PHP function?

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17 January 2015 at 12:06 #5878

radukn
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Greetings! I know you provide a shortcode, but if I want to add post views counter in a template what is the PHP function? Thank you very much!

19 January 2015 at 10:29 #5882

Bartosz
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Hi,

There is a couple of functions:

pvc_get_post_views($post_id) – to get post views for a post or array of posts
pvc_get_most_viewed_posts($args) – get most viewed posts, a wrapper for get_posts() function, forcing orderby parameter to “post_views”
pvc_post_views($post_id, $echo) – display post views for a given post
pvc_most_viewed_posts($args, $echo) – display a list of most viewed posts

20 June 2015 at 18:01 #7170

Coptic Treasures
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Hi,
elaborating on the abover reply, is there a function to display the total number of views for all the posts combined?
the closest one i found in the reply is :
pvc_get_post_views($post_id) – to get post views for a post or array of posts
pvc_post_views($post_id, $echo) – display post views for a given post

however, i don’t know how to specify the “array of posts” mentioned. so i can specify a big range to cover all the posts.

any advice?
Cheers

20 June 2015 at 18:08 #7171

Coptic Treasures
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Hi,
elaborating on the abover reply, is there a function to display the total number of views for all the posts combined?
the closest one i found in the reply is :
pvc_get_post_views($post_id) – to get post views for a post or array of posts
pvc_post_views($post_id, $echo) – display post views for a given post

however, i don’t know how to specify the “array of posts” mentioned. so i can specify a big range to cover all the posts.

any advice?
Cheers

20 June 2015 at 18:34 #7172
Bartosz
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There’s no smart way to do that with a function yet. We’re working to extend the plugin API with multiple parameters but for now just go with the sql query:
```
global $wpdb;

$total_views = (int) $wpdb->get_var( "
	SELECT SUM(count) AS views
	FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "post_views
	WHERE type = 4"
); 
```
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