how to show content in popular post in wordpress? - php

Question

I am using top 10 -popular post plugin.
I added the following lines but it wont display...
$output .= '<li>' .wpautop(wp_trim_words($result["post_content"], 15)). '</li>';
code:
function tptn_pop_posts( $args ) {
global $wpdb, $siteurl, $tableposts, $id, $tptn_settings;
$defaults = array(
'is_widget' => FALSE,
'daily' => FALSE,
'echo' => FALSE,
'strict_limit' => FALSE,
'posts_only' => FALSE,
'is_shortcode' => FALSE,
'heading' => 1,
);
$defaults = array_merge( $defaults, $tptn_settings );
// Parse incomming $args into an array and merge it with $defaults
$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
// OPTIONAL: Declare each item in $args as its own variable i.e. $type, $before.
extract( $args, EXTR_SKIP );
if ($daily) {
$table_name = $wpdb->prefix . "top_ten_daily";
} else {
$table_name = $wpdb->prefix . "top_ten";
}
$limit = ( $strict_limit ) ? $limit : ( $limit * 5 );
$exclude_categories = explode( ',', $exclude_categories );
$target_attribute = ( $link_new_window ) ? ' target="_blank" ' : ' '; // Set Target attribute
$rel_attribute = ( $link_nofollow ) ? ' nofollow' : ''; // Set nofollow attribute
parse_str( $post_types, $post_types ); // Save post types in $post_types variable
if ( ! $daily ) {
$args = array();
$sql = "SELECT postnumber, cntaccess as sumCount, ID, post_type, post_status ";
$sql .= "FROM {$table_name} INNER JOIN ". $wpdb->posts ." ON postnumber=ID " ;
$sql .= "AND post_status = 'publish' ";
if ( '' != $exclude_post_ids ) {
$sql .= "AND ID NOT IN ({$exclude_post_ids}) ";
}
$sql .= "AND ( ";
$multiple = false;
foreach ( $post_types as $post_type ) {
if ( $multiple ) $sql .= ' OR ';
$sql .= " post_type = '%s' ";
$multiple = true;
$args[] = $post_type; // Add the post types to the $args array
}
$sql .= " ) ";
$sql .= "ORDER BY sumCount DESC LIMIT %d";
$args[] = $limit;
} else {
$current_time = current_time( 'timestamp', 0 );
$current_time = $current_time - ( $daily_range - 1 ) * 3600 * 24;
$current_date = date( 'Y-m-j', $current_time );
$args = array(
$current_date,
);
$sql = "SELECT postnumber, SUM(cntaccess) as sumCount, dp_date, ID, post_type, post_status ";
$sql .= "FROM {$table_name} INNER JOIN ". $wpdb->posts ." ON postnumber=ID " ;
$sql .= "AND post_status = 'publish' AND dp_date >= '%s' ";
if ( '' != $exclude_post_ids ) {
$sql .= "AND ID NOT IN ({$exclude_post_ids}) ";
}
$sql .= "AND ( ";
$multiple = false;
foreach ( $post_types as $post_type ) {
if ( $multiple ) $sql .= ' OR ';
$sql .= " post_type = '%s' ";
$multiple = true;
$args[] = $post_type; // Add the post types to the $args array
}
$sql .= " ) ";
$sql .= "GROUP BY postnumber ";
$sql .= "ORDER BY sumCount DESC LIMIT %d";
$args[] = $limit;
}
if ( $posts_only ) { // Return the array of posts only if the variable is set
return apply_filters( 'tptn_pop_posts_array', $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare( $sql , $args ) , ARRAY_A ) );
}
$results = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare( $sql , $args ) );
$counter = 0;
$output = '';
$shortcode_class = $is_shortcode ? ' tptn_posts_shortcode' : '';
$widget_class = $is_widget ? ' tptn_posts_widget' : '';
if ( $heading ) {
if ( ! $daily ) {
$output .= '<div id="tptn_related" class="tptn_posts ' . $widget_class . $shortcode_class . '">' . apply_filters( 'tptn_heading_title', $title );
} else {
$output .= '<div id="tptn_related_daily" class="tptn_posts_daily' . $shortcode_class . '">' . apply_filters( 'tptn_heading_title', $title_daily );
}
} else {
if ( ! $daily ) {
$output .= '<div class="tptn_posts' . $widget_class . $shortcode_class . '">';
} else {
$output .= '<div class="tptn_posts_daily' . $widget_class . $shortcode_class . '">';
}
}
if ( $results ) {
$output .= apply_filters( 'tptn_before_list', $before_list );
foreach ( $results as $result ) {
$sumcount = $result->sumCount;
$result = get_post( apply_filters( 'tptn_post_id', $result->ID ) ); // Let's get the Post using the ID
$categorys = get_the_category( apply_filters( 'tptn_post_cat_id', $result->ID ) ); //Fetch categories of the plugin
$p_in_c = false; // Variable to check if post exists in a particular category
foreach ( $categorys as $cat ) { // Loop to check if post exists in excluded category
