How to customize blogger official popular post widget

Popular Post widget in blogger shows most viewed & commented post in the sidebar. This helps visitor to find quality articles, tips and guide in just one click. One can easily add this widget by

login to dashboard > layout > add gadget > click popular post.

Now add style sheet to the gadget so that it looks attractive to your readers. 

1. Go To Blogger Dashboard > Template
2. Click on Customize > Advanced
3. Add CSS

Just copy & paste the following css code

 .popular-posts ul{padding-left:0px;}
    .popular-posts ul li {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin:0 0 5px 0px;
    padding:5px 5px 5px 20px !important;
    border: 1px solid #dddddd;
           -moz-box-shadow:1px 1px 2px #dcdcdc;
-web-kit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #dcdcdc;
-goog-ms-box-shadow:1px 1px 2px #dcdcdc;
box-shadow:1px 1px 2px #dcdcdc;
border-radius:5px;
background: rgb(44,83,158); /* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  rgba(44,83,158,1) 0%, rgba(44,83,158,1) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(44,83,158,1)), color-stop(100%,rgba(44,83,158,1))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  rgba(44,83,158,1) 0%,rgba(44,83,158,1) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  rgba(44,83,158,1) 0%,rgba(44,83,158,1) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  rgba(44,83,158,1) 0%,rgba(44,83,158,1) 100%); /* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom,  rgba(44,83,158,1) 0%,rgba(44,83,158,1) 100%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#2c539e', endColorstr='#2c539e',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
    }

    .popular-posts ul li:hover {
      -moz-box-shadow:1px 1px 2px #dcdcdc;
-web-kit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #dcdcdc;
-goog-ms-box-shadow:1px 1px 2px #dcdcdc;
box-shadow:2px 2px 4px #333333;
    border:1px solid #333333;
color:#fff;
    }

.popular-posts ul li a
{
text-decoration:none;
font:16px Georgia, verdana;
color:#ffffff;
}
    .popular-posts ul li a:hover {
    text-decoration:none;
   
    }