リスト全体をaタグで囲ってスタイリングしていたので、タイトルにつくaタグは不要、でも{text_title}は文字数制限が効かない。

ということで。

プラグイン編集＞wordpress-popular-posts＞includes＞class-wordpress-popular-posts-output.phpを選択。

wordpress-popular-posts/includes/class-wordpress-popular-posts-output.php

195行目あたりからの下記の記述中、

        // Build custom HTML output
        if ( $this->options['markup']['custom_html'] ) {

            $data = array(
                'id' => $post_object->id,
                'title' => '<a class="wpp-post-title" title="' . $post_title_attr . '" href="' . $permalink . '" target="' . $this->admin_options['tools']['link']['target'] . '">' . $post_title . '</a>',
                'summary' => $post_excerpt,
                'stats' => $post_meta,
                'img' => ( !empty( $post_thumbnail ) ) ? '<a title="' . $post_title_attr . '" href="' . $permalink . '" target="' . $this->admin_options['tools']['link']['target'] . '">' . $post_thumbnail . '</a>' : '',
                'img_no_link' => $post_thumbnail,
                'url' => $permalink,
                //'text_title' => $post_title_attr,　←これをコメントアウトまたは削除
		'text_title' => $post_title,　←これを追加
                'taxonomy' => $post_taxonomies,
                'author' => ( !empty($post_author) ) ? '<a href="' . get_author_posts_url( $post_object->uid ) . '">' . $post_author . '</a>' : '',
                'views' => ( $this->options['order_by'] == "views" || $this->options['order_by'] == "comments" ) ? number_format_i18n( $post_views ) : number_format_i18n( $post_views, 2 ),
                'comments' => number_format_i18n( $post_comments ),
                'date' => $post_date
            );

            $post = $this->format_content( htmlspecialchars_decode( $this->options['markup']['post-html'], ENT_QUOTES ), $data, $this->options['rating'] ). "\n";

        } // Use the "stock" HTML output

この中で、

'text_title' => $post_title_attr,
となっているのを
'text_title' => $post_title,
と修正。