WP Simple Related Posts
by horike · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 4.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Related Posts plugin. It's flexible and fast and simple.
47 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1088 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
336
now · peak 987
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
3.0y ago
latest release · v1.6.1
26
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 82% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-07-10 · 1,387 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
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. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ napolux8.6y ago
This plugin should not be installed, it’s outdated. Plus, api endpoints are not working, and format for related in /posts/POST_ID REST api endpoint is not using a consistent format for when related are not present. This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by napolux.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Takayuki Miyauchi12.0y ago
Cool!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nick635268312.3y ago
Good enough for my custom themes.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Supje12.3y ago
Very simple and it does exactly what I want it to do. Show all related posts with related tags! Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jordy Meow12.3y ago
Nothing amazing not surprising yet it works and does exactly what it is supposed to do. I love it this way: clean and simple. Thanks 🙂 I would love a custom CSS section in the option so that I can customize the appearance (I don’t like to add it in the main CSS).
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-07 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-04 500+ → 400+ down after 356 days in tier
- 2025-04-13 400+ → 500+ 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).
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Contextual Related Posts 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Related Posts by Taxonomy 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Same Category Posts 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Manual Related Posts 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Custom Post Types Relationships (CPTR) 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Advanced Related Posts 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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