how to display posts per popularity?

Hi @lola99,

This should help: How to sort posts by views.

If you have any further questions please let me know.

hi

I am not sure how to use this to display most popular posts by category…

Alright, follow steps 1 and 3 from the instructions posted here. When you’re done, add this to your theme’s functions.php file:

/**
 * Sorts posts in category archive by views count.
 *
 * @param  WP_Query  $query
 */
function sort_category_archive_by_views($query) {
    if ( $query->is_main_query() && $query->is_category() )
    {
        $query->set( 'orderby', 'meta_value_num' );
        $query->set( 'meta_key', 'views_total' );
        $query->set( 'order', 'DESC' );
    }
}
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'sort_category_archive_by_views' );

meta_key should be either views_total (sort by total views count) or views_weekly (sort by most viewed within the last 7 days).

good, it’s working fine, thanks!

Don’t mention it, glad I could help!