Best contextual related posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular contextual related posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. YARPP leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Contextual Related Posts (50K+) and Super Related Posts (50+). All 6 plugins tagged “contextual related posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 contextual related posts plugins
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YARPPThe most installed contextual related posts plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 1,166 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Contextual Related Posts50K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 201 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
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Super Related Posts50+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Awesome Related PostsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Tidy Related PostsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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VL Related Posts by TaxonomyFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 6 plugins tagged “contextual related posts”
YARPP
Down in the last 7 days:8#411by YARPP2 years ago
The best WordPress plugin for displaying related posts. Simple and flexible, with a powerful proven algorithm and inbuilt caching.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(1.2K)
- Downloads
- 416/day
Contextual Related Posts
Up in the last 7 days:1#736by Ajay5 days ago
Keep visitors on your site longer with intelligent, fast-loading, contextually related posts. Block, shortcode, custom post type and widget ready.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.8(201)
- Downloads
- 930/day
Super Related Posts
Down in the last 7 days:214#21,134by Magazine31 year ago
Related Posts Plugin to improve Traffic & Bounce-Rate with Superior Algorithm. ZERO Server Load & Highly Configurable Related Post Plugin.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Awesome Related Posts
Up in the last 7 days:9,701#60,977by Elenova Digital1 year ago
Displays related posts based on categories, tags, and custom taxonomies with customizable layouts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tidy Related Posts
Up in the last 7 days:5,680#63,112by tidyplugins1 month ago
Contextual related posts scored on categories, tags, wording and freshness, plus inline "Read also" internal links. No external service.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
VL Related Posts by Taxonomy
Up in the last 7 days:1,904#68,706by Nitin Kumar Ragahv1 year ago
This plugin is used to add related posts to your WordPress site pages with inbuilt caching. Supports shortcodes and custom post types!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day