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Use something like this : (add it in your function.php) and load your site once. after it finish, deactivate the function. (don’t forget to declare your $postID) function my_update_posts() { $count_key = ‘post_views_count’; $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘post’, ‘numberposts’ => -1 ); $myposts = get_posts($args); foreach ($myposts as $mypost){ $mypost->post_title = $mypost->post_title.”; $count = … Read more

Is there any specific reason you are using $wpdb? You can do the same with WP_Query which is always recommended. So if your meta key for counting post views is views then you can run this WP_Query to return top viewed posts. You can also limit results by posts_per_page. <?php $args = array( ‘post_type’ => … Read more

So this is the code I earlier posted. // Create custom field on post publish function wpse_custom_field_on_publish( $new, $old, $post ) { if ( $new == ‘publish’ && $old != ‘publish’ && !get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘post_views_count’, true ) ) { add_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘post_views’, rand(829, 1013), true ); } } add_action( ‘transition_post_status’, ‘wpse_custom_field_on_publish’, 10, 3 ); Let … Read more

This is a repurposed post from another question which the OP did not find useful, so I’m reposting it here and hopefully will be useful here Please modify the code as needed. Here is a post I have recently done on stackoverflow. It is a modified version of the code you are using. I had … Read more