diff --git a/inc/widgets/widget-popular-posts.php b/inc/widgets/widget-popular-posts.php
index 19a3c05..4cc8cbb 100644
--- a/inc/widgets/widget-popular-posts.php
+++ b/inc/widgets/widget-popular-posts.php
@@ -44,12 +44,10 @@ function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 
                     <?php
                         $recent_posts = new WP_Query( array(
-                            'showposts'           => $number,
+                            'posts_per_page'      => $number,
                             'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
                             'post_status'         => 'publish',
-                            'order'               => 'DESC',
-                            'meta_key'            => 'post_views_count',
-                            'orderby'             => 'meta_value_num'
+                            'order'               => 'DESC'
                         ) );
                     ?>
 
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@ function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 
                     <?php
                         $recent_posts = new WP_Query( array(
-                            'showposts'           => $number,
+                            'posts_per_page'      => $number,
                             'post_status'         => 'publish',
                             'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1
                         )) ;