Manual Related Posts
A simple 'related posts' plugin that lets you select related posts manually.
5(23 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, Manual Related Posts is a WordPress related plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 23 reviews. It has been downloaded 80K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.1+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 8% this week. Top alternative: Contextual Related Posts.
5/523 reviews
1.0K+active installs
80K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
A simple ‘related posts’ plugin that lets you select related posts manually. Supports any post types in WordPress, including custom ones.
Features:
- Add related posts to your blog posts, pages etc.
- Choose from posts, pages or custom post types.
- Re-order related posts via drag and drop.
- Lightweight in code and database-requests.
- Includes Widget that shows the related posts.
- List of posts can also be added to the content of your post.
- Custom markup possible, build your own caroussel or anything you fancy.
- Support for multilanguage plugins, like WPML and Qtranslate-X.
- Duplicate plugin Related (Doubled Up) is included to build a second list.
The plugin was written to have the option to add related posts to each blog post using a simple but functional plugin. You can select the re…
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Ratings & Reviews
523 reviews
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Recent Reviews
simple but powerful
by priyokla10·1 year ago
NICE JOB BRO!
Simple, easy and works well
by moonyell·5 years ago
Among numerous plugins for wordpress, there are a few of them, very lightweight yet functions just to the purpose and reliable. Related is just one of these plugins.
Easy to install, to set and to use.
Furthermore, support service reponds fast and effective.
Very happy experience in using this plugin everyday.
Great, Simple
by Sparkey·5 years ago
I searched all the “you might also like” plugins for hours, I think your plugin makes it simple where necessary without cluttering up every page!
Thank you very much for your work!
Excellent !
by hugopoiret59·6 years ago
Thank you very much, the job is done with this plugin, works 100% as I expected and maybe better because you can add the featured images as well !
Simply perfect
by Dan·6 years ago
Simply perfect
Download Trends
Today: 8Yesterday: 9This week: 64Period total: 5K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.1+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.5
64.7%
v3.4
17.6%
v3.1
7.9%
v3.2
5.6%
Other
4.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
3.5.0
- 2025-03-07
- On the frontend, limit (or extend) the post status that is allowed.
- Add function ‘related_get_public_statuses’.
- Add filter ‘related_get_public_statuses’.
Contributors
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