{"id":18170,"date":"2020-12-27T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/?p=18170"},"modified":"2021-04-22T11:09:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T09:09:05","slug":"best-related-posts-plugins-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/best-related-posts-plugins-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Best Related Posts Plugins for WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you\u2019re running a website or blog that gets regularly updated with fresh content, sooner or later you will probably have many posts that cover a wide variety of topics. This means that finding the posts that relate to one another in some way may become tricky for your users. Website owners use many different tactics to get around this issue, like adding internal links to your posts or putting up different post categories somewhere easily visible on your site \u2013 the latter of which is considered one of the most practical uses of <a href=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wordpress-taxonomy\/\">WordPress taxonomies<\/a>. And while these strategies can prove to be useful, there is nothing more effective than displaying your related posts somewhere on your page using one of the many available WordPress related posts plugins.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]Users will be more likely to click on articles that are somehow related to the article with a topic they originally came for. There\u2019s a higher chance they will want to find out more about it and explore it from various angles. For example, if the original article was about 10 best craft beer places in their city, putting up related articles such as \u201c10 Tips for Brewing Your Beer\u201d or \u201cAle vs. Lager: What\u2019s the Difference\u201d will most probably have them click on those articles as well \u2013 that is, compared to putting up articles that have nothing to do with beer whatsoever.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]Not only can displaying related posts help make some of your older posts relevant once again, but it can also<strong> increase the engagement of your users, boost your page views and prolong the time they spend browsing through your website<\/strong>. Naturally, this means that your <a href=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/how-to-reduce-bounce-rate-in-wordpress\/\">bounce rate<\/a> will be reduced as well.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]So, with that said, we urge you to check out some of the best WordPress related posts plugins that can be found on the web:<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;22px&#8221;]<ul class=\"qodef-unordered-list-item qodef-toc\">\n    <li>\n\t        <div class=\"qodef-ul-title-holder\">\n            <span class=\"qodef-ul-title-content\"><a href=\"#custom-related-posts\">Custom Related Posts<\/a><\/span>        <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5px&#8221;]<ul class=\"qodef-unordered-list-item qodef-toc\">\n    <li>\n\t        <div class=\"qodef-ul-title-holder\">\n            <span class=\"qodef-ul-title-content\"><a href=\"#yet-another-related-posts-plugin-yarpp\">Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP)<\/a><\/span>        <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5px&#8221;]<ul class=\"qodef-unordered-list-item qodef-toc\">\n    <li>\n\t        <div class=\"qodef-ul-title-holder\">\n            <span class=\"qodef-ul-title-content\"><a href=\"#related-posts-by-taxonomy\">Related Posts by Taxonomy<\/a><\/span>        <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5px&#8221;]<ul class=\"qodef-unordered-list-item qodef-toc\">\n    <li>\n\t        <div class=\"qodef-ul-title-holder\">\n            <span class=\"qodef-ul-title-content\"><a href=\"#inline-related-posts\">Inline Related Posts<\/a><\/span>        <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5px&#8221;]<ul class=\"qodef-unordered-list-item qodef-toc\">\n    <li>\n\t        <div class=\"qodef-ul-title-holder\">\n            <span class=\"qodef-ul-title-content\"><a href=\"#contextual-related-posts\">Contextual Related Posts<\/a><\/span>        <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5px&#8221;]<ul class=\"qodef-unordered-list-item qodef-toc\">\n    <li>\n\t        <div class=\"qodef-ul-title-holder\">\n            <span class=\"qodef-ul-title-content\"><a href=\"#relate-posts-thumbnails-plugin\">Related Posts Thumbnails Plugin<\/a><\/span>        <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;68px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"qodef-h4\"><a id=\"custom-related-posts\"><\/a>Custom Related Posts<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;24px&#8221;]<div class=\"qodef-single-image-holder   qodef-has-border qodef-image-behavior-custom-link\">\n    <div class=\"qodef-si-inner\" >\n        \t            <a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/custom-related-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Custom-Related-Posts.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Custom Related Posts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Custom-Related-Posts.jpg 969w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Custom-Related-Posts-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Custom-Related-Posts-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Custom-Related-Posts-620x331.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/>                                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;38px&#8221;][vc_column_text]This is a user-friendly tool ideal for manually inserting related posts into your pages, posts, or any other custom post type. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/custom-related-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Custom Related Posts<\/a> plugin, you can <strong>easily determine which post types the plugin will be active for, choose whether you wish to display your related posts using a shortcode, a widget, or block<\/strong>, and optionally <strong>display featured images in any size of your choice<\/strong>. Of course, you have full control over your related posts and can easily define relations in the post editor. The plugin is Classic editor and Gutenberg-friendly.