We’re taking a week off from Writer’s Workshop, so I thought I’d figure out what my most popular posts were this year (knowing we still have a week). Like last year, I omitted all my A to Z Challenge posts (because they’re always big) and left out my own comments. We ended up with a few ties, as you’ll see in a minute.
- #10: A seven-way tie, with 19 comments:
- #9: Four posts with 20 comments each:
- #8: Two tied with 21 comments:
- #7: With 22 comments, Ground Coffee! #socs
- #6: Tied with 23 comments:
- #5: Three tied with 24 comments:
- #4: With 25 comments, Writer’s Workshop: 7 Things That Bring Me Joy
- #3: With 26 comments, Outstanding… And They Are Mild! #socs
- #2: With 30 comments, A Little Technical Assistance For WordPress Users
- And, at #1 with 31 comments, "The Number You Are Calling…" #socs
Thanks to everyone who commented this year!
Congrats on doing so well with your posts outside of A-Z, John.
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Thanks!
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Hey! Great idea and wow, you are very popular!
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I’m not sure how popular I am, but the numbers were good.
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Nice to stroll down memory lane. You’ve given me an idea to be a copycat. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery though. AmIright ?!?! 😂 Unless technology bests me, I’ll do a top 5.
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The way I was able to do this was to create a local copy of the database, then run SQL queries against it. Maybe you have a better way…?
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Ha! My only non tech way is look at my comment stats page and pick first 5. It’s got my last three years of top so I’m looking at each to find the ones from 2019. If I’m lucky I put the date in the title. I’ve heard of SQL but I must have missed the day of “how to query” training. LOL. At this rate I may give up or do top three 😊. The best part of this exercise was to find out I was a better writer in 2017 than I am today. I Had a lot more comments from that time. But then a lot of the same bloggers aren’t around anymore. It really is fun strolling down this memory lane.
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That’s why I leave out the A to Z Challenge entries, because I have a lot of people visiting that normally don’t and who probably won’t visit after the challenge is over.
The hardest part of getting all the information off the database is that I end up running a local copy of my blog to get the data in and out, and setting up the environment is a pain in the ass. The good thing is that it’s a one-time deal, and that all the required pieces (Apache web server, PHP and MySQL) are available in a single package called MAMP. I just install WordPress into it, and it runs.
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I’ll be here in 2020, John!
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Thanks, Dan!
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