alphasis

<p>This Plugin will display the related posts list via categories, tags and custom taxonomies.<br />
It can automatically display the related posts list after the content of any single post of selected post types by options.<br />
There are many options for the display, order, exclusion and post-type selection.<br />
This plugin works when viewing a post of selected post types by options.<br />
This plugin requires jQuery 1.6 or higher.</p>
<h4>Official Page</h4>
<ul>
<li>Plugin’s Official Page : <a href="http://alphasis.info/developments/wordpress-plugins/related-posts-via-taxonomies/" title="Plugin's Official Page in English" rel="nofollow ugc">English</a> / <a href="http://alphasis.info/kaihatu/wordpress-plugins/related-posts-via-taxonomies/" title="Plugin's Official Page in 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> (Japanese) » <a href="http://alphasis.info/developments/wordpress-plugins/" title="WordPress Plugins" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Plugins</a> (English)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Related Posts via Taxonomies – Options</h4>
<p>‘Settings’ » ‘Related Posts via Taxonomies’</p>
<h4>Display</h4>
<ul>
<li>Auto display
<ul>
<li>This option automatically displays related posts after the content on the single post page.</li>
<li>If this option is off, you will need to manually insert <code>display_related_posts_via_taxonomies()</code> into your theme files.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Maximum number of related posts
<ul>
<li>If you do not enter anything: 10</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Related posts title
<ul>
<li>For example: Related Posts</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Before related posts title and related posts
<ul>
<li>For example: <code><div id="related-posts-via-taxonomies"></code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>After related posts title and related posts
<ul>
<li>For example: <code></div></code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Before related posts title
<ul>
<li>For example: <code><h2 id="related-posts-via-taxonomies-title"></code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>After related posts title
<ul>
<li>For example: <code></h2></code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Before related posts
<ul>
<li>For example: <code><ul id="related-posts-via-taxonomies-list"></code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>After related posts
<ul>
<li>For example: <code></ul></code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Before each related post
<ul>
<li>For example: <code><li class="related-posts-via-taxonomies-item"></code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>After each related post
<ul>
<li>For example: <code></li></code></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Order</h4>
<ul>
<li>Order By
<ul>
<li>Related Scores : High  ( Speedy ) </li>
<li>Related Scores : High / Date Published : New ( Default setting )</li>
<li>Related Scores : High / Date Published : Old</li>
<li>Related Scores : Low / Date Published : New</li>
<li>Related Scores : Low / Date Published : Old</li>
<li>Related Scores : High / Date Modified : New</li>
<li>Related Scores : High / Date Modified : Old</li>
<li>Related Scores : Low / Date Modified : New</li>
<li>Related Scores : Low / Date Modified : Old</li>
<li>Date Published : New</li>
<li>Date Published : Old</li>
<li>Date Modified : New</li>
<li>Date Modified : Old</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Exclude</h4>
<ul>
<li>Exclude (Posts)
<ul>
<li>The IDs of any posts you want to exclude, separated by commas.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Exclude (Categories)
<ul>
<li>Select checkboxes of any categories you want to exclude.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Exclude (Tags)
<ul>
<li>Select checkboxes of any tags you want to exclude.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Exclude (Custom taxonomy)
<ul>
<li>Select checkboxes of any custom taxonomy items you want to exclude.</li>
<li>Displays checkboxes of them when there is any custom taxonomy items.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Post types</h4>
<ul>
<li>Select checkboxes of any post types you want to include in the list of Related Posts and display the list.</li>
<li>Displays checkboxes of them when there is any custom post types.</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.</li>
</ul>


xdark

<p>Easy Related Posts is a WordPress plugin that displays posts related to the one a user is currently reading.<br />
Easy Related Posts can display related posts in main content area or in sidebars through a widget.<br />
Equipped with 3 eye catching fully responsive themes, supports basic modifications on them from admin panel. It also has a theme system that let you modify or write your own themes to match you personal needs.<br />
Through an intuitive algorithm it creates “relations” between posts and rates them based on posts categories and/or tags in a way so these ratings are as much as accurate they can be.<br />
Last but not least in any way, Easy Related Posts uses the best coding standards and practices with mind in security.</p>
<p><strong>If you like this plugin please support the developers.</strong> You can do so using the links inside  plugin settings page or by purchasing the PRO version.</p>
<p>PRO version can be purchased from <a href="http://erp.xdark.eu/downloads/easy-related-posts-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.<br />
To see a full list of features and compare them to the PRO version please visit <a href="http://erp.xdark.eu/version-comparison/" rel="nofollow ugc">this page</a>.</p>
<p><em>Easy Related Posts wont spam your visitors with content from other sites, ads or in any other way.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://erp.xdark.eu/demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">See the demo</a></p>
<p><strong>This plugin requires PHP version 5.3 and above.</strong></p>
<p>Features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Easy to setup</li>
<li>Choose displayed content: excerpt length, thumbnail resizing and many more.</li>
<li>Choose if related posts should be fetched by categories or by tags</li>
<li>Exclude posts that have certain categories and/or tags from related posts</li>
<li>Prevent related posts from spawning in certain categories or tags</li>
<li>Display related posts as an eye-catching pop up block</li>
<li>Display related posts through a widget or/and in main content area</li>
<li>Options optimized before activation for most of the cases</li>
<li>Really fast, not a single database entry (I really love clean DB’s)</li>
<li>Responsive design</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Please report any bugs or features you’d like to see in feature releases <a href="http://erp.xdark.eu/bugs/set_project.php?project_id=3" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a></em></p>


Easy Related Posts

Displays related posts in the end of each post or/and in sidebar through a widget

Related Posts via Taxonomies vs Easy Related Posts