Best linked posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular linked posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Manual Related Posts leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Linked Articles (10+) and Relative Posts (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “linked posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 linked posts plugins
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Manual Related PostsThe most installed linked posts plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 23 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Linked Articles10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 3.
Relative Posts10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 3 plugins tagged “linked posts”
Manual Related Posts
Down in the last 7 days:27#6,263by Marcel Pol2 months ago
A simple 'related posts' plugin that lets you select related posts manually.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(23)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Linked Articles
Up in the last 7 days:82#32,069by maximevalette3 years ago
Easily attach a link to a post. The post permalink is replaced with the shared link and a prefix is added.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Relative Posts
#45,690by Panagiotis Angelidis8 years ago
With the Relative Posts plugin widget you can show up on the sidebar a list of related articles with or without thumbnails very easy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day