Related Posts By PickPlugins

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ fff654

   1.1y ago

   Great, I use it on my free websites and would go for the paid if 1 or 2 improvement. The automatic insertion is so-so (see 2 suggestions below) and the manual insertion is VERY nice … but 100% manual. 2 suggestions still for the automatic insertion: to add a user’s class name that could be added manually to any HTML tag, to avoid this tag content/children to have inline links inside which can be very disturbing. This exists in many translation plugins (to avoid the content of that tag to be translated) or automatic ToC plugin (to avoid that H2 or H3 to be in the ToC). I would take the paid version just for that. As others have mentioned, the posts automatically selected do not have much in common. While on a “usual” related post plugin that adds all the links/images at the bottom does not hurt much as there is always one or 2 related, here, in the middle of 2 paragraphs, it frequently looks very unrelated. It would be nice if the automatic insertion would take into account the previous 1 or 2 paragraphs or H2 or both. To not slow down the website, likely some pre-calculation/buffer may be needed. I would pay just for that also.

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2. ★★★★★ Pierre Moser

   1.3y ago

   Documentation could be improved, explaining basic stuff for dummies, however the simplicity of the concept made my day.

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3. ★★★★★ DickRaney

   2.5y ago

   Previously used a plugin by MicroKid which is abandoned and doesn’t work with PHP 8. This plugin allows us to manually choose related posts to be shown page by page. And the author gives great support too.

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4. ★★★★★ tomtw2003

   3.6y ago

   I use it for “Manually selected post” This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by tomtw2003.

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5. ★★★★★ mllapan

   3.8y ago

   The posts shown inside a particular post are not related to it in any way. This is just some kind of posts list with thumbnails inside posts, but “related”, no way. This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by mllapan.

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6. ★★★★★ matheus671

   3.8y ago

   😁

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7. ★★★★★ altimac

   3.8y ago

   This plugin does a heckuva lot with the free version, and works great. There was one additional feature we were hoping it could receive that would make it perfect for our use case, so I posted that request in the support forum. The response from the developers was nearly immediate, and indicated they thought it was a great suggestion and they were going to implement it within 48 hours. Not only did they add this feature, but they did it within 24 hours. I can’t say that I have EVER experienced that kind of responsiveness and support. I would give six stars were that possible.

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8. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 15945860

   3.8y ago

   The plugin works, looks stylish and minimalistic. Suitable for any wp theme. Prompt problem solving. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by Anonymous User 15945860.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.0.66 * 2025-12-22 fix - Settings page broken issue fixed. 2.0.66
2. — Version 2.0.65 * 2025-12-05 fix - Latest WP compatibility issue check. 2.0.65
3. — Version 2.0.64 * 2025-11-25 fix - Escaping issue fixed. * 2025-11-25 fix - Update Demo URL. 2.0.64
4. — Version 2.0.63 * 2025-07-05 add - Manually selecetd posts query option update to publish only and limit -1 2.0.63
5. — Version 2.0.62 * 2025-06-28 add - Related posts before/after comment form. 2.0.62
6. — Version 2.0.61 * 2024-04-05 fix - Menu icons issue fixed. 2.0.61

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.1 Related Posts, Inline Related Posts, Contextual Related Posts, Related Content By PickPlugins <= 2.0.59 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-03-06 CVE-2024-12634 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects 2.0.59 Patched in 2.0.60
2. Medium · 5.3 Related Posts, Inline Related Posts, Contextual Related Posts, Related Content By PickPlugins <= 2.0.58 - Sensitive Information Exposure ↗
   2024-12-04 CVE-2024-10937 Improper Access Control Affects <= 2.0.58 Patched in 2.0.59
3. Medium · 6.4 Related Post <= 2.0.53 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-11-30 CVE-2023-51666 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.0.53 Patched in 2.0.54

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-30 4K+ → 3K+ down after 396 days in tier
2. 2025-05-30 5K+ → 4K+ down after 51 days in tier
3. 2025-04-09 4K+ → 5K+ up after 4 days in tier
4. 2025-04-05 5K+ → 4K+ down after 2 days in tier
5. 2025-04-03 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-04-02 5K+ → 4K+ down after 673 days in tier
7. 2023-05-30 6K+ → 5K+ down

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).

• Super Related Posts – Lightweight, High Performance Algorithm & Increase Traffic! 50+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags C
• Related Posts by ThemeinProgress 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• Gou Manage Related Posts | Similar Posts — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C
• Contextual Related Posts 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Internal Linking of Related Contents 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B

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