dcannon1

<p>Small, lightweight (under 7k) widget that shows posts from the same category as the current post. Several options for customization along with numerous ordering criteria for posts. Displayed only on single post pages. Based on Related Links by Category by Andrew Stephens</p>
<p><strong>Options</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Title – Set the title of the widget (or leave blank)</li>
<li>Number of Posts to Show – Set how many posts are listed in the widget</li>
<li>Order By – Choose how the related posts will be ordered (including random posts)</li>
<li>Show Category Names – Toggle whether category names are displayed above groups of posts</li>
<li>Link Cat Name to Archive – If category names are being shown, choose to have them link to the category archive page for that category</li>
<li>List Posts Multiple Times? – If a post is classified under multiple categories use this toggle to determine if it will be shown under each category, or only under the first category it shares with the current post. This should be set to no if you are not displaying the category names</li>
</ul>


alphasis

<p>The widget area lists posts of the same category as the current post.<br />
This plugin requires the WP_Widget class introduced in WordPress Version 2.8.<br />
This widget works when any single Post page is being displayed.</p>
<h4>Official Page</h4>
<ul>
<li>Plugin’s Official Page : <a href="http://alphasis.info/developments/wordpress-plugins/widgets-of-posts-by-same-categories/" title="English" rel="nofollow ugc">English</a> / <a href="http://alphasis.info/2010/11/widgets-of-posts-by-same-categories/" title="Japanese" rel="nofollow ugc">Japanese</a></li>
<li>Author’s Website : <a href="http://alphasis.info/" title="alphasis.info" rel="nofollow ugc">alphasis.info</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Options</h4>
<ul>
<li>Number of Posts to Show by Categories</li>
<li>Order By
<ul>
<li>Sort by title</li>
<li>Sort by creation date</li>
<li>Sort by last modified date</li>
<li>Sort by numeric post ID</li>
<li>Random</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Order
<ul>
<li>Ascending</li>
<li>Descending</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Creates a link to each category?
<ul>
<li>Yes</li>
<li>No</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Exclude (Categories)
<ul>
<li>The IDs of any categories you want to exclude, separated by commas.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Separator
<ul>
<li>What to separate each category by.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Localization</h4>
<ul>
<li>Japanese (ja) – <a href="http://alphasis.info/" title="alphasis.info" rel="nofollow ugc">alphasis</a> (plugin author)</li>
<li>Current release supports English and Japanese only.</li>
</ul>


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