Sort query loop by post view count for logged out users

The following code does the following:

  • Creates a custom field named post_views_count.
  • When a logged out visits a posts, the visit counter is incremented by 1.
  • Query loop displays most visited posts in a descending order.
  • Any posts with no visits get added to the query after the visited posts in a published date descending order.

Just insert the code to your child theme’s functions.php file. Insert your query loop and add the class of trending-articles to the query loop grid block.

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