How to display popular posts by views of each category?

[Divvy]

Hello guys,

Can someone help me with this code?
I want to display most popular posts by views of each category...
I already have a code working but only shows the popular posts of all, not for each category...

Here is my code in single.php file:

<?php
foreach(get_the_category(get_the_ID()) as $keys){
    $cu = $keys->cat_name;
}
?>
<h2 class="single-post-external" style="background: #9F0C67; padding: 8px 0 8px 8px;">Most Viewed Posts in <?php echo $cu; ?> Category<?php //echo  "Like ".get_the_title(); ?></h2>    
    <?php setPostViews(get_the_ID()); ?>
    <?php query_posts('posts_per_page=8&meta_key=post_views_count&orderby=meta_value_num&order=DESC'); ?>
    <div id="main_container" class="mrCatouter container  clearfix">
    <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

And in my functions.php file I have this:

function setPostViews($postID) {    
    $count_key = 'post_views_count';    
    $count = get_post_meta($postID, $count_key, true);    
    if($count==''){        
        $count = 0;        
        delete_post_meta($postID, $count_key);        
        add_post_meta($postID, $count_key, '0');    
    }else{        
        $count++;        
        update_post_meta($postID, $count_key, $count);    
    }
}

I think that I need to change:

query_posts('posts_per_page=8&meta_key=post_views_count&orderby=meta_value_num&order=DESC');

but I don't have sure what to do...

Hope to see some help here

Thank you guys!

Kind regards,
Divvy

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Added after 5 minutes:

I found out that adding a &cat= after DESC and enter the id number for the category it works
But I dont want to show a specific category, I want to show the category where the post is in...
Any ideas?

 

[kaizer01]

just add &cat=(Category ID) on your query.

example:
query_posts('posts_per_page=8&meta_key=post_views_count&orderby=meta_value_num&order=DESC&cat=1');

 

[Divvy]

Hey kaizer01, thank you for your reply.

Yeah, I know that... but I dont want to show a specific category... I want to show the category where the post is in
Any idea how to do that?

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[LowVM]

If I was at your potion then I will prefer to use wordpress plugin.