Most And Least Read Posts Widget

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1. ★★★★★ omaster

   10.2y ago

   Thank you! This is a great plugin

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2. ★★★★★ laurentlori

   10.4y ago

   Works…

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3. ★★★★★ wpprup

   11.1y ago

   I love this plugin. Very friendly support, too. Highly recommended.

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4. ★★★★★ fredwier

   13.2y ago

   I was looking for a plug-in like this which can remove post-counts which are using certain words. Great !

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5. ★★★★★ Vanbo

   13.3y ago

   Works and it’s easy. Tanx !

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6. ★★★★★ brainman

   13.5y ago

   Works perfect. Easy to customize and it’s great there is no unnecessary timthumb code like in similar plugins. Thank you very much.

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3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Most And Least Read Posts Widget <= 2.5.20 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-04-16 CVE-2025-39549 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.5.20 Patched in 2.5.21
2. Medium · 4.3 Most And Least Read Posts Widget <= 2.5.18 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via most_and_least_read_posts_options ↗
   2024-10-18 CVE-2024-49628 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.5.18 Patched in 2.5.19
3. High · 8.8 Most And Least Read Posts Widget <=2.5.16 - Authenticated(Contributor+) SQL Injection via Widget settings ↗
   2023-12-28 CVE-2023-52133 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects < 2.5.17 Patched in 2.5.17

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

Translated into 130 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Plus 106 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-26 1K+ → 900+ down

Competes with

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Most And Least Read Posts Widget: 900+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/most-and-least-read-posts-widget