Related Posts by Taxonomy

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Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

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 · 95% 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.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

1. ★★★★★ Betty_

   7mo ago

   Adoro questo plugin, funziona alla grande e ha molte funzionalità! Il supporto è fantastico! Grazie di cuore!

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2. ★★★★★ Gaurav Tiwari

   1.7y ago

   How on the Earth did I miss this related posts plugin? Maybe the name is too niche but it is a wonderful “allrounder” plugin. A six-stars out of five — tool. Rocking it on my primary website and soon to be added to all my client sites. Very well done and thanks for the documentation. Helps a fellow developer.

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3. ★★★★★ SomniumLucidus

   3.0y ago

   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.

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4. ★★★★★ laceybeach

   4.1y ago

   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

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5. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   4.5y ago

   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!

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6. ★★★★★ BigSamX

   5.4y ago

   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.

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7. ★★★★★ mikoba

   5.7y ago

   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.

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8. ★★★★★ blade1407

   6.3y ago

   It still works fine

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.7.9 Enhancement New filter for the $expire attribute in wp_cache_set() This allows you to set your own expire time if needed Tested with WP 7.0 and PHP 8.5 2.7.9
2. — Version 2.7.8 Bug Fixes Fix gallery tags being stripped from html output 2.7.8
3. — Version 2.7.7 Bug Fixes Use wp_kses() to sanitize the html output of the shortcode, widget and rest api features 2.7.7
4. — Version 2.7.6 Enhancement Add a filter to use any theme directory for custom related posts template files 2.7.6
5. — Version 2.7.5 Enhancement Fix PHP 8 and up deprecated notices 2.7.5
6. — Version 2.7.4 Enhancement Update the block gallery with the HTML changes made in WordPress 5.4 (again!). Use post title for aria-label only Display cache log in footer (because admin_bar_menu hook changed to wp_body_open) Getting read 2.7.4

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

1. Medium · 6.4 Related Posts by Taxonomy <= 2.7.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'related_posts_by_tax' Shortcode ↗
   2026-01-15 CVE-2026-0916 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.7.6 Patched in 2.7.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 130 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Plus 106 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-07-25 20K+ → 10K+ down after 61 days in tier
2. 2025-05-25 10K+ → 20K+ up after 16 days in tier
3. 2025-05-09 20K+ → 10K+ down after 50 days in tier
4. 2025-03-20 10K+ → 20K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-03-19 20K+ → 10K+ down after 4 days in tier
6. 2025-03-15 10K+ → 20K+ up after 43 days in tier
7. 2025-01-31 20K+ → 10K+ 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).

• 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
• Posts in Page 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• Same Category Posts 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Post Category Filter (WP Admin) 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Manual Related Posts 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B

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Related Posts by Taxonomy: 10K+ active installs, 4.8★ (77 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/related-posts-by-taxonomy