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Contextly Recommends

Build your audience with great related and popular recommendations. Let readers follow topics. Editorial control and machine learning.

By rsingel·SEO·Free
3.8(23 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, Contextly Recommends is a WordPress seo plugin with 100 active installations and a 3.8/5 rating from 23 reviews. It has been downloaded 52K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.0.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time….

3.8/523 reviews
100active installs
52K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

Contextly is the most powerful and customizable related posts plugin for WordPress.
Contextly provides related, popular and evergreen post recommendations to help you build a loyal audience by getting readers to read more of your content and come back to your site.

Contextly’s smart recommendations can be shown in modules at the end of posts, in the body of stories and in the WordPress sidebar.

Additionally, Contextly is the only related posts plugin that lets readers subscribe by emails to the topics on your site they care about so they can get notified by email when a new post is published – with no extra work by you.

Our algorithms run on our servers, not yours, so we never slow your site down. You can filter out older posts, non-relevant tags and categories and posts with…

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Ratings & Reviews

3.823 reviews
5 ★
15
4 ★
0
3 ★
1
2 ★
3
1 ★
4

Compatibility

WordPress2.0.2+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

6.1.3

  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug where for some users the Advanced WordPress settings choice to not include posts would revert to on
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

rsingelrsingelandrewcggandrewcgg
Plugin Info
Version
6.1.3
Last Updated
Jul 23, 2024
WP Requires
2.0.2+
Tested Up To
6.6.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
52K+
Added
Mar 5, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

seorelatedpromotioncustom postsrelated links

Developer

R
rsingel
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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