Same Category Posts

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1. ★★★★★ mo1999

   6.9y ago

   Easy to install and customize. It does what it suppose to do. Thank you!

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2. ★★★★★ cengoguven

   7.8y ago

   Works great but I couldn’t find a way to remove / change the header “SAME CATEGORY” words. Any clue please? Oops! I found how to do it. It’s under the widget properties. Sorry for the false alarm. This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by cengoguven.

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3. ★★★★★ jromaine

   8.1y ago

   I tried a number of different related post type plugins and this one was by far the easiest to use, and most effective. 5 stars!

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4. ★★★★★ Brian TN

   8.3y ago

   Thanks for the great plugin. I have been looking for a plugin that can have similar formats: A title (H2), an excerpt and a thumbnail in a right position. This plugin has all I need.

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5. ★★★★★ Mohsin Alam

   8.6y ago

   I was looking for showing post list from the same category only, then after few weeks search, I found this plugin. Salute to you for this great plugin.

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6. ★★★★★ jf9858

   9.2y ago

   I bought this product because I wanted my posts to look exactly like the pictures. I initially had trouble installing it due to an error message, and customer service responded promptly that I had to uninstall the free version before installing the premium version. However, upon installing the premium version, I did not feel that it operated exactly as described. The product did not display a vertical scrolling news ticker for my WordPress blog and display posts as displayed in the picture. It looked different and, therefore, I had no use for the product. I emailed customer service THE SAME NIGHT that I purchased it for a refund and NEVER got a response. When I later disputed the purchase through Paypal, the company promptly responded but refused to give a refund. Luckily, I am only out $12 but I am advising potential buyers not to make the same mistake that I did and purchase the product. This topic was modified 9 years ago by jf9858. This topic was modified 9 years ago by jf9858.

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7. ★★★★★ kais72

   9.2y ago

   Very useful plugin, it works perfectly.

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8. ★★★★★ oksanaromaniv

   9.3y ago

   Thank you for the great plugin! The support is also on the high level. The author added a necessary feature for me just in a couple of days! Now you can use shortcodes in widget titles 🙂 Thank you, Oksana

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.1.20 Security scan by Wordfence 1.1.20
2. — Version 1.1.19 Prevent widget rendering for posts without terms 1.1.19
3. — Version 1.1.18 Cleanup for anchor title 1.1.18
4. — Version 1.1.17 Bugfix Excerpt length overrides other filters 1.1.17
5. — Version 1.1.16 Bugfix Showing to much posts from not related categories 1.1.16
6. — Version 1.1.15 Bugfix HTML entities in title attributes 1.1.15

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

1. Medium · 5.4 Same Category Posts <= 1.1.19 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Widget Title Placeholder ↗
   2026-01-23 CVE-2025-14797 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.19 Patched in 1.1.20

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. 2024-10-05 4K+ → 3K+ down after 495 days in tier
2. 2023-05-29 5K+ → 4K+ down after 91 days in tier
3. 2023-02-27 4K+ → 5K+ up

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
• Related Posts by Taxonomy 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Custom Related Posts 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Related Products Manager for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
• Manual Related Posts 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• W WP Simple Related Posts 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D

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Same Category Posts: 3K+ active installs, 4.7★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/same-category-posts