by marynixie 4.9 (233 reviews)

Related Posts Thumbnails Plugin for WordPress

Name: Related Posts Thumbnails Plugin for WordPress
Rating: 4.9 (233 reviews)
Author: marynixie

Related Posts by WPBrigade is The Best Customizable plugin, that nicely displays related posts thumbnails under the post.

Related Posts Thumbnails Plugin for WordPress ranks #1,255 among WordPress.org plugins with 20,000+ active installations, is #139 of 6,305 in the Media category, a 4.9/5 rating from 233 reviews, and was last updated Jul 17, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.4 (Current: 7.1)

v5.0.1 Current Version v5.0.1

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 17 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#139 of 6,305 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -12% this week

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20K+

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KW Avg Position

1.6

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Downloads

1.1M

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Rating

98%

Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (233 reviews)

Next Milestone 30K

Total Progress 54.9%

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Reviews & Ratings

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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 Thumbnails Plugin for WordPress [related-posts-thumbnails] < 4.3.3

CVE-2026-24596 · Fixed in v4.3.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 5.0.1
Last Updated: Jul 17, 2026
Requires WP: 3.6+
Tested Up To: 7.0.4
PHP Version: N/A
Author: marynixie

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 233
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 display related posts under their content. It shows related posts with thumbnails, letting users customize thumbnail sizes, display settings, and how relatedness is determined.

Related posts thumbnails display
Customizable thumbnail sizes
Custom field as thumbnail source
Relation by categories or tags
Random or custom taxonomy relation
Sidebar widget support
Shortcode support
Gutenberg block

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Related Posts Thumbnails Plugin for WordPress

If your theme supports WordPress Posts Thumbnail feature and post has a specified Post Thumbnail as seen on Edit Post page, when this image will be used as a post thumbnail in related posts. The size of the image is determined by plugin setting 'Post-thumbnails name'. If your theme does not support Post Thumbnail feature or post has no assigned thumbnail, when the first image on the post will be used as a thumbnail.

There is no direct support of external images in the current version of the plugin. You can use custom field option. Or you can use https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/generate-post-thumbnails/ or similar plugin to save external images as post thumbnails.

If there are no images of the specified size in the post, or file does not exist on the server the default image will be used as a post thumbnail. You can upload your image on server and specify its URL in plugin settings.