by Marcel Pol 5 (23 reviews)

Manual Related Posts

Name: Manual Related Posts
Rating: 5.0 (23 reviews)
Author: Marcel Pol

A simple 'related posts' plugin that lets you select related posts manually.

Manual Related Posts ranks #6,238 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #797 of 8,543 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 23 reviews, and was last updated Aug 30, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v4.0.0 Current Version v4.0.0

Updated 2 weeks ago Last Update on 30 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#797 of 8,543 in Customization Top 10% by installs Downloads -34% this week Actively maintained

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#6,238

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1K+

-31.3%

KW Avg Position

4.8

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80.8K

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Review 5 out of 5

5 (23 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 44%

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.0.0
Last Updated: Aug 30, 2026
Requires WP: 4.1+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: Marcel Pol

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 23
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and bloggers who want to display related content on their posts and pages. It lets them manually choose and order related posts instead of relying on automatic algorithms.

Manual selection of related posts
Supports custom post types
Drag and drop re-ordering
Widget for displaying related posts
Content filter to insert list
Custom markup support
Multilanguage plugin support (WPML, Qtranslate-X)
Duplicate 'Related (Doubled Up)' plugin included

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Manual Related Posts

People who want to list 'related posts' in their blog posts or pages, and want to choose the related posts manually themselves.

Data is stored in the existing postmeta table in the WordPress database. No additional tables are created.

As many as you like, there's no limit.

There are 2 things that are done or possible. The Javascript Chosen.js is being used so you can easily navigate through the select-box. Also, you can select on the Options page to not list all post types. This will trim down the number of posts that are listed. For each posttype a maximum of 500 posts will be listed. My admin dashboard gives error about reaching the memory limit. Probably all post types are shown in the dropdown lists in the metabox. You want to go to Settings > Related > Form-tab and only enable the post types you really want in the dropdown. For me this made a difference from 100MB to 29MB memory usage.

On the Settings page there is an uninstall tab. If you want post relations and settings removed, use this page to remove them completely.

This plugin is not compatible with the Kleo theme.