Populare Posts Blogger Gadget New Style

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Popular Posts Gadget of Blogger has a specific fixed style that isn't changed. Here we will provide a new style for this widget. You can edit it easily by yourself if you have basic information in HTML, CSS and JAVA.

Popular Posts Style 1 - Live Demo

Step 1: the CSS code
Copy the following css code and paste it before </head> tag

<style type='text/css'>
.popular-posts ul {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
}
.popular-posts ul li {
  float: left;
  width: 150px;
  height: 150px;
  padding: 10px !important;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  position: relative;
}
.popular-posts .item-thumbnail {
  margin: 0;
  background-color: #000;
}
.popular-posts img {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding:0;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  -ms-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  -o-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
}
.popular-posts .item-content:hover img,
.popular-posts .item-thumbnail-only:hover img {
  -webkit-transform: scale(1.2);
  -moz-transform: scale(1.2);
  -ms-transform: scale(1.2);
  -o-transform: scale(1.2);
  transform: scale(1.2);
  opacity: 0.5;
}
.popular-posts .item-title a {
  color: #fff;
  position: absolute;
  text-align: center;
  left: 12px;
  right: 12px;
  bottom: 40px;
  opacity: 0;
  visibility: hidden;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  -ms-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  -o-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
}
.popular-posts .item-content:hover .item-title a,
.popular-posts .item-thumbnail-only:hover .item-title a {
  opacity: 1;
  visibility: visible;
}
.popular-posts .item-snippet {
  display: none;
}
</style>

Step 2: the Java code
Copy the following java code and paste it before </body> tag

<script src='//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
  $('.popular-posts .item-snippet').remove();
  $('.popular-posts img').attr('src', function(e, t) {
    return t.replace('/s72-c/', '/s200-c/')
  });
</script>

Popular Posts Style 2 - Live Demo

Step 1: the CSS code
Copy the following css code and paste it before </head> tag

<style type='text/css'>
.popular-posts ul {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
}
.popular-posts ul li {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  padding: 10px !important;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  position: relative;
}
.popular-posts .item-thumbnail {
  margin: 0;
  background-color: #000;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.popular-posts img {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding:0;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  -ms-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  -o-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
}
.popular-posts .item-content:hover img,
.popular-posts .item-thumbnail-only:hover img {
  -webkit-transform: scale(1.2);
  -moz-transform: scale(1.2);
  -ms-transform: scale(1.2);
  -o-transform: scale(1.2);
  transform: scale(1.2);
  opacity: 0.5;
}
.popular-posts .item-title {
  padding: 10px 0px;
  display: inline-block;
}
</style>

Step 2: the Java code
Copy the following java code and paste it before </body> tag

<script src='//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
  $('.popular-posts img').attr('src', function(e, t) {
    return t.replace('/s72-c/', '/s350-c/')
  });
  $('.popular-posts ul li .item-snippet').each(function(){
    var txt=$(this).text().substr(0,60);
    var j=txt.lastIndexOf(' ');
    if(j>10)
      $(this).text(txt.substr(0,j).replace(/[?,!\.-:;]*$/,' ...'));
  });
</script>

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