by rsingel 3.7 (23 reviews)

Contextly Recommends

Name: Contextly Recommends
Rating: 3.7 (23 reviews)
Author: rsingel

Build your audience with great related and popular recommendations. Let readers follow topics. Editorial control and machine learning.

Contextly Recommends ranks #15,075 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #1,758 of 8,559 in the Customization category, a 3.7/5 rating from 23 reviews, and was last updated Jun 18, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 18 Jun, 2026

Refreshed 15 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,758 of 8,559 in Customization Top 25% by installs

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#15,075

+24 this week

Active Installs

100+

-33.8%

KW Avg Position

0.3 worse

Downloads

52.3K

+2 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

74%

Review 3.7 out of 5

3.7 (23 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 31%

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3.7

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Overall 74%

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Jun 18, 2026
Requires WP: 2.0.2+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: rsingel

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.7
Reviews: 23
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and publishers who want to keep readers engaged with more of their content. It solves the problem of readers leaving after one post by providing related, popular, and evergreen post recommendations along with topic email subscriptions.

Related post recommendations
Popular post recommendations
Evergreen post recommendations
Topic email subscriptions
Advanced filters by tag/category/url
Editorial control and curation
Custom post types support
Youtube video recommendations

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Contextly Recommends

We've got your back. We'll automatically show related, evergreen, popular and personalized stories on all posts. But, we also value editorial wisdom and control, so we make choosing related posts and adding links in the body of the story as easy as possible.

Contextly offers a free, no credit-card-required 21-day trial. After the free trial, sites can subscribe to a monthly or annual plan.

Contextly is a premium service, using state-of-the-art technology and high-powered servers to provide the best recommendations possible. Unlike many related post plugins, we don't sell reader information or show ads. Being supported by our users means we can continue to build the most powerful reader engagement service for WordPress.

No. Our service works outside of WordPress so we don't slow down your database. Many related posts plugins use your database and can crash your site if you get substantial traffic. We also wait to load the recommendations until the rest of your site loads, using asynchronous JavaScript, so readers start reading immediately. And, if for some unforeseen reasons Contextly temporarily stops working -- say if zombies destroy our servers -- your site will still load quickly.

Go to Settings -> Contextly -> Settings -> Big Settings Button. Then look for Promo Links. Give us a title and an url of what you want to promote and we'll add it to the section you choose.

It takes us a bit of time to learn and spider a site. Please give us an hour or two and if you still don't see related stories, email us at info@contextly.com

Yes. Our service makes it possible to make many changes with a simple point-and-click interface. For those who want more control, you can create your own custom CSS stylesheet or make CSS changes in the settings panel.

Yes. You will get a daily email with statistics about your traffic and related links. Contextly links will also show up in Google Analytics and other traffic measurement software. You can also see what's happening in Google Analytics. We use Events to track clicks. Go to Content -> Events and look for Contextly Sidebar and Contextly Widget. You can dive deep into this.

You give us an RSS feed of content you want us to show off. This can be a category on your site you like, an RSS feed from a sister site, and for our Business and Enterprise customers, we can include YouTube/Video and product feeds. If you just want to choose some items, copy and paste your main RSS feed into the Custom box. Then go to Promo Links and add links you want us to show off and choose the Custom section. Be creative, but there's one limitation: you can't sell this spot to advertisers unless you arrange that with us first. That's because there are certain safeguards against fraud that need to be in place for online ads. Putting external ads in that section without permission is grounds for termination of service.