Related Posts by WPBrigade is The Best Customizable plugin, that nicely displays related posts thumbnails under the post.
As of April 2026, Related Posts Thumbnails Plugin for WordPress is a WordPress related posts plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 232 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.0M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 14% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
Related Posts by WPBrigade will add related posts thumbnails after the post. This Related Posts Plugin allows to customize thumbnail sizes, display settings and type of relation.
By default it uses generated by WordPress thumbnail for the first image appeared in the post, that was uploaded on the server with sizes as set in Media settings. You can select between ‘thumbnail’ and ‘medium’ size options. In addition if your theme supports Post Thumbnails feature introduced in WordPress 2.9 you can specify custom thumbnail size. You can also specify post custom field name to be used as thumbnails source.
Thumbnails are arranged in columns under the post with related posts title/excerpt under each post thumbnail. Colors of background, border, text, text sizes, background…
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I gave 5 stars because is doing well the job
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What I was looking for: simple, efficient and beautiful.
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It performs consistently well and adds some pop to my posts.
it very easy to use and helpfull. My site’s have good.
| WordPress | 3.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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