by keesiemeijer 4.8 (77 reviews)

Related Posts by Taxonomy

Name: Related Posts by Taxonomy
Rating: 4.8 (77 reviews)
Author: keesiemeijer

Display a list of related posts on your site based on the most terms in common. Supports thumbnails, shortcodes, a widget and more.

Related Posts by Taxonomy ranks #1,695 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #250 of 8,538 in the Customization category, a 4.8/5 rating from 77 reviews, and was last updated Aug 21, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.7.10 Current Version v2.7.10

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 21 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#250 of 8,538 in Customization Top 5% by installs Downloads -23.2% this week Actively maintained

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#1,695

-1 this week

Active Installs

10K+

-40.9%

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Downloads

312.9K

+14 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (77 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 65.8%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Jan 15, 2026

Related Posts by Taxonomy [related-posts-by-taxonomy] < 2.7.7

CVE-2026-0916 · Fixed in v2.7.7

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.7.10
Last Updated: Aug 21, 2026
Requires WP: 5.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: keesiemeijer

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 77
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to show visitors other posts related to what they're currently reading. It finds related posts by comparing shared taxonomy terms and displays them via widget, shortcode, or automatic insertion after post content.

Widget and shortcode
Displays thumbnails, links, excerpts, or full posts
Automatic display after post content
Exclude or include terms and posts
Search multiple taxonomies and post types
Custom HTML templates
Persistent cache for queries
REST API support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Related Posts by Taxonomy

Yes. Review this section of the documentation to style the related posts yourself.

Review Adding Related Posts After the Post Content.

Yes. For the widget see this filter and for the shortcode see the attributes include_terms, exclude-terms and exclude_posts.

Yes. Review Setting your own defaults for the shortcode

Yes. See this filter on how to do that.

This plugin doesn’t process, share, send or retain any user data. This plugin doesn't track (user) data for analytics (or for any other reason). This plugin doesn't save or read cookies. This plugin doesn't use 3rd party libraries. Read this article why plugin authors cannot guarantee 100% compliance. Please contact a GDPR consultant or law firm with this information to assess if this plugin is compliant.