$p_in_c = ( in_array( $cat->cat_ID, $exclude_categories ) ) ? true : false;
if ( $p_in_c ) break; // End loop if post found in category
}
$title = tptn_max_formatted_content( get_the_title( $result->ID ), $title_length );
if ( ! $p_in_c ) {
$output .= apply_filters( 'tptn_before_list_item', $before_list_item, $result->ID );
if ( 'after' == $post_thumb_op ) {
$output .= '<a href="' . get_permalink( $result->ID ) . '" rel="bookmark' . $rel_attribute . '" ' . $target_attribute . 'class="tptn_link">'; // Add beginning of link
$output .= '<span class="tptn_title">' . $title . '</span>'; // Add title if post thumbnail is to be displayed after
$output .= '</a>'; // Close the link
}
if ( 'inline' == $post_thumb_op || 'after' == $post_thumb_op || 'thumbs_only' == $post_thumb_op ) {
$output .= '<a href="' . get_permalink( $result->ID ) . '" rel="bookmark' . $rel_attribute . '" ' . $target_attribute . 'class="tptn_link">'; // Add beginning of link
$output .= tptn_get_the_post_thumbnail( array(
'postid' => $result->ID,
'thumb_height' => $thumb_height,
'thumb_width' => $thumb_width,
'thumb_meta' => $thumb_meta,
'thumb_html' => $thumb_html,
'thumb_default' => $thumb_default,
'thumb_default_show' => $thumb_default_show,
'thumb_timthumb' => $thumb_timthumb,
'thumb_timthumb_q' => $thumb_timthumb_q,
'scan_images' => $scan_images,
'class' => "tptn_thumb",
'filter' => "tptn_postimage",
) );
$output .= '</a>'; // Close the link
}
if ( 'inline' == $post_thumb_op || 'text_only' == $post_thumb_op ) {
$output .= '<span class="tptn_after_thumb">';
$output .= '<a href="' . get_permalink( $result->ID ) . '" rel="bookmark' . $rel_attribute . '" ' . $target_attribute . 'class="tptn_link">'; // Add beginning of link
$output .= '<span class="tptn_title">' . $title . '</span>'; // Add title when required by settings
// $output .= '<li>' .wpautop(wp_trim_words($result["post_content"], 15)). '</li>';
$output .= '</a>'; // Close the link
}
if ( $show_author ) {
$author_info = get_userdata( $result->post_author );
$author_name = ucwords( trim( stripslashes( $author_info->display_name ) ) );
$author_link = get_author_posts_url( $author_info->ID );
$output .= '<span class="tptn_author"> ' . __( ' by ', TPTN_LOCAL_NAME ).'' . $author_name . '</span> ';
}
if ( $show_date ) {
$output .= '<span class="tptn_date"> ' . mysql2date( get_option( 'date_format', 'd/m/y' ), $result->post_date ).'</span> ';
}
if ( $show_excerpt ) {
$output .= '<span class="tptn_excerpt"> ' . tptn_excerpt( $result->ID, $excerpt_length ).'</span>';
}
if ( $disp_list_count ) $output .= ' <span class="tptn_list_count">(' . number_format_i18n( $sumcount ) . ')</span>';
if ( 'inline' == $post_thumb_op || 'text_only' == $post_thumb_op ) {
$output .= '</span>';
}
$output .= apply_filters( 'tptn_after_list_item', $after_list_item, $result->ID );
$counter++;
}
if ( $counter == $limit/5 ) break; // End loop when related posts limit is reached
}
if ( $show_credit ) {
$output .= apply_filters( 'tptn_before_list_item', $before_list_item, $result->ID );
$output .= sprintf( 'Popular posts by Top 10 plugin', TPTN_LOCAL_NAME );
$output .= apply_filters( 'tptn_after_list_item', $after_list_item, $result->ID );
}
$output .= apply_filters( 'tptn_after_list', $after_list );
} else {
$output .= ( $blank_output ) ? '' : $blank_output_text;
}
$output .= '</div>';
return apply_filters( 'tptn_pop_posts', $output );
}

Answer 1

You seem to be returning $output. You will need to use echo in order for your HTML to display.
Ref: http://php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php

Answer 2

to show content in popular post by adding the following line below the code.
$output .= '<li><p>' .wp_trim_words(get_post($result->ID)->post_content,15). '</p></li>';
top10.php (top10 popular post plugin)
code:
if ( 'inline' == $post_thumb_op || 'text_only' == $post_thumb_op ) {
$output .= '<span class="tptn_after_thumb">';
$output .= '<a href="' . get_permalink( $result->ID ) . '" rel="bookmark' . $rel_attribute . '" ' . $target_attribute . 'class="tptn_link">'; // Add beginning of link
$output .= '<span class="tptn_title">' . $title . '</span>'; // Add title when required by settings
$output .= '</a>'; // Close the link
$output .= '<li><p>' .wp_trim_words(get_post($result->ID)->post_content,15). '</p></li>';
}