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<p>Ever wanted to control the results of Jetpack related posts without delving into code?</p>
<p>Well now you can!</p>
<p>You can not choose the post types that both appear in related post results and that those results appear on. You can also manually override whether related posts appear on any given post or page and in fact manually set the related posts that are displayed.</p>
<p>Features are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Choose the post types that can appear as related posts results (Settings->related posts)</li>
<li>Choose the posts types that can have related posts appear on (Settings->related posts)</li>
<li>Choose whether any single post, page or CPT will display related post results (under the disable related post meta box in the editor)</li>
<li>Manually choose the individual related posts that will appear on any given post, page or CPT. Set under the related posts meta box in the editor</li>
<li>Choose a fallback image jetpack will use for related posts if onbe cannot be found in the post/page/cpt</li>
</ul>
<h4>Before reading any further</h4>
<p>Please note this plugin requires the wordpress posts 2 posts plugin to be installed and activated to manually set individual related post results.</p>


LH Jetpack Related Posts

Enables you to customise Jetpack Related post results through a GUI

wp-centrics

<p>This plugin allows you to create many-to-many relationships between posts of any type: post, page, custom post types, etc.</p>
<p>Configure post 2 post connections easily in a friendly interface.</p>
<p>The new connection metaboxes will appear on the related post edition pages. Search text, post type and term combo filter available as option for it.</p>
<p>Use the standard WP_Query() and get_posts() to get the related posts.</p>
<p>Solid-rock relationships: use his own database table, updated on post status change and removed on post deletion.</p>
<h4>Getting related: the WP_Query way</h4>
<pre><code>// inside main loop, current post ID (p2p_rel_post_id) not needed, current post will be used if you don't set it:

$args = array(
    'p2p_rel_key'        => 'prod_to_bars',  // This is your connection key name. Required.
    'p2p_rel_post_id'    => 1,               // The post ID. Inside main loop dont needed.
    'p2p_rel_direction'  => 'any',           // The connection direction. 'any' by default. Optional. Explained below. ( can be 'any' | 'from_to' | 'to_from' )

    // Of course, here you can add the standard WP arguments you need: post type, status, dates, pagination, etc.
); 

// (at this point, as any other WP looping):

// The Query 
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

// The Loop
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
    echo '<ul>';
    while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
        $the_query->the_post();
        echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
    }
    echo '</ul>';
} else {
    // no posts found
    echo '<p>Nothing related</p>';
}

// Restore original Post Data 
wp_reset_postdata();
</code></pre>
<h4>Getting related: the get_posts() way</h4>
<pre><code>// inside main loop, current post ID (p2p_rel_post_id) not needed, current post will be used if you don't set it:

$args = array(
    'p2p_rel_key'        => 'prod_to_bars', // This is your connection key name. Required.
    'p2p_rel_post_id'    => 1,              // The post ID. Inside main loop dont needed
    'p2p_rel_direction'  => 'any',          // The connection direction. 'any' by default. Optional. Explained below. ( can be 'any' | 'from_to' | 'to_from' )
    'post_type'          => 'any',          // The filtered post types, can be an array. Optional. 'post' by default. (can be 'any' for all)
    'suppress_filters'   => false           // Required

    // Of course, here you can add the standard WP arguments you need: post type, status, dates, pagination, etc.
); 

// (at this point, as any other WP looping):

$rel_posts = get_posts ( $args );

print_r( $rel_posts );
</code></pre>
<h4>Getting related: getting it raw</h4>
<pre><code>// inside main loop, current post ID (element_id) not needed, current post will be used if you don't set it:

$args = array(
    'key'           => 'prod_to_bars',  // This is your connection key name. Required.
    'element_id'    => 1,               // The post ID. Inside main loop dont needed.
    'element_type'  => 'any',           // The filtered post types, can be an array. Optional. 'post' by default. (can be 'any' for all)
    'status'        => 'any'            // The filtered post status, can be an array. Optional. 'publish' by default. (can be 'any' for all)
    'direction'     => 'any',           // The connection direction. 'any' by default. Optional. Explained below. ( can be 'any' | 'from_to' | 'to_from' )
); 

global $P2P_Relationships;
$rel_posts = $P2P_Relationships->get_raw ( $args );

// Only an array of related post IDs, not the posts objects.
print_r ( $rel_posts ); 
</code></pre>
<h4>The connection direction</h4>
<p>By default, the connections are bidirectional (any). However, you can get related posts only in one direction: ‘from_to’ or ‘to_from’.</p>
<p>You can do the same logic at interface level for your users in the backoffice: you can setup your connection hidding the from metabox or the to metabox (UI mode setting).</p>


Posts 2 Posts Relationships

Amazing plugin!! Save a lot of Time in Plugin and Theme Development

Amazing plugin!! Save a lot of Time in Development

Efficient many-to-many connections between posts, pages and custom post types.

LH Jetpack Related Posts vs Posts 2 Posts Relationships