=== ARENA SMART LISTS ===
Contributors: html5arena
Donate link: https://www.html5arena.com/
Tags: recent,related,popular,trending,counter,thumbnail,sidebar
Requires at least: 4.6
Tested up to: 4.7
Stable tag: 4.3
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

 A Plugin that adds sidebar widgets for recent, related, popular and trending posts with thumbnail.  
 
== Description ==

This plugin lets you adds smart lists to your websites, such as recent posts, related posts, popular posts and trending posts. 
With the smart lists widget, you can also add post thumbnail images to the lists. 

== Installation ==

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

1. Either upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/arena-smart-lists` directory or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
3. Go to 'Appearance' -> 'Widgets' and add Arena Smart Lists widget to your sidebar.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= What are popular posts? =
The popularity of posts is based on the number of views that a post has. Arena smart lists will add a view counter to each post on the website so that popular posts lists is basically a list of posts sorted by the view count of each post.

= What are trending posts? =
Trending posts are the most popular posts in the last 7 days.

= Does the view count will work on cached pages? =
The view counter is implemented in AJAX for compatibility with caching plugins. So that views of cached pages are also counted.

= What is the recommended thumbnail size to set with this widget? =
We recommend setting a post thumbnail size to 100x70, but this is only a recommendation and not mandatory.

= What are related posts ?=
Related posts are posts from the same category as the current post.

== Screenshots ==

1. Widget setting.
2. More settings in the plugin settings page.
3. The new input boxes in the post editor.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0 =
* First release of the plugin.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.0 =
NA