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;68px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"qodef-h4\"><a id=\"yet-another-related-posts-plugin-yarpp\"><\/a>Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP)<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;24px&#8221;]<div class=\"qodef-single-image-holder   qodef-has-border qodef-image-behavior-custom-link\">\n    <div class=\"qodef-si-inner\" >\n        \t            <a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/yet-another-related-posts-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Yet-Another-Related-Posts-Plugin-YARPP.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Yet-Another-Related-Posts-Plugin-YARPP.jpg 969w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Yet-Another-Related-Posts-Plugin-YARPP-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Yet-Another-Related-Posts-Plugin-YARPP-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Yet-Another-Related-Posts-Plugin-YARPP-620x331.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/>                                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;38px&#8221;][vc_column_text]Even though the rather modest name of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/yet-another-related-posts-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yet Another Related Posts<\/a> plugin may not make it seem so, it is among the best of its kind \u2013 and over 100,000 installs of the plugin are a testament to that. This all-encompassing plugin not only displays pages, posts, and custom post types related to the current page or post your visitors are on, but it also <strong>offers a practical template system that gives you full and advanced control of how you get to display your related posts.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]With the help of a versatile algorithm that takes into account post titles, content, tags, categories, and custom taxonomies, <strong>YARPP finds the content of your WordPress site that is most relevant to the post in question.<\/strong> If you want, you can display your related posts in your <a href=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/what-is-rss-and-how-to-use-it-in-wordpress\/\">RSS feeds<\/a>, embed them in your JavaScript or web-driven app, or use a shortcode to place them anywhere you like.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;68px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"qodef-h4\"><a id=\"related-posts-by-taxonomy\"><\/a>Related Posts by Taxonomy<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;24px&#8221;]<div class=\"qodef-single-image-holder   qodef-has-border qodef-image-behavior-custom-link\">\n    <div class=\"qodef-si-inner\" >\n        \t            <a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/related-posts-by-taxonomy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Related-Posts-by-Taxonomy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Related Posts by Taxonomy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Related-Posts-by-Taxonomy.jpg 969w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Related-Posts-by-Taxonomy-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Related-Posts-by-Taxonomy-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Related-Posts-by-Taxonomy-620x331.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/>                                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;38px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/related-posts-by-taxonomy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Related Posts<\/a> by Taxonomy is another great plugin in this category that can find related posts in various taxonomy and post types (the posts that have the most terms in common will appear at the top). If you so prefer, you can <strong>add or remove specific terms from the search<\/strong> and customize the look of your related posts with the help of your child theme\u2019s templates. Other plugin features include the <strong>ability to display related posts as thumbnails, links, full posts or excerpts<\/strong>, the <strong>automatic displaying of related posts after the post content<\/strong>, the ability to <strong>limit the search by date, number, or post meta<\/strong>, etc. You can add related posts into your sidebar using a widget, or make sure that it appears under your post using a shortcode.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;68px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"qodef-h4\"><a id=\"inline-related-posts\"><\/a>Inline Related Posts<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;24px&#8221;]<div class=\"qodef-single-image-holder   qodef-has-border qodef-image-behavior-custom-link\">\n    <div class=\"qodef-si-inner\" >\n        \t            <a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/intelly-related-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Inline-Related-Posts.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Inline Related Posts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Inline-Related-Posts.jpg 969w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Inline-Related-Posts-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Inline-Related-Posts-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Inline-Related-Posts-620x331.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/>                                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;38px&#8221;][vc_column_text]Compared to other plugins on our list, <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/intelly-related-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inline Related Posts<\/a> operates a bit differently. Namely, instead of displaying related articles underneath your post, <strong>it puts them up inside the content itself<\/strong>, hence the plugin\u2019s name. This is a popular method of displaying related posts, especially among some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/global-companies-that-use-wordpress\/\">global companies that use WordPress<\/a> for their website or blog.