Title: Relative Posts
Author: Panagiotis Angelidis
Published: <strong>October 21, 2012</strong>
Last modified: July 6, 2018

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Relative Posts

 By [Panagiotis Angelidis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaggeli/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/relative-posts.1.3.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/relative-posts/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/relative-posts/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/relative-posts/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/relative-posts/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/relative-posts/)

## Description

The Relative Posts plugin is a VERY simple and lite widget that’s helps you to show
up a list of related posts on sidebar with or without thumbnails.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Admin Panel
 * [[
 * Post Page
 * [[
 * Post Page With Thumbnail Images

## Installation

 1. Upload the folder `relativepost` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

So you already have installed the plugin, now

-Go to the Appearance menu in WordPress and select ‘Widgets’.
 -Drag and drop the
widget ‘Relative Post’ to the Widget Area you want.

Option Description:
 1. Title: Just write the title you’d like to show for the widget(
the defoult title is “You Also Might Like…”). 2. Max Number Of Posts: The maximum
number of relative articles that can been displayed(the default number is 5). 3.
Use Thumbnails: Check if you want to display the feature image(thumbnail) of the
post. Otherwise display only the title. 4. Post Title Length:Check and write the
number of characters that the post title will be had(the default number is 50). 
Otherwise will display the full length of title.

## FAQ

How do I contact you?

email: info@panoswebsites.com

  Installation Instructions

 1. Upload the folder `relativepost` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

So you already have installed the plugin, now

-Go to the Appearance menu in WordPress and select ‘Widgets’.
 -Drag and drop the
widget ‘Relative Post’ to the Widget Area you want.

Option Description:
 1. Title: Just write the title you’d like to show for the widget(
the defoult title is “You Also Might Like…”). 2. Max Number Of Posts: The maximum
number of relative articles that can been displayed(the default number is 5). 3.
Use Thumbnails: Check if you want to display the feature image(thumbnail) of the
post. Otherwise display only the title. 4. Post Title Length:Check and write the
number of characters that the post title will be had(the default number is 50). 
Otherwise will display the full length of title.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Relative Posts” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Panagiotis Angelidis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaggeli/)

[Translate “Relative Posts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/relative-posts)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relative-posts/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/relative-posts/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/relative-posts/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/relative-posts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.3.1

Restore the global $post variable after the WP_Query

#### 1.3.0

Rewrite

#### 1.2.0

Customize the length of title

#### 1.1.1

Fix the issue when the get_the_terms() returns false

#### 1.1.0

Add Thumbnail Option

#### 1.0.0

Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.3.1**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/relative-posts/)
 * Tags
 * [linked posts](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/linked-posts/)[related posts](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/related-posts/)
   [Related Posts Widget](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/related-posts-widget/)
   [similar posts](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/similar-posts/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/relative-posts/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Panagiotis Angelidis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaggeli/)

## Support

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