feat(blog): add view count tracking to blog posts

Adds view_count field to blog_post table with database migration. Implements atomic increment on post views in both standalone and repo blog routes. Displays view count with eye icon in post templates.

models/blog/blog_post.go

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ type BlogPost struct { //revive:disable-line:exported
 	Status           BlogPostStatus     `xorm:"SMALLINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0"`
 	AllowComments    bool               `xorm:"NOT NULL DEFAULT true"`
 	SubscriptionOnly bool               `xorm:"NOT NULL DEFAULT false"`
+	ViewCount        int64              `xorm:"NOT NULL DEFAULT 0"`
 	PublishedUnix    timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX"`
 	CreatedUnix      timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX created"`
 	UpdatedUnix      timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX updated"`
@@ -437,6 +438,12 @@ func DeleteBlogPost(ctx context.Context, id int64) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// IncrementBlogPostViewCount atomically increments the view count for a blog post.
+func IncrementBlogPostViewCount(ctx context.Context, id int64) error {
+	_, err := db.GetEngine(ctx).Exec("UPDATE blog_post SET view_count = view_count + 1 WHERE id = ?", id)
+	return err
+}
+
 // CountPublishedBlogPostsByAuthorID returns the number of published/public blog posts by a user.
 func CountPublishedBlogPostsByAuthorID(ctx context.Context, authorID int64) (int64, error) {
 	return db.GetEngine(ctx).Where("author_id = ? AND status >= ?", authorID, BlogPostPublic).Count(new(BlogPost))

models/migrations/migrations.go

@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ func prepareMigrationTasks() []*migration {
 		newMigration(361, "Create wishlist_comment table", v1_26.CreateWishlistCommentTable),
 		newMigration(362, "Create wishlist_comment_reaction table", v1_26.CreateWishlistCommentReactionTable),
 		newMigration(363, "Add keep_packages_private to user", v1_26.AddKeepPackagesPrivateToUser),
+		newMigration(364, "Add view_count to blog_post", v1_26.AddViewCountToBlogPost),
 	}
 	return preparedMigrations
 }

models/migrations/v1_26/v364.go

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2026 MarketAlly. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package v1_26
+
+import "xorm.io/xorm"
+
+func AddViewCountToBlogPost(x *xorm.Engine) error {
+	type BlogPost struct {
+		ViewCount int64 `xorm:"NOT NULL DEFAULT 0"`
+	}
+	return x.Sync(new(BlogPost))
+}

options/locale/locale_en-US.json

@@ -2040,6 +2040,7 @@
   "repo.blog.subscription_required_desc": "This post is available exclusively to subscribers. Subscribe to unlock the full content.",
   "repo.blog.subscribe_to_read": "Subscribe to Read",
   "repo.blog.reactions.admin_hint": "Thumbs down counts are only visible to repo admins.",
+  "repo.blog.views": "views",
   "repo.blog.comments": "Comments",
   "repo.blog.comments.empty": "No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts!",
   "repo.blog.comments.disabled": "Comments have been disabled for this post.",

routers/web/explore/blog.go

@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ func StandaloneBlogView(ctx *context.Context) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Increment view count
+	_ = blog_model.IncrementBlogPostViewCount(ctx, post.ID)
+	post.ViewCount++
+
 	if err := post.LoadAuthor(ctx); err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("LoadAuthor", err)
 		return

routers/web/repo/blog.go

@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ func BlogView(ctx *context.Context) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Increment view count
+	_ = blog_model.IncrementBlogPostViewCount(ctx, post.ID)
+	post.ViewCount++
+
 	if err := post.LoadAuthor(ctx); err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("LoadAuthor", err)
 		return

templates/blog/standalone_view.tmpl

@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@
 				{{if .IsWriter}}
 				<span class="blog-reaction-hint">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.reactions.admin_hint"}}</span>
 				{{end}}
+				<span class="blog-view-count">
+					{{svg "octicon-eye" 16}}
+					<span>{{.BlogPost.ViewCount}}</span>
+				</span>
 			</div>
 
 			<!-- Comments Section -->
@@ -510,6 +514,14 @@
 	font-size: 12px;
 	color: var(--color-text-light-3);
 }
+.blog-view-count {
+	display: inline-flex;
+	align-items: center;
+	gap: 6px;
+	margin-left: auto;
+	font-size: 14px;
+	color: var(--color-text-light-3);
+}
 /* Comments */
 .blog-comments {
 	margin-bottom: 32px;

templates/repo/blog/view.tmpl

@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@
 				{{if .IsWriter}}
 				<span class="blog-reaction-hint">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.reactions.admin_hint"}}</span>
 				{{end}}
+				<span class="blog-view-count">
+					{{svg "octicon-eye" 16}}
+					<span>{{.BlogPost.ViewCount}}</span>
+				</span>
 			</div>
 
 			<!-- Comments Section -->
@@ -477,6 +481,14 @@
 	font-size: 12px;
 	color: var(--color-text-light-3);
 }
+.blog-view-count {
+	display: inline-flex;
+	align-items: center;
+	gap: 6px;
+	margin-left: auto;
+	font-size: 14px;
+	color: var(--color-text-light-3);
+}
 /* Comments */
 .blog-comments {
 	margin-bottom: 32px;