Generate list of top posts all time/this year by view

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  deadheroesdontsave · Member · Dec 27, 2011 at 7:27 pm

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  Thought as year came to a close that is would be neat to see the top ten posts of the year by views. I am not sure if there is a way to generate that list either for a given year or all time for a blog.

  Any ideas?

  Thanks
  Mike

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 27, 2011 at 8:40 pm

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  No, there really isn’t any automatic way. You could filter your stats by “year” and then create a post or use a text widget to put up the list. What you will likely find though, if you look over your stats like I have, that the top ten or so will virtually never change. The top ten for my site for the past 4 years running has been exactly the same. If fact, the top twenty only differs by one or two from year to year. I’ve also noticed this same thing on several of my client’s sites, so it isn’t just me apparently.

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  ismailimail · Member · Dec 27, 2011 at 9:42 pm

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  The reason top posts never change is because even when you filter by the Year, it shows all the top posts from the beginning of your life of the blog. So you have to manually look through each post links to see which posts you made in last year, and if they showed up in the list.

  I’ve been blogging for several years and I do see that the stats reflect the top posts accurately. It is just that the yearly filter is not really an exact yearly filter as it shows all the posts from day one.

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  ismailimail · Member · Dec 27, 2011 at 9:44 pm

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  It is for above reason I asked this question earlier, but apparently …. things have changed here a lot.

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  deadheroesdontsave · Member · Dec 28, 2011 at 2:28 pm

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  ismailimail

  how do I even generate a list of top posts. I can see views for each post on a given day and total views for a post as well. But I don’t even see how to generate the list you mention.

  thanks
  Mike

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  ismailimail · Member · Dec 28, 2011 at 6:35 pm

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  What is your blog address?

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  ismailimail · Member · Dec 28, 2011 at 7:40 pm

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  Go to Dashboard – Stats.

  On the right hand side, in Top Posts & Pages section, click on This Week link.

  Click on Year link (other options are 30 days, quarter, All time).

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  deadheroesdontsave · Member · Dec 28, 2011 at 7:53 pm

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  ismailimail

  — the blog address is
  http://awaitingawhiterobe.wordpress.com

  Clicking the “This Week” link gave me the page with other options!

  Thanks so much!!

  Happy New Year!
  Mike

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  ismailimail · Member · Dec 28, 2011 at 8:14 pm

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  This link should work for you.

  http://awaitingawhiterobe.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=stats&view=postviews&summarize&numdays=365