Random Related Posts
A simple sidebar widget to include a custom number of posts from the same category as the current post.
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Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 5362 days ago
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Possibly abandoned (last update 5362 days ago).
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Description
The plugin provides a sidebar widget with customisable title and number of related posts to display.
The widget will display a random list of x number of posts ( selected in widget options ) together with a small tag including the publish date and author.
If used outside of a specific category the widget will default to all categories, whilst still displaying the selected number of random posts.
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Installation
- Upload the
simple-related-postsdirectory to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Add widget through the WordPress widgets menu and customise.
Frequently Asked Questions
On what basis are posts selected?
Post are from the same category as the the post being viewed.
If no category is present, eg. you’re on the main blogroll, posts will randomly be selected from all the categories.
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Screenshots
Customising the widget in the WordPress admin panel.
Styled version of the widget.
Changelog
1.0
- First Release.