Title: Hot Products
Author: Josh Fisher
Published: <strong>April 26, 2022</strong>
Last modified: August 23, 2024

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![](https://ps.w.org/hot-products/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3140460)

This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

![](https://ps.w.org/hot-products/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3140460)

# Hot Products

 By [Josh Fisher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrjoshfisher/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/hot-products.1.0.8.zip)

 * [Details](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/hot-products/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/hot-products/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/hot-products/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/hot-products/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hot-products/)

## Description

The Hot Products Plugin in WooCommerce is a valuable tool that tracks the number
of times a product page has been viewed on your website. This feature provides insights
into product popularity, which can guide marketing and sales strategies. By displaying
the view count on product pages, in product listings, and within the admin area,
store owners can quickly identify which products are attracting the most attention.

This data can be particularly useful for recognising which products might need more
visibility or additional marketing efforts. It can also help determine which items
may need to be restocked or are overstocked. Additionally, store owners can leverage
this information to enhance cross-selling and upselling opportunities.

Moreover, the Hot Products Plugin allows store owners to evaluate the effectiveness
of their marketing campaigns. If a product’s view count increases following a specific
campaign, it indicates the campaign successfully drove traffic to that product.

In summary, the Hot Products Plugin is a practical tool that offers valuable data
to help store owners make informed decisions about product management and marketing
strategies.

Please Note: This plugin requires WooCommerce Plugin to work.

** Support **

If you encounter any issues or have any questions, feel free to contact us at [info@hotproductsplugin.com](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/hot-products/info@hotproductsplugin.com?output_format=md).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Product Page
 * [[
 * Archive Page
 * [[
 * Settings Page

## Installation

#### Minimum Requirements

 * WordPress 5.7 or greater
 * WooCommerce 5.8 or greater
 * PHP version 7.3 or greater (PHP 7.4 or greater is recommended)
 * MySQL version 5.6 or greater

Visit the [WooCommerce server requirements documentation](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/server-requirements/)
for a detailed list of server requirements.

#### Automatic installation

Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers
itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install 
of this plugin, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu
and click Add New.

In the search field type “Hot Products” and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found
this plugin you can view details about it such as the point release, rating and 
description. Most importantly of course, you can install it by simply clicking “
Install Now”.

#### Manual installation

The manual installation method involves downloading the plugin and uploading it 
to your webserver via your favourite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains
[instructions on how to do this here](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Manual_Plugin_Installation).

#### Where can I report bugs or contribute to the project?

Bugs should be reported in the [Hot Products GitHub repository](https://github.com/MrJoshFisher/HotProducts).

#### This is awesome! Can I contribute?

Yes you can! Join in on our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/MrJoshFisher/HotProducts)
🙂

Release and roadmap notes available on the [WooCommerce Developers Blog](https://woocommerce.wordpress.com/)

#### 1.0.8 – 2024-08-22

 * More options
    - **NEW** You can now change the text on the product / archive pages
    - **NEW** Now has an option to show on the product archive page

#### 1.0.7 – 2024-08-22

 * Compatibility updates

#### 1.0.3 – 2022-04-27

 * Screenshots and readme updates.

#### 1.0.2 – 2022-04-26

 * NEW – Added Settings page
 * NEW – Added column to products admin page

#### 1.0.1 – 2022-04-26

 * Readme.txt – Correcting to spelling and links.

#### 1.0.0 – 2022-04-22

 * Inital – Initial files added.

## FAQ

### How to install the plugin?

Kindly view the installation tab for the installation process.

### Where can I find the plugin support?

You can contact us at hotproducts@fisherinc.co.uk

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Useful and simple plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/useful-and-simple-plugin-8/)󠁿

 [Josh Fisher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrjoshfisher/) August 23, 2024

Easy to use plugin to display popular products 🙂

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hot-products/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Hot Products” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Josh Fisher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrjoshfisher/)

“Hot Products” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hot-products/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Hot Products” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hot-products)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hot-products/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/hot-products/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hot-products/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hot-products/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.8**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.6.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.3 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/hot-products/) and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hot-products/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hot-products)
 * Tag
 * [woocommerce](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/hot-products/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hot-products/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Josh Fisher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrjoshfisher/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hot-products/)