Best easy related posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular easy related posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Related Posts Thumbnails leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Visualmodo Related Posts (100+) and Related Posts With Slider (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “easy related posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 easy related posts plugins
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Related Posts ThumbnailsThe most installed easy related posts plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 234 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
Visualmodo Related Posts100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
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Related Posts With Slider10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 3 plugins tagged “easy related posts”

Related Posts Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:7#1,291by marynixie21 days ago
Related Posts by WPBrigade is The Best Customizable plugin, that nicely displays related posts thumbnails under the post.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(234)
- Downloads
- 329/day

Visualmodo Related Posts
Down in the last 7 days:185#16,182by Visualmodo6 years ago
Visualmodo Related Posts for WordPress will help increase your visitors’ time on website and decrease your bounce rate.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Related Posts With Slider
Down in the last 7 days:979#45,387by Tanvir Islam7 years ago
This plugin brings Related post slider to the WordPress blog post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day