Choose To Display Post Views With An Options Panel

Question

So this goes in your themes functions.php file. This adds a metabox on the right side of your editscreen within posts called “Enable Post Views on this Post”:
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// Hook into WordPress
add_action( 'admin_init', 'add_custom_metabox' );
add_action( 'save_post', 'wpse_16722_save_post_views_value' );

/**
 * Add meta box
 */

function add_custom_metabox() {
    add_meta_box( 'enable_post_views', __( 'Enable Post Views on this Post' ), 'wpse_16722_enable_post_views', 'post', 'side', 'low' );
}

/**
 * Display the metabox
 */

function wpse_16722_enable_post_views() {
    global $post;
    $enable_views = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'enable_views', true );

    ?>
        <p>
            <input type="checkbox" id="enable-views" name="enable_views" value="1" <?php checked( $enable_views, 1 ); ?> style="margin-right: 10px;">
            <label for="enable-views"><?php _e('Enable Post Views on this Post', 'domain'); ?></label>
        </p>

<?php
}

/**
 * Process the custom metabox fields
 */

function wpse_16722_save_post_views_value( $post_id ) {
    global $post;   

    if( isset( $_POST['enable_views'] ) ? $_POST['enable_views'] : '' ) {
        update_post_meta( $post->ID, 'enable_views', $_POST['enable_views'] );
    } else {
        delete_post_meta( $post->ID, 'enable_views' );
    }
}

/**
 * Get and return the values for the URL and description
 */

function wpse_16722_get_post_views_box() {
    global $post;
    $enable_views = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'enable_views', true );

    return $enable_views;
}

It saves the value as metadata on your posts. The meta_key is “enable_views” and you can see it in your database under yourprefix_postmeta.

When you have the value saved on a post as true. You can simpley just check this on the post where you want the counter like this:

// Inside the loop add this 
// Get the values from "enable_views"
// If true add the views counter

$is_enabled = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'enable_views', true );

if( $is_enabled ) {
    echo getPostViews( post->ID ); 
}

Update New 19.11

Only show views when options is “Yes” put this in your single.php

// Get the options
$options = get_option('to_post_views');

// Echo if options is Yes
if( $options == 'Yes' ) {
    echo getPostViews( get_the_ID() );
}

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