=== Redis Post Views === Donate link: https://www.paypal.me/razvanstanga Contributors: razvanstanga Tags: postviews, redis, cache, caching, optimization, performance, traffic Requires at least: 4.5 Tested up to: 4.9 Requires PHP: 5.2.4 Stable tag: 1.7 License: GPLv2 or later Highly optimized post views counter using Redis == Description == Imagine a high traffic website that needs post views as an algorithm to display posts on the homepage. This website also uses <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/vcaching/" target="_blank">Varnish Caching</a>. So we need an AJAX based post views counter. Now imagine a minimum 5000 concurrent users browsing the website, so we can't use the default "AJAX in Plugins" as live updates on the backend using update_post_meta will be very painful for the backend. So what can we do ? What if all these post views counts will be done in memory using Redis ? Then we run a cornjob using WP-CLI to sync the post views count in Redis to the Wordpress database. Redis Post Views was born. == Installation == * You must install Redis on your server(s) == Frequently Asked Questions == = How can I display the post views in a template? = You can do this with get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), RPV_POST_META_KEY, true); php function == Changelog == = 1.7 = * optimizations = 1.6 = * moved wp-config-rpv.php wo wp-config for improved compatibility = 1.5 = * WP-Admin sync all option * optimizations = 1.4 = * show total views on Posts Queue tab * optimizations = 1.3 = * improved stats using Chart.js = 1.2 = * posibility to sync the post views in Posts Queue tab = 1.1 = * added wp-admin backend including stats * added posibility to override settings in wp-config.php = 1.0 = * in production extensive testing done == Screenshots == 1. Statistics admin panel 2. Posts queue admin panel 3. Configuration info admin panel