Related Posts Thumbnails Plugin for WordPress
Related Posts by WPBrigade is The Best Customizable plugin, that nicely displays related posts thumbnails under the post.
4.9(232 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 2 weeks agoAs 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.
4.9/5232 reviews
20K+active installs
100%resolved
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
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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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Kindly support
by istok·1 month ago
Thanks for helping me
Great work
by vimpsoft·2 months ago
I gave 5 stars because is doing well the job
No problems
Excellent
by tuxmerlin·6 months ago
What I was looking for: simple, efficient and beautiful.
Thank you!
Perfect Plugin
by mbruno·8 months ago·1 reply
It performs consistently well and adds some pop to my posts.
Easy to use and helpfull
by Giới Tính Tuổi Teen·9 months ago
it very easy to use and helpfull. My site’s have good.
Download Trends
Today: 304Yesterday: 341This week: 2KPeriod total: 103K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v4.3
49.8%
Other
34.6%
v4.2
10.0%
v1.9
5.6%
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Changelog
4.3.3 – 2026-03-17
- Security Fix: Added nonce verification and capability checks to prevent CSRF attacks.
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