Is Same Category Posts free?

Yes, Same Category Posts is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Same Category Posts?

Same Category Posts has 3.0K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Same Category Posts alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Same Category Posts include The Events Calendar, LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for…, Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings…. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Same Category Posts work with the latest WordPress?

Same Category Posts has been tested up to WordPress 6.9.4. It requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+.

Is Same Category Posts well supported?

Same Category Posts has a 0% support resolution rate based on 1 recent support threads on WordPress.org.

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Same Category Posts

Name: Same Category Posts
Rating: 4.7 (13 reviews)
Author: Daniel Floeter

Show posts related to the current category or other custom post types.

By Daniel Floeter·Events·Free

4.7(13 reviews)

·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 months ago

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As of April 2026, Same Category Posts is a WordPress events plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 71K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 13% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: The Events Calendar.

4.7/513 reviews

3.0K+active installs

0%resolved

11 yearssince 2015

Overview

Same Category Posts shows a list of related posts with a same Post Type to the current post. The widget is only shown on single post pages. Forked from Related Posts Widget.

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Features

Shows a list of related posts.
Option which Post Type should be related to the current post.
Custom Post Types support.
Child category and terms support.
Archive page support.
Option exclude one or multi categories or terms.
Option to filter by popular posts (by comment count).
Option separate categories if more than one is assigned.
Set how many posts to show (overall and by category).
Option excl…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Great plugin!

by mo1999·6 years ago

Easy to install and customize. It does what it suppose to do. Thank you!

Great .. (EDIT)

by cengoguven·7 years ago·1 reply

Works great but I couldn’t find a way to remove / change the header “SAME CATEGORY” words. Any clue please?
Oops! I found how to do it. It’s under the widget properties. Sorry for the false alarm.

This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by cengoguven.

Excellent

by jromaine·7 years ago

I tried a number of different related post type plugins and this one was by far the easiest to use, and most effective. 5 stars!

This is what I am looking for

by Brian TN·7 years ago

Thanks for the great plugin. I have been looking for a plugin that can have similar formats: A title (H2), an excerpt and a thumbnail in a right position.
This plugin has all I need.

Wow!

by Mohsin Alam·8 years ago

I was looking for showing post list from the same category only, then after few weeks search, I found this plugin. Salute to you for this great plugin.

Download Trends

Today: 11Yesterday: 13This week: 103Period total: 7K

Compatibility

WordPress	3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP	false+ required

Version Adoption

v1.1

99.6%

v1.0

0.4%

Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1.20 – Jan 01 2026

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Contributors

Mrinal Roy

Daniel Floeter

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