Display popular posts with Top_Ten_Query

Top 10 v3.0.0 introduced Top_Ten_Query, which works as a wrapper for WP_Query. This brings all the power and flexibility of WP_Query to Top 10. If you’re not familiar with WP_Query, I recommend reading the documentation.

Standard Loop

<?php

// The Query.
$the_query = new Top_Ten_Query( $args );

// The Loop.
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
	echo '<ul>';
	while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
		$the_query->the_post();
		echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
	}
	echo '</ul>';
} else {
	// no posts found.
}
/* Restore original Post Data */
wp_reset_postdata();

get_tptn_posts()

get_tptn_posts() is a wrapper to Top_Ten_Query. You can use it to retrieve an array of the popular posts. It also accepts the same $args as Top_Ten_Query.

Parameters

In addition to the WP_Query parameters, Top_Ten_Query also takes these additional parameters.