'post',
'posts_per_page' => $posts,
'orderby' => 'comment_count',
'order' => 'DESC'
);
$popular = new WP_Query( $posts_args );
$popular_post_num = 1;
while ($popular->have_posts()) : $popular->the_post();
?>
have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
?>