Trending snippet

Lists “hot” items with the Reddit hot-ranking formula. Sorted by the trending_score field.

Formula

sign = +1 if rating > 0, −1 if rating < 0, 0 if rating = 0
order = log10(max(|rating|, 1))
age = (time_of_last_reaction − epoch) / 45000
trending_score = sign × order + age

Fresh items with a high rating rise higher. Epoch is fixed: 1134028003 (27 December 2005).

Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
class	modResource	class_key of objects in the selection
period	all	Period (trending always uses all)
limit	10	Maximum items
context	(empty)	Context filter
tpl	tpl.Reactions.top	Chunk for one list row
toPlaceholder	(empty)	Placeholder name instead of direct output

Chunk placeholders

Placeholder	Description
[[+idx]]	Row number
[[+object_id]]	Object ID
[[+class_key]]	Object class (in the DB: object_class)
[[+pagetitle]]	Resource title / product name
[[+uri]]	Object URL (or empty)
[[+likes]]	Like count
[[+dislikes]]	Dislike count
[[+total]]	Sum of all reactions
[[+rating]]	Rating (likes − dislikes)
[[+trending_score]]	Trending score (for debug and sorting)

Examples

The period parameter does not narrow the window for trending sort: the score already lives in aggregates (period=all). Pass period only if it keeps the call aligned with TopLiked / TopRated in the same template.

Resources on the home page

modx

<ul class="reactions-top">
[[!Trending?
    &class=`modResource`
    &period=`all`
    &limit=`5`
]]
</ul>

fenom

<ul class="reactions-top">
{'!Trending' | snippet : [
    'class'  => 'modResource',
    'period' => 'all',
    'limit'  => 5,
]}
</ul>

Short block (limit=3)

modx

[[!Trending? &period=`all` &limit=`3`]]

fenom

{'!Trending' | snippet : ['period' => 'all', 'limit' => 3]}

miniShop3 products

modx

<ul class="reactions-top">
[[!Trending?
    &class=`msProduct`
    &limit=`6`
]]
</ul>

fenom

<ul class="reactions-top">
{'!Trending' | snippet : [
    'class' => 'msProduct',
    'limit' => 6,
]}
</ul>

To a placeholder

modx

[[!Trending?
    &limit=`3`
    &toPlaceholder=`rx.trend`
]]
<ul class="reactions-top">[[+rx.trend]]</ul>

fenom

{'!Trending' | snippet : [
    'limit' => 3,
    'toPlaceholder' => 'rx.trend',
]}
<ul class="reactions-top">{$_modx->getPlaceholder('rx.trend')}</ul>

Custom chunk

modx

<ul class="trending-list">
[[!Trending? &limit=`10` &tpl=`tpl.trending.row`]]
</ul>

fenom

<ul class="trending-list">
{'!Trending' | snippet : [
    'limit' => 10,
    'tpl'   => 'tpl.trending.row',
]}
</ul>

web context

[[!Trending? &context=`web` &limit=`12`]]

Tickets comments

Not verified on MODX 3:

[[!Trending? &class=`TicketComment` &limit=`5`]]

Updating trending_score

The trending_score field is recalculated on every reaction (in AggregateService::recount). For a bulk recount:

php core/components/reactions/cli.php recount