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Recently Viewed Posts Bricks Query Loop

Recently Viewed Posts Bricks Query Loop

Updated on 6 Mar 2024

This Pro tutorial provides the steps to output the most recent x number of posts (can be of any specified post type) viewed by the current visitor (need not be logged-in) in a Bricks query loop.

We shall use cookies to track the posts viewed. If you have a GDPR cookie notice in place and the user has yet to agree to store the cookies on their computer, this solution won't work. In such a case, there will be simply no output.

Update 1: Added instructions for showing the recently viewed products.

Step 1

Add the following in child theme's functions.php (w/o the opening PHP tag) or a code snippets plugin:

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Sridhar Katakam

Sridhar Katakam is a Bricks enthusiast. He likes helping others by researching and solving WordPress-related problems and building websites.

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