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Contextual Related Posts

Contextual Related Posts

Related posts for your WordPress site with inbuilt caching. Supports blocks, shortcodes, widgets and custom post types!

4.8

Rating summary

193

Reviews

70K

Active installations

Contextual Related Posts
Contextual Related Posts
Contextual Related Posts
Contextual Related Posts

Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Changelog

Main benefits

Increase site engagement

Smart content analysis

Customizable display options

Supports multiple formats

Boost site traffic

About this plugin

Author: WebberZone
Version: 3.5.2
Last updated: 16-07-2024
WordPress version: 6.2
Tested up to: 6.6
PHP version required: 7.4
Languages: فارسی, Français
Learning resources: View resources

Overview

Contextual Related Posts is a highly effective WordPress plugin designed to enhance site engagement by showcasing related posts that captivate your readers. Utilizing an intelligent algorithm, it assesses post titles and content to identify and display relevant posts, thereby encouraging visitors to explore more of your site's content and reducing bounce rates. The plugin offers extensive customization options, including various styles, layouts, thumbnails, and excerpts, which can be deployed via widgets, shortcodes, Gutenberg blocks, or the REST API. Key features include automatic or manual installation, advanced caching, customizable output, and comprehensive support for custom post types and exclusions. The Pro version further augments the functionality with advanced querying, additional shortcode parameters, and enhanced meta box settings for individualized post adjustments. Contextual Related Posts integrates seamlessly with your site, ensuring improved traffic and user retention, all while being GDPR compliant.

Automatic Display of Related Posts

  • Automatically displays related posts on your site and feed after the content.
  • No need to edit any template files, just activate the plugin.

Customization Options

  • Choose between different styles, layouts, thumbnails, and excerpts.
  • Use widgets, shortcodes, Gutenberg blocks, or REST API to display related posts anywhere on your site.

Advanced Algorithm

  • Analyzes the title and/or content of your posts to find the most related ones.
  • Supports finding posts by tags, categories, and selected custom fields.

Performance and Flexibility

  • Automatically caches related posts output to reduce server load and improve performance.
  • Supports custom post types and allows exclusions of certain categories, tags, or specific posts.

Features list

Feature

Free version

Premium version

Automatic Post Display

Automatically display relevant posts from your site at the end of each post, page or custom type

Multiple Styles

Multiple different styles to match your theme or create your own with CSS

Enhanced Engagement

Include the post’s featured image, date, author and summary for more engagement

Customizable Post Order

Choose the number and order of the related posts

Post Exclusion

Exclude posts from categories or by ID from being displayed in the list

Efficient Caching

In-built caching that loads the related posts efficiently

Cache Options

Choose to cache the posts or the entire HTML output

Caching Plugin Compatibility

Works with other caching plugins

Shortcode Support

Shortcode with a huge list of potential arguments

Custom CSS Styles

Custom CSS Styles

Thumbnail Support

Thumbnail support

Customizable Output

Customisable output

Widget Support

Widget support

Block Editor Ready

Block Editor ready

Custom API

Custom API for advanced users and developers

All features of the Free Plan

Includes all functionalities available in the Free Plan.

Priority support

Receive faster response times for support inquiries.

Advanced customization options

Access to more detailed and flexible customization settings.

Additional display styles

More options for how content is displayed on your site.

Enhanced caching mechanisms

Improved caching for faster load times and performance.

Integration with third-party plugins

Seamless compatibility with various third-party plugins.

Extended API capabilities

More extensive API features for advanced integrations.

Detailed analytics and reporting

In-depth insights and reports on your site's performance.

Access to premium templates

Exclusive access to high-quality, premium templates.

Regular updates and new features

Frequent updates and access to the latest features.

Exclusive tutorials and guides

Specialized tutorials and guides available only to premium users.

Early access to beta features

Get early access to new features before they are publicly released.

Dedicated account manager

A personal account manager to assist with your needs.

Custom development support

Support for custom development projects and requirements.

Extended license for multiple sites

License that covers usage on multiple websites.

Pricing

Free Plan

$0 / lifetime

Plan includes

Automatic Post Display
Multiple Styles
Enhanced Engagement
Customizable Post Order
Post Exclusion
Efficient Caching
Cache Options
Caching Plugin Compatibility
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Pro Plan

$49 / yearly

Plan includes

All features of the Free Plan
Priority support
Advanced customization options
Additional display styles
Enhanced caching mechanisms
Integration with third-party plugins
Extended API capabilities
Detailed analytics and reporting
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Rating and reviews

4.8

Rating summary

193

Reviews

70K

Active installations

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User sentiment analysis

Users find the WordPress plugin highly effective for presenting related posts, praising its relevancy, ease of use, and customization options. It significantly enhances user experience and SEO by accurately filtering posts based on categories or keywords. Users also appreciate its speed, minimal memory consumption, and excellent support. The plugin’s flexibility allows for custom CSS styling and integrates well with large sites and custom post types. However, some users noted it can be heavy on databases and suggested improvements like dynamic output checking and blacklisting certain terms for better relevance. An issue with displaying excluded pages and occasional WPML compatibility problems were mentioned, but overall, the support team has been responsive and helpful.
lindyncl

lindyncl

09 Aug, 2024

I was using a different plug in and it stopped working/indexing my blog posts. I raised a support ticket but after five days no reply so I started looking around for a replacement. I tried two other plug ins before this one and once I figured out how to use some css to centralise it it looks exactly the same as the old plugin did. When I looked at my Google Analytics my page views have shot up, basically because this plug in doesn’t just show “hey here are more posts on my blog…” it shows contextualised related posts so more of what that visitor was looking at in the first place. My page views have shot up. I’m glad the previous plug in stopped working or I would never have found this one.
sinanisler

sinanisler

29 Jul, 2024

best related posts plugin O_O
quidprocrow

quidprocrow

28 Jul, 2024

I noticed that, with the most recent upgrade, my manual related posts were not working correctly. I contacted support on the WP site and received a quick response from Ajay. After a few back and forth questions and answers, he realized that there was a bug and fixed it the next day. On a weekend no less! A+++ This topic was modified 3 weeks, 1 day ago by quidprocrow.
Ronald Huereca

Ronald Huereca

13 Jun, 2024

Great plugin. Yours is the best related posts plugin I’ve found, and I’ve tried a lot. If I could request one feature, perhaps in the pro version, the ability to show only related posts within the same post type.
DAMIANOS

DAMIANOS

11 Jun, 2024

The latest version of the plugin is super fast with no memory consumption. Highly recommended.

FAQ

How can I customise the output?

Shortcodes

How can I report security bugs?

How does the plugin select thumbnails?

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Can I exclude certain posts from being displayed?

Does the plugin support custom post types?

Is the plugin GDPR compliant?