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.
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 CCS 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;
}
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. I hope, you like this new widgets. So, share it in your social media account and share it with your friends. Happy Blogging !
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