#406 by installs
YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
The best WordPress plugin for displaying related posts. Simple and flexible, with a powerful proven algorithm and inbuilt caching.
- Installs
- 100,000+
- Rating
- 4.8 (1.2K)
- Updated
- 24 months ago
Contextual Related Posts
Keep visitors on your site longer with intelligent, fast-loading, contextually related posts. Block, shortcode, custom post type and widget ready.
- Active installs
- 50,000+
- #736 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 2.9M
- 2,855,357
- Downloads, 30 days
- 59.7K
- 4.2K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5
- 201 reviews
- Last updated
- 15 days ago
- Oct 16, 2026
- Version
- 4.5.2
- 117 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | October 16, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 6.9 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | January 21, 2009 |
| Support, last two months | 1 of 1 threads resolved (100%) |
Reviews
4.8 / 5 from 201 reviews
| 5 stars | 184 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 9 |
| 3 stars | 2 |
| 2 stars | 2 |
| 1 star | 4 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Contextual Related Posts is a powerful WordPress plugin that displays fast, intelligent related posts to keep users on your site longer. Improve SEO, increase pageviews, and lower bounce rates — no setup needed.
Key features
- Activate and Forget: Activate the plugin. Contextual Related Posts automatically displays related posts on your site and in your feed after the content. There is no need to edit any template files.
- Custom Control with Manual Install: Want placement control? You have multiple options available:
- Gutenberg / Block Editor support: You can easily add a “Related Posts [CRP]” block to any post or page with its options and settings.
- Widgets: Add related posts to any widgetized theme area, such as the sidebar or footer. You can configure the widget options to suit your needs.
- Shortcode: Use [crp] to display the related posts anywhere within the post content.
- REST API: Fetch related posts for any post ID using contextual-related-posts/v1/posts/<id>/. You can also use query parameters to filter or sort the results.
- The algorithm: Find related posts based on the current post’s title and/or content. You can also find posts by tags, categories and selected custom fields.
- Caching: Related posts output is automatically cached as visitors browse through your site, reducing the load on your server and improving performance.
View Demo
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
How can I customize the output?
Contextual Related Posts is highly customizable. There are several configurable options on the Settings page, and you can use CSS to customize the outputs. Learn more by reading this article.
Shortcodes
You can insert the related posts anywhere in your post using the [crp] shortcode. View this article in the knowledge base for more details.
How can I report security bugs?
You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.
How does the plugin select thumbnails?
If you enable thumbnails, the plugin will try to find the correct thumbnail in this order:
• Post Meta Field: The image URL specified in the custom field (default is post-image). Set this when editing your post.
• Featured Image: The image set as the post’s Featured Image.
• First Image in Post Content: The first image found in the post content (if enabled in settings).
Latest changelog entry
Release date: 15 October 2026
Security
- Prevented thumbnails from exposing images inside or attached to password-protected posts before the password was entered.
- Hardened thumbnail URLs to reject unsafe protocols.
Fixed
- Malformed custom thumbnail dimensions caused PHP errors during image-size selection.
Screenshots
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.