Custom Related Posts

Custom Related Posts

Manual related posts without slowing down your website!
Rating:
4.9
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Active Installations:
4000+
Last Updated:
Jan 21, 2025
WordPress Version:
3.5 or higher
Tested up to:
6.7.2

Control Related Links

Define relations easily on post edit page.

Display Related Posts

Use shortcode, widget or block to show related posts.

Show Featured Images

Optionally display featured images in any size.

Compatible with Gutenberg

Works seamlessly with the Gutenberg Block Editor.

1.7.4

  • Fix: Restrict AJAX access to prevent misuse by contributors

1.7.3

  • Fix: Notice due to incorrect textdomain loading

1.7.2

  • Fix: Block editor error if related post is broken

1.7.1

  • Fix: Prevent deprecation warning

1.7.0

  • Feature: Manually set order for related posts (Block Editor only)
  • Feature: Setting to disable pinning of related posts images
  • Improvement: Image responsive sizing in some situations
  • Fix: Prevent PHP 8 deprecation notice related to usort

1.6.6

  • Fix: Block editor preview broken in WordPress 5.8

1.6.5

  • Fix: Problem when unpinning CRP sidebar in Gutenberg

1.6.4

  • Fix: Allow removing of relations to permanently deleted posts

1.6.3

  • Fix: Prevent PHP notice in WordPress 5.5

1.6.2

  • Feature: Limit by post type when searching for relations

1.6.1

  • Feature: Thumbnails in output are links as well
  • Improvement: Bring back shortcode button for TinyMCE
  • Fix: Class name error for list item title
  • Fix: PHP notice for missing variable

1.6.0

  • Feature: Show featured image for related posts
  • Feature: Setting to disable relation caching
  • Improvement: New settings page
  • Improvement: Filter hook for search arguments
  • Fix: Deleting related post to post type that has been disabled

1.5.1

  • Fix: Relations not loading correctly in Gutenberg

1.5.0

  • Feature: Gutenberg compatibility

1.4.1

  • Fix: PHP 7 Warning

1.4

  • Feature: Setting to open links in a new tab
  • Improvement: WordPress 4.8 compatibility
  • Improvement: $relation variable available in plugin hook

1.3

  • Improvement: Settings for searching related posts

1.2

  • Fix: Firefox compatibility problem

1.1

  • Feature: Import relations from XML

1.0

  • Very first version of this plugin

Simple, clear, does the job!

By septim on February 9, 2025

Quite a nice tool, allows to control what goes where with some useful layout options. Of course it's more work than automated plugins and as you add content you need to manually setup your links, but I'd rather have it this way.

Had a small issue with shrinking thumbnails on smaller screens for posts with long titles, but I could find the css code to add in the templates section in this very forum. Still I think this should be a default feature, or at least a checkbox option, because it looks weird when it happens.

Thanks for this light, simple & useful tool!

Everything I needed

By unklee on March 13, 2024

I have used this plugin for more than 3 years now and I am very pleased with it. I don't want a plugin that chooses compatible posts itself, thus slowing my page down. Rather I want one where I can do the choosing and the plugin puts it on the page with minimum fuss. Which is exactly what this plugin does. What's more, when I had a minor layout issue, and ask for support, I got a quick answer that resolved the issue. So thanks for a useful plugin that simply works.

Works perfectly

By alordiel on October 3, 2023

Simple and light, it is all I need for my project. The Gutenberg integration is pretty cool and UI is easy to work with. Thank you.

Really nice plugin

By ririro on September 19, 2023

Simple and flexible. Really appreciate it.

Customize as you want

By jeffz8 on June 1, 2023

I want to control the links as needed. This plugin provides that functionality with a simple implementation.

It is a bit basic in appearance, but with a bit of CSS work, you can make it look as you want quite easily.

Good

By Helison Santos (agenciahouse) on March 20, 2023

It is a good plugin, simple and objective, but, the HTML is not encapsulated, the title is out of markup, this made my formatting a bit more complex.

Cool plugin!

By Yaroslav (ingyaroslav) on January 8, 2023

Thank you for plugin and documentation!

P.S. but add wrapper div ;)
div.crp-list-wrapper
- h3.crp-list-title
- div.crp-list

Awesome

By wbxpress on January 3, 2023

I am using it for more than few years. Its perfect.

Great plugin, great support

By fdphonk on September 14, 2022

The plugin is easy to manage and works perfectly. When I had a minor problem, their e-mail support responded within minutes and was able to help me out immediately. Highly recommended.

it's functional but not good

By suth_a on July 26, 2022

My biggest issue with this plugin is that you cannot drag and drop to re-order related posts. You have to add/delete them and they will be positioned randomly. This plugin delivers the basic function of adding related posts but the UI is pretty basic and lacks features that would make managing related posts easier.
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