Wordpress : Most populars posts of the Week or Month - wordpress

Question

I'm using a theme that shows popular posts with the code below, and I need
someone to help me edit this code to make it show popular posts on the last week or
month.
<?php
$args = array();
$args['posts_per_page'] = $number_posts;
$args['orderby'] = 'comment_count';
$args['order'] = 'DESC';
$query = new WP_Query($args);
while($query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); global $post; ?>
<li>
<a title="<?php the_title();?>" href="<?php the_permalink();?>">
<figure>
<?php if(has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink();?>">
<img src="<?php echo aq_resize(wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID) ), 42, 42, true); ?>" alt="<?php the_title();?>" />
</a>
<?php } else { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink();?>">
<img src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri() . '/img/missing_56.png';?>" alt="<?php the_title();?>" />
</a>
<?php } ?>
</figure>
<p>
<?php the_title();?> <br />
<span> <?php _e('Le ', 'Voxis'); the_time("F d, Y");?>, <?php comments_popup_link(esc_html__('0 commentaires','Voxis'), esc_html__('1 commentaire','Voxis'), '% '.esc_html__('commentaires','Voxis')); ?> </span>
</p>
</a>
</li>
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
</ul>

Answer 1

I have not yet tested below code but will assure that this will work for you.
<?php
$weekday=date("d m Y",strtotime('-7days'));
while($query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); global $post;
$currentdate=date('d m Y',strtotime($post->post_date));
if($weekday < $currentdate) { ?>
<li>
...
body of code in <li> tag
...
</li>
<?php } ?>
...
rest of the code
?>

Answer 2

replace your code to this(get most recent last month post)
<?php
$today = getdate();
$args=array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'year'=>$today["year"],
'monthnum'=>$today["mon"]-1,
'orderby'=>'comment_count',
'order'=>'DESC',
'posts_per_page' =>$number_posts
);
$query = new WP_Query($args);
while($query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); global $post; ?>
<li>
<a title="<?php the_title();?>" href="<?php the_permalink();?>">
<figure>
<?php if(has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink();?>">
<img src="<?php echo aq_resize(wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID) ), 42, 42, true); ?>" alt="<?php the_title();?>" />
</a>
<?php } else { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink();?>">
<img src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri() . '/img/missing_56.png';?>" alt="<?php the_title();?>" />
</a>
<?php } ?>
</figure>
<p>
<?php the_title();?> <br />
<span> <?php _e('Le ', 'Voxis'); the_time("F d, Y");?>, <?php comments_popup_link(esc_html__('0 commentaires','Voxis'), esc_html__('1 commentaire','Voxis'), '% '.esc_html__('commentaires','Voxis')); ?> </span>
</p>
</a>
</li>
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
</ul>
____________________________________________________________________________
for last 7 days post use this code:
<?php
function filter_where($where = '') {
$where .= " AND post_date > '" . date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-7 days')) . "'";
return $where;
}
add_filter('posts_where', 'filter_where');
query_posts('post_type=post&posts_per_page='.$number_posts.'&orderby=comment_count&order=DESC');
?>
<?php while (have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<li>
<a title="<?php the_title();?>" href="<?php the_permalink();?>">
<figure>
<?php if(has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink();?>">
<img src="<?php echo aq_resize(wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID) ), 42, 42, true); ?>" alt="<?php the_title();?>" />
</a>
<?php } else { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink();?>">
<img src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri() . '/img/missing_56.png';?>" alt="<?php the_title();?>" />
</a>
<?php } ?>
</figure>
<p>
<?php the_title();?> <br />
<span> <?php _e('Le ', 'Voxis'); the_time("F d, Y");?>, <?php comments_popup_link(esc_html__('0 commentaires','Voxis'), esc_html__('1 commentaire','Voxis'), '% '.esc_html__('commentaires','Voxis')); ?> </span>
</p>
</a>
</li>
<?php endwhile;
wp_reset_query();
?>