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]Apart from putting related articles inside your content, you also get the ability to <strong>automatically add multiple boxes in your posts, detect all line breaks, and get to choose from 20+ style combinations<\/strong>, including themes, colors, and hovers.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;68px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"qodef-h4\"><a id=\"contextual-related-posts\"><\/a>Contextual Related Posts<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;24px&#8221;]<div class=\"qodef-single-image-holder   qodef-has-border qodef-image-behavior-custom-link\">\n    <div class=\"qodef-si-inner\" >\n        \t            <a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/contextual-related-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Contextual-Related-Posts.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Contextual Related Posts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Contextual-Related-Posts.jpg 969w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Contextual-Related-Posts-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Contextual-Related-Posts-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Contextual-Related-Posts-620x331.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/>                                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;38px&#8221;][vc_column_text]Just like the name <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/contextual-related-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contextual Related Posts<\/a> indicates, this powerful plugin lists article suggestions based on the title and content itself, making them as relevant as possible. This can easily help you capture the attention of your visitors in order to stay on your website longer. The plugin comes with an abundance of useful features such as <strong>thumbnail support, the ability to auto-extract the first image in your post so that it can be displayed as a thumbnail<\/strong>, and the ability to <strong>style your related posts in any way you prefer using custom CSS<\/strong>. Once you <a href=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/how-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin\/\">install the plugin<\/a> and activate it, the plugin will start displaying related posts automatically on your site. In addition, you also get full Gutenberg and Classic editor support and you can add your related posts with a shortcode (anywhere you want in your post) or a widget (in any widgetized area).[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;68px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"qodef-h4\"><a id=\"relate-posts-thumbnails-plugin\"><\/a>Related Posts Thumbnails Plugin<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;24px&#8221;]<div class=\"qodef-single-image-holder   qodef-has-border qodef-image-behavior-custom-link\">\n    <div class=\"qodef-si-inner\" >\n        \t            <a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/related-posts-thumbnails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Related-Posts-Thumbnails-Plugin-for-WordPress.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Related Posts Thumbnails Plugin for WordPress\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Related-Posts-Thumbnails-Plugin-for-WordPress.jpg 969w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Related-Posts-Thumbnails-Plugin-for-WordPress-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Related-Posts-Thumbnails-Plugin-for-WordPress-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Related-Posts-Thumbnails-Plugin-for-WordPress-620x331.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/>                                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;38px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/related-posts-thumbnails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Related Posts Thumbnails<\/a> is a plugin that lets you easily add related posts with image thumbnails. You will be able to <strong>customize the sizes of your thumbnails, as well as set the display settings and type of relation<\/strong> (categories, tags, categories and tags, random or custom taxonomies). The thumbnails will be arranged underneath your post together with the post title and\/or excerpt. In addition, you will get to determine specific page\/post types that you want to display related posts for, and customize elements such as the background, border, and text color, as well as title and excerpt length.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;80px&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;blog-magazine-banner&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;81px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"qodef-h4\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]With the help of a suitable plugin, adding related posts to your articles with the goal of enhancing your readers\u2019 engagement is extremely easy to do. The majority of the plugins we mentioned above come with shortcodes that allow you to easily insert related articles anywhere you want \u2013 be it at the top, in the middle, or at the very end of your content. Most of the plugins will also allow you to add your related articles to your blog\u2019s sidebar area. So, no matter if you are using widget areas predefined by your theme, <a href=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/add-widget-area-to-wordpress\/\">custom widget areas<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/add-different-sidebar-to-wordpress-page-post\/\">different sidebars for each post or page<\/a>, adding a related posts widget using one of the plugins from our list will be a breeze.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increase user engagement, prolong the time visitors spend on your website, and boost your page views by installing one of these WordPress related posts plugins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15,39,13],"class_list":["post-18170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources","tag-plugins","tag-tools","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}