WordPress Popular posts via AJAX

wp-popular-posts.php

==== Javascript ====
```
$('.post-count').each( function() {
		var postid = $(this).attr('id');

		$.ajax({
			url: uprs.ajax_url,
			type: 'post',
			dataType: 'html',
			cache: false,
			data: {
				action: 'uprs_get_post_count',
				postid: postid,
			},
			success: function(data) {
				$('#' + postid).html(data);
			}
		});
	});
	```
    
===== PHP =====
```add_action( 'wp_ajax_uprs_get_post_count', 'uprs_get_post_count' );
add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_uprs_get_post_count', 'uprs_get_post_count' );

function uprs_get_post_count() {
	$post_id = isset( $_POST['postid'] ) ? absint( $_POST['postid'] ) : 0;

	$current_count = get_post_meta($post_id, 'views', true);
	$new_count = (int)$current_count + 1;

	update_post_meta($post_id, 'views', $new_count);

	echo sprintf( __( '%s times read', 'tix' ), $current_count );
	die();
}```