We can rarely see blogs which do not use Popular Posts widget. This widget decreases bounce rate and increase the pageviews of your blog. Making them attractive and eye-catching will make more people click on it hence making your blog more awesome and better.
You can see a live working demo of this popular posts widget by clicking the button below.
Live Demo
After seeing the demo in order to add this widget to your blog follow the steps below.
Adding the widget in Layout
Firstly go to Blog Title → Layout → Add Widget → Popular Posts. Add the widget in the desired location and save the template.
Adding the CSS in Edit HTML
Now go to Blog Title → Template → Edit HTML. Press Ctrl + F and search for ]]></b:skin> in search box. After getting the code add the below given code just above ]]></b:skin>
.popular-posts ul li a {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #222222;
color: #FFFFFF;
display: block;
margin: 10px 0;
padding: 25px 15px 30px;
position: relative;
text-decoration: none;
transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s;
width: 85%;
}
.popular-posts ul li a:before {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #2DB3E9;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-weight: 700;
height: 2em;
line-height: 2em;
margin-left: 88%;
padding: 4px;
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
width: 2em;
transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;
-moz-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
}
.popular-posts ul li a:hover {
opacity: 0.8;
}
.popular-posts ul li a:hover:before {
border-left-color: #CCCCCC;
left: -1px;
-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-out;
-moz-transition: all 0.2s ease-out;
-ms-transition: all 0.2s ease-out;
-o-transition: all 0.2s ease-out;
}
.popular-posts ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li + li + li a:before {
content: "10";
}
.popular-posts ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li + li a:before {
content: "9";
}
.popular-posts ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li a:before {
content: "8";
}
.popular-posts ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li a:before {
content: "7";
}
.popular-posts ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li a:before {
content: "6";
}
.popular-posts ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li a:before {
content: "5";
}
.popular-posts ul li:first-child + li + li + li a:before {
content: "4";
}
.popular-posts ul li:first-child + li + li a:before {
content: "3";
}
.popular-posts ul li:first-child + li a:before {
content: "2";
}
.popular-posts ul li:first-child a:before {
content: "1";
}
.item-snippet {
display: none;
}
.PopularPosts .item-thumbnail {
display: none;
}
After adding the code save the template. Now you and your visitors can see this awesome numbered popular posts widget in your blogger blog.
