Daniel Floeter

Mrinal Roy

Same Category Posts shows a list of related posts with a same Post Type to the current post. The widget is only shown on single post pages. Forked from <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-widget" rel="ugc">Related Posts Widget</a>.
<h4>Tip Top Press</h4>
We’re <a href="http://tiptoppress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Tip Top Press</a> and create widgets for WordPress. If you want to know about what we’re working on and you are interested in backgrounds then you can read all newes storys on our <a href="http://tiptoppress.com/blog/?utm_source=wp.org&utm_medium=readme.txt&utm_campaign=same+category+posts" rel="nofollow ugc">blog</a>.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Shows a list of related posts.</li>
<li>Option which Post Type should be related to the current post.</li>
<li>Custom Post Types support.</li>
<li>Child category and terms support.</li>
<li>Archive page support.</li>
<li>Option exclude one or multi categories or terms.</li>
<li>Option to filter by popular posts (by comment count).</li>
<li>Option <a href="http://tiptoppress.com/new-dynamic-layout-feature-separate-categories/" rel="nofollow ugc">separate categories</a> if more than one is assigned.</li>
<li>Set how many posts to show (overall and by category).</li>
<li>Option exclude current post, sticky posts or children.</li>
<li>Option exclude categories and terms without exclude their children.</li>
<li>Placeholders in title string (e.g. “There are a lot of %cat%-News.” -> “There are a lot of Tech-News.”).</li>
<li>Filter hook for the post titles ‘widget_title’.</li>
<li>Option to show post thumbnail and set width & height.</li>
<li>Option to <a href="http://tiptoppress.com/css-image-crop/" rel="nofollow ugc">crop thumbnails dimensions with CSS</a>.</li>
<li>Option to put thumbnail on top.</li>
<li>Option to make the widget title link to the category page.</li>
<li>Option to show/hide the title.</li>
<li>Option to show the post excerpt and how long (in words).</li>
<li>Option change excerpt ‘more’ text.</li>
<li>Option to show the post date, author and comment count.</li>
<li>Multiple widgets.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Placeholder</h4>
In text boxes %cat% will replaced with the (first assigned) category name, e.g. “There are a lot of %cat%-News.” -> “There are a lot of Tech-News.”
And %cat-all% will replaced with all assigned category name, e.g. “Special offers for %cat-all%!” -> “Special offers for houses, flats, apartments.”
<h4>Contribute</h4>
While using this plugin if you find any bug or any conflict, please submit an issue at 
<a href="https://github.com/DanielFloeter/same-category-posts" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a> (If possible with a pull request).

Same Category Posts

Show posts related to the current category or other custom post types.

xdark

Easy Related Posts is a WordPress plugin that displays posts related to the one a user is currently reading. 
Easy Related Posts can display related posts in main content area or in sidebars through a widget. 
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. 
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. 
Last but not least in any way, Easy Related Posts uses the best coding standards and practices with mind in security.
If you like this plugin please support the developers. You can do so using the links inside plugin settings page or by purchasing the PRO version.
PRO version can be purchased from <a href="http://erp.xdark.eu/downloads/easy-related-posts-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>. 
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>.
Easy Related Posts wont spam your visitors with content from other sites, ads or in any other way.
<a href="http://erp.xdark.eu/demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">See the demo</a>
This plugin requires PHP version 5.3 and above.
Features:
<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>
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>

Easy Related Posts

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

Same Category Posts vs Easy Related Posts