Best free related posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular free 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 Related Posts With Slider (10+) and Floating Related Posts by Views or Publish Date (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “Free Related Posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 free related posts plugins
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Related Posts ThumbnailsThe most installed free related posts plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 234 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
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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.
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Floating Related Posts by Views or Publish DateFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “Free 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
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
Floating Related Posts by Views or Publish Date
#68,624by Antonio Lamorgese3 months ago
Increase your page views and bounce rate with Floating Related Posts by Views or Publish Date
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day