Related Posts by Taxonomy
Display a list of related posts on your site based on the most terms in common. Supports thumbnails, shortcodes, a widget and more.
Overview
Compatibility
Installation instructions
Customer support & learning resources
Changelog
Main benefits
Increase readers’ engagement
Display related posts
Small footprint
Highly adjustable
Extensive documentation
About this plugin
Author: keesiemeijer
Categories: Widgets and Sidebars
Version: 2.7.5
Last updated: 07-04-2024
WordPress version: 5.9
Tested up to: 6.5.5
PHP version required: false
Languages: English (Canada), Ελληνικά [+4]
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Learning resources: View resources
Overview
This WordPress plugin enables users to boost reader engagement by displaying related posts in the sidebar or after post content through a widget or shortcode. By effectively identifying and showcasing posts with the most common terms, the plugin enhances the reader's experience. It supports multiple taxonomies and post types, allowing users to include or exclude specific terms in the search for related content. Additionally, the plugin offers versatile display options—post thumbnails, links, excerpts, or full posts—without slowing down the site. Users can customize the appearance using their own HTML templates and have access to extensive plugin documentation. Advanced features include utilizing a persistent cache, leveraging the WordPress REST API, and loading related posts via Ajax. The plugin adheres to WordPress coding standards and is highly adjustable, making it a powerful tool for improving content discovery and user engagement. Available translations include Dutch, French, Spanish, Catalan, and Polish.
Increased Reader Engagement
- Quickly increase your readers’ engagement by adding related posts in the sidebar or after post content.
- Posts with the most terms in common will display at the top.
Highly Customizable Display Options
- Display related posts as post thumbnails, links, excerpts, or full posts.
- Change the look and feel by using your own templates in a (child) theme.
Flexible Search and Filtering
- Search for related posts in single or multiple taxonomies and post types.
- Exclude or include terms and posts.
- Limit the search for related posts by date, number, or post meta.
Performance and Best Practices
- Small footprint, doesn’t slow down your site.
- Follows WordPress coding standards and plugin best practices.
- Use a persistent cache for the related posts query (opt-in feature).
Rating and reviews
SomniumLucidus
01 Sep, 2023
After having repeatedly tried and dumped a heap of plugins that didn’t quite do what they should—or needed convoluted work in order to do so—, what a relief it is to finally installing this plugin!
I was wondering why I had chosen this one for a previous website I put together a while ago, and now I understand.
laceybeach
10 Jul, 2022
I enjoyed RPbT while it worked. It used to be a 5 star plugin.
But it seems to have finally wilted, ceased to be and is now an ex-plugin.
Rest in Plugin-heaven
zignorp
03 Mar, 2022
I love that this plugin does exactly what I need it to do, the attributes are easily edited and you’re really thought of anything I would want to specify. I really like that it’s so lightweight and simple, I had given up on using these plugins a few years back because of the load on larger sites. I hope it gets updated if there are any issues with new versions of wp, but for me, it’s working great with 5.9.1 (classic admin) Thank you!
SamX
20 Apr, 2021
This is one of the best related post plugins I have on my WordPress site. it is fast in loading and highly customizable. I found this as the best alternative to the heavy jetpack related post that lacks many features; one which is to lazyload related post images, and it can make use of your already cropped images (300 x 250) instead of using the full-sized images.
mikoba
02 Dec, 2020
Pro: shows thumbnails of several post types depending on tags. Not much plugins do this. 🙂
Con: now and then I get double results in the related posts. 🙁
Quite above average.
