AMIMOTO

horike

wokamoto

Kazuto Takeshita

webnist

gatespace

*Related posts based on categories, tags. 
*Can be replaced and sort of related posts at admin screen. 
*I can be added as an add-on another related posts algorithm.
You can make addon to use <a href="https://github.com/horike37/wp-simple-related-posts-addon-template/" rel="nofollow ugc">Addon Template</a>.
You can use JSON REST API Endpoint. Require plugin <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-rest-api/" rel="ugc">JSON REST API</a> 
 http://example.com/wp-json/posts/%post_id%/sirp_related/ 
 http://example.com/wp-json/sirp_related/%post_id%/ 
 http://example.com/wp-json/sirp_related/%post_id%/?filter[num]=5
<h4>Translators</h4>
<ul>
<li>Japanese(ja) – <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/horike" rel="nofollow ugc">Horike Takahiro</a></li>
<li>Thai(th_TH) – <a href="http://www.xn--12cg1cxchd0a2gzc1c5d5a.com" rel="nofollow ugc">TG Knowledge</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Contributors</h4>
<ul>
<li>@<a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/shinichin" rel="nofollow ugc">ShinichiN</a></li>
<li>@<a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/webnist" rel="nofollow ugc">Webnist</a></li>
<li>@<a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mt8biz" rel="nofollow ugc">mt8biz</a></li>
</ul>

WP Simple Related Posts

Related Posts plugin. It's flexible and fast and simple.

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

WP Simple Related Posts vs Easy Related Posts