Title: Related Posts Widget
Author: Mrinal Roy
Published: <strong>Mis-Genver 1, 2010</strong>
Last modified: Kevardhu 16, 2015

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Related Posts Widget

 By [Mrinal Roy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mkrdip/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/related-posts-widget.zip)

 * [Details](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-widget/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-widget/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/related-posts-widget/)

## Description

Related Posts Widget shows a list of posts with similar tags to the current post.
The widget is only shown on single post pages. The Related Post widget only shows&
loads it’s file in front end when `is_single()` returns `true` & post tag(s) is 
similar.

#### Features

 * Option to show post thumbnail & set dimension by width & height.
 * Set how many posts to show.
 * Option to show the post excerpt and how long the excerpt should be.
 * Option to show the post date.
 * Option to show the comment count.
 * Multiple widgets.

#### Contribute

While using this plugin if you find any bug or any conflict, please submit an issue
at
 [Github](https://github.com/mkrdip/related-posts-widget) (If possible with a
pull request).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The widget configuration dialog.
 * [[
 * Front end of the widget using a default WordPress Theme.

## Installation

#### Automatic installation

Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers
itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install 
of Related Posts Widget, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins
menu and click Add New.

In the search field type “Related Posts Widget” and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve
found plugin, you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now”. Then, go to plugins
page of WordPress admin activate the plugin. Now, goto the Widgets page of the Appearance
section and configure the Related Posts widget.

#### Manual installation

 1. Download the plugin.
 2. Upload it to the plugins folder of your blog.
 3. Goto the Plugins section of the WordPress admin and activate the plugin.
 4. Now, goto the Widgets page of the Appearance section and configure the Related 
    Posts widget.

Read more about installting plugins at [WordPress Codex] (https://codex.wordpress.
org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins)

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[simply does not work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simply-does-not-work-24/)󠁿

 [eeeMan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/eeeman/) Gwynngala 3, 2016 1 reply

simply does not work

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/related-posts-widget/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Related Posts Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mrinal Roy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mkrdip/)

[Translate “Related Posts Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/related-posts-widget)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/related-posts-widget/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/related-posts-widget/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/related-posts-widget/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/related-posts-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

2.0.1

 * Added PHP5 Constructor
 * Compatible with WordPress 4.3

2.0

 * Added CSS file for posts styling
 * Now compaitable with latest versions of WordPress
 * Better code quality

1.1

 * Fixed a bug in the thumbnail size registration routine.

1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0.1**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.34**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [related posts](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/related-posts/)[Related Posts Widget](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/related-posts-widget/)
   [similar posts widget](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/similar-posts-widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-widget/advanced/)

## Ratings

 1 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Mrinal Roy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mkrdip/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/related-posts-widget/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://mkrdip.me/donate)