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What's next?<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Please see the Usage section below to learn how to add a popular post list to your site. Once you're done, keep reading.<\/li>\n<li>If you have a caching plugin installed on your site, flush its cache now so WPP can start tracking your site.<\/li>\n<li>If you have a plugin that minifies JavaScript (JS) installed on your site please read this FAQ: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cabrerahector\/wordpress-popular-posts\/wiki\/5.-FAQ#is-wordpress-popular-posts-compatible-with-plugins-that-minifybundle-javascript-code\">Is WP Popular Posts compatible with plugins that minify\/bundle JavaScript code?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If you have a security \/ firewall plugin installed on your site, make sure you <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/wpp-does-not-count-properly\/#post-10411163\">allow WPP access to the REST API<\/a> so it can start tracking your site.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Appearance &gt; Editor &gt; Theme File Editor. 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If so, it might be a good idea to check <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cabrerahector\/wordpress-popular-posts\/wiki\/7.-Performance\">these suggestions<\/a> to make sure your site's performance stays up to par.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>That's it!<\/p>\n\n<h4>USAGE<\/h4>\n\n<p>WP Popular Posts can be used in four different ways:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>If you're using the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/wordpress-editor\/\">Block Editor<\/a> you can insert a WP Popular Posts block on your sidebar and even anywhere within your posts and pages.<\/li>\n<li>As a template tag: you can place it anywhere on your theme with <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cabrerahector\/wordpress-popular-posts\/wiki\/2.-Template-tags#wpp_get_mostpopular\"><code>wpp_get_mostpopular()<\/code><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cabrerahector\/wordpress-popular-posts\/wiki\/1.-Using-WPP-on-posts-&amp;-pages\">shortcode<\/a>, so you can embed it inside a post or a page.<\/li>\n<li>If you're using <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/elementor\/\">Elementor<\/a> on your site you can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/cabrerahector.com\/wordpress\/wordpress-popular-posts-7-3-experimental-elementor-support\/\">WP Popular Posts widget for Elementor<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>Make sure to stop by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cabrerahector\/wordpress-popular-posts\/wiki\">Wiki<\/a><\/strong> as well, you'll find even more info there!<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<p>The FAQ section has been moved <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cabrerahector\/wordpress-popular-posts\/wiki\/5.-FAQ\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>7.3.8<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fixes a character encoding issue that can happen under some circumstances (props to qwe987299 for the report!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabrerahector.com\/wordpress\/wordpress-popular-posts-7-3-experimental-elementor-support\/#7.3.8\">Release notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h4>7.3.7<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fixes shortcode rendering empty tags (props to NetzzJD for the report!)<\/li>\n<li>Renames filter hook pretiffy_numbers to prettify_numbers.<\/li>\n<li>Adds toggle to display the Y-axis in the Stats chart.<\/li>\n<li>Minor code improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabrerahector.com\/wordpress\/wordpress-popular-posts-7-3-experimental-elementor-support\/#7.3.7\">Release notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h4>7.3.6<\/h4>\n\n<p><strong>If you're updating from a previous version please clear your popular posts thumbnails cache via WP Dashboard &gt; Settings &gt; WP Popular Posts &gt; Tools &gt; Thumbnails &gt; Empty image cache button.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Improves security around thumbnail generation (props to smile9381!)<\/li>\n<li>Removes deprecated \/v1\/popular-posts POST endpoint.<\/li>\n<li>Minimum required PHP version is now 7.4.<\/li>\n<li>Minor code improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabrerahector.com\/wordpress\/wordpress-popular-posts-7-3-experimental-elementor-support\/#7.3.6\">Release notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h4>7.3.5<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fixes Elementor widget stuck in infinite loading animation.<\/li>\n<li>Fixes broken database query in get_views() (props to raphaelw!)<\/li>\n<li>Fixes an issue where config.json files from theme overrides would be ignored (thanks alexg904!)<\/li>\n<li>Minor styling enhancements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabrerahector.com\/wordpress\/wordpress-popular-posts-7-3-experimental-elementor-support\/#7.3.5\">Release notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h4>7.3.4<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>New name! See the <a href=\"https:\/\/cabrerahector.com\/wordpress\/wordpress-popular-posts-renamed-to-wp-popular-posts\/\">Rename announcement<\/a> for more details.<\/li>\n<li>Minimum required WordPress version is now 6.2.<\/li>\n<li>Minor code improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabrerahector.com\/wordpress\/wordpress-popular-posts-7-3-experimental-elementor-support\/#7.3.4\">Release notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h4>7.3.3<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Hotfix: wpp shortcode no longer forces AJAX loading on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabrerahector.com\/wordpress\/wordpress-popular-posts-7-3-experimental-elementor-support\/#7.3.3\">Release notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h4>7.3.2<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Compatibility: Fixes a fatal error that can happen when using Polylang.<\/li>\n<li>Compatibility: Themes should now work with WP-Rocket.<\/li>\n<li>New notice about Pretty Permalinks being required has been added.<\/li>\n<li>Fixes shortcode getting stuck on the loading animation in Elementor's editor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabrerahector.com\/wordpress\/wordpress-popular-posts-7-3-experimental-elementor-support\/#7.3.2\">Release notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h4>7.3.1<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fixes wpp_start\/end being striped out if empty (props to ispreview!)<\/li>\n<li>Fixes posts not loading on the Stats screen for Author users (props to waheed61!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabrerahector.com\/wordpress\/wordpress-popular-posts-7-3-experimental-elementor-support\/#7.3.1\">Release notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h4>7.3.0<\/h4>\n\n<p><strong>If you're using a caching plugin and\/or a plugin that minifies JavaScript code it's highly recommended to clear its cache after installing \/ updating to this version.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Adds Elementor support: WordPress Popular Posts now includes a native Elementor widget! 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