Contextly Recommends

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1. ★★★★★ ssalpietro

   7.4y ago

   As a non-profit, we’re always looking for most bang for less buck. When trying to get “related reading” and “you might like” content suggestions on our website, we kept finding that our host banned most of these plugins because they are extremely resource intensive. Especially for childmind.org, which gets over 1MM visits monthly. Contextly helped us offload this task, provides smart recommendations, and gets better over time. Install simple, or install complex and customize. Whichever way, the guys at Contextly are always there to help. Additionally, we get a 10-15% click rate, which adds thousands of page views (and reduced bounce rates) across our website. This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Removed link

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2. ★★★★★ nakita_dog

   7.5y ago

   Contextly is truly a great plugin for adding additional links at the end of your blog posts. They also have great plugin support which is something that you don’t always get with WordPress plugins. Thanks, Contextly!

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3. ★★★★★ rasseya

   7.5y ago

   I evaluated dozens of “You might like” related content plugins. Of all of them, this one was cloud based (which my hosting site made a requirement, and disabled my original one) and had the best set of features available for my environment. A few other plugins stated some nice features, but every time I tried them out, they didn’t work as advertised. The support, if you happen to run into an issue, is stellar. They are professional and expeditious. I would recommend this plug-in!

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4. ★★★★★ docpop

   9.5y ago

   Contextly is a life saver for me. I don’t get a lot of traffic on my site, so it’s great to see visitors landing on one article, then bouncing over to other related articles because of the Contextly recommendation.

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5. ★★★★★ Michael Bryner

   10.3y ago

   What is up with that? It makes no sense at all. If you are offering to monetize, that is stupid because everything you earn goes to the monthly charges. So whats the point? To give all the money back, and if it is not monetizing then it is still not worth it because there are so many options out there to go for free. So to me their tactic is way off.

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6. ★★★★★ janomix

   10.4y ago

   Is not free. Jetpack work best and for life.

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7. ★★★★★ Internetoholik

   11.0y ago

   Thanks for the plugin, it works very well on my site. I had very good experience with a quick support, better than on premium plugins! Thanks again, Tom

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8. ★★★★★ Rachel S

   11.1y ago

   It seems you have to actually pay to the use the plug in or Contextly cuts you off. Bite me.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.1

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-06-16 200+ → 100+ down after 291 days in tier
2. 2024-08-29 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
3. 2024-08-25 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
4. 2024-08-23 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
5. 2024-08-19 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-08-18 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in tier
7. 2024-08-13 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
8. 2024-08-11 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Contextual Related Posts 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• upPrev 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A

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Contextly Recommends: 100+ active installs, 3.8★ (23 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/contextly-related-links