Best similar posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular similar posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Inline Related Posts leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of YARPP (100K+) and Contextual Related Posts (50K+). All 29 plugins tagged “similar posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 similar posts plugins
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Inline Related PostsThe most installed similar posts plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 77 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
YARPP100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 1,166 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
Contextual Related Posts50K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 201 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 4.
Related Posts for WordPress10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 325 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
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Internal Linking of Related Contents4K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
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Related Posts By PickPlugins3K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 39 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
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Advanced Related Posts300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 6 months ago.
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CP Related Posts100+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 10 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Wp-Thumbie70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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Related Posts by ThemeinProgress60+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 29 plugins tagged “similar posts”
Inline Related Posts
Down in the last 7 days:4#325by Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc.3 months ago
Inline Related Posts AUTOMATICALLY inserts related posts INSIDE your content, capturing immediately the reader's attention.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.3(77)
- Downloads
- 388/day
YARPP
Down in the last 7 days:7#410by 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
- 456/day
Contextual Related Posts
#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
- 851/day
Related Posts for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:5#1,515by Barry Kooij18 days ago
The best WordPress plugin for related posts. Simple, flexible, powerful algorithm, and built-in caching. Fully set up with only 1 click!
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(325)
- Downloads
- 149/day
Internal Linking of Related Contents
Up in the last 7 days:136#3,487by alexvtn7 days ago
Internal Linking of Related Contents allows you to automatically insert inline related posts within your WordPress articles.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 48/day
Related Posts By PickPlugins
Down in the last 7 days:13#3,821by PickPlugins5 months ago
Display Related Post under post by taxonomy and terms.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(39)
- Downloads
- 29/day
Advanced Related Posts
Down in the last 7 days:44#10,434by Ays Pro6 months ago
This plugin allows you to display related posts with widget or under the post with advanced options.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 13/day
CP Related Posts
Down in the last 7 days:18#15,301by codepeople2 months ago
CP Related Posts is a plugin that displays related articles on your website, manually, or by the terms in the content, title or abstract, and tags
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.4(10)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Wp-Thumbie
Down in the last 7 days:96#18,276by blogsdna14 years ago
Show user defined number of related / similar posts with thumbnail image
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 1.0(3)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Related Posts by ThemeinProgress
Down in the last 7 days:97#19,874by alexvtn1 month ago
Related Posts by ThemeinProgress is the perfect plugin to easily display related posts in your WordPress articles.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Super Related Posts
Up in the last 7 days:49#20,892by 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
- 3/day
Floating Related Posts
Down in the last 7 days:78#21,103by fransoft4 years ago
Increase your page views and bounce rate with Floating Related Posts
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Lab404 Related Posts
#31,641by Ivan M11 years ago
Show related posts in nice format with image. Plugin is fully configurable and easy to use.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Search Engine query in WordPress
#37,169by devu17 years ago
If the visitor comes from a known search engine, the widget grabs the used search query and shows internal blog posts that match that query.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CleverNode Related Content
Up in the last 7 days:1,983#44,771by Metup6 months ago
CleverNode Related Content is a semantic correlation service that allows you to place a collection of related articles on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SPAI
Up in the last 7 days:695#45,677by SPAIgroup1 year ago
Creates an AI-based recommended articles widget. The fastest plugin, since all calculations take place on the developer's servers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/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
Post-Miner
Down in the last 7 days:221#45,873by lukeuk15 years ago
Content recommendations engine for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SoftIcon Related Posts
#56,613by softiconai15 days ago
Show related posts by category, tag or taxonomy. Smart relevance, Gutenberg block, grid and list layouts, WooCommerce support, built-in cache.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Ariadne Related Posts
Down in the last 7 days:910#57,530by Ucheagwu Onyike11 days ago
Keeps readers on your site longer by showing them the right post to read next, matched on tags, categories, titles and text. No API key.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Jass Similar Posts Cards
Down in the last 7 days:2,107#65,978by Jaswant Singh1 month ago
Display similar posts elegantly using category and tag filters. Beautiful card layout, fully customisable.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Local AI
Up in the last 7 days:989#66,824by Azizul Hasan1 day ago
Private, on-device AI for WordPress: semantic related posts, AI alt text and personalized recommendations. No API keys, no cloud, no fees.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Awesome Related Posts
Down in the last 7 days:15,665#67,851by Elenova Digital1 year ago
Displays related posts based on categories, tags, and custom taxonomies with customizable layouts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Related Posts By SearchIQ
Up in the last 7 days:2,898#69,059by SearchIQ1 year ago
Our FREE plugin uses our unique semantic search engine to display related posts on your website with our customizable grid or list layouts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Gou Manage Related Posts
Down in the last 7 days:4,260#74,133by Aslam Khan Gouran10 months ago
Extension for WordPress to manage Related Posts with list or grid layouts for multiple post types.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day