {
        $views_count = wpp_get_views( get_the_ID() );
        return ($views_count == 1) ? '1 view' : $views_count . ' views';
    }

    return '';
}
add_shortcode( 'wpp_views_count', 'wpp_views_count_func' );

Add that to your theme’s functions.php file and then you can use [wpp_views_count] on your posts and pages.

Works for me with the Twenty Seventeen theme so I’m not sure what’s going on. Make sure you’re pasting that code snippet at the end of your theme’s functions.php file to avoid messing around with the existing code.