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Relevant - Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft

Name: Relevant - Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft
Rating: 3.5 (13 reviews)
Author: bestweblayout

Add related, featured, latest, and popular posts to your WordPress website. Connect your blog readers with a relevant content.

Relevant ranks #7,334 among WordPress.org plugins with 800+ active installations, a 3.5/5 rating from 13 reviews, and was last updated Jun 10, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.7 (Current: 7.1)

v1.4.5 Current Version v1.4.5

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 10 Jun, 2025

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Rank

#7,334

-6 this week

Active Installs

800+

-15.2%

KW Avg Position

60.8

0.4 better

Downloads

72.7K

+4 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

70%

Review 3.5 out of 5

3.5 (13 reviews)

Next Milestone 900

Total Progress 96%

800+ 900+

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Reviews & Ratings

3.5

13 reviews

Overall 70%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

6 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

May 29, 2023

Relevant – Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft [relevant] < 1.0.8

CVE-2014-125102 · Fixed in v1.0.8
May 16, 2017

Relevant – Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft [relevant] < 1.2.0

CVE-2017-2171 · Fixed in v1.2.0
Apr 12, 2017

Relevant – Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft [relevant] < 1.2.0

Fixed in v1.2.0
Oct 3, 2015

Relevant – Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft [relevant] < 1.0.8

CVE-2015-9384 · Fixed in v1.0.8
Oct 3, 2015

Relevant – Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft [relevant] < 1.0.8

Fixed in v1.0.8
Relevant – Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft [relevant] < 1.2.0

Fixed in v1.2.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.4.5
Last Updated: Jun 10, 2025
Requires WP: 5.6+
Tested Up To: 6.7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: bestweblayout

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.5
Reviews: 13
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

featured posts latest posts popular posts related posts relevant posts

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to showcase related, featured, latest, and popular posts to their readers. It solves the problem of connecting blog visitors with relevant content by adding customizable post-listing widgets and shortcodes throughout the site.

Related posts by category/tags
Featured posts marking
Popular posts sorting
Latest posts by category
Shortcodes for posts and pages
Custom featured image size
Widget area support
Customizable excerpt and read more text

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Relevant - Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft

The plugin displays related post depending on your choice: if you select "Categories" option, then related posts will be displayed by similar words in categories; if you select "Tags" option, then related posts will be displayed by similar words in tags; if you select "Title" option, then related posts will be displayed by similar words in the posts and pages titles; if you select "Meta Key" option, then related post will be displayed by meta key. I chose "Meta Key" in "Search Related Words in" option on Related Posts settings page, but it displays nothing After you choose "Meta Key" option, you should complete the following: 1) Go to "All Posts"; 2) Choose the post you would like to be displayed by our plugin; 3) Click "edit" button; 4) Find "Related Posts" section; 5) Check "Key" radio button; 6) Update/Publish the post; 7) Repeat all these steps for each post you would like to display as related. I have adjusted the Popular Posts settings, and yet nothing is displayed You have probably selected 'Views' in 'Order Posts by Number of' option on the plugin settings page. Since the plugin hasn't collected the necessary data yet, there is nothing to display. Once the users start visiting your pages, the plugin will start tracking, and the posts will be displayed in the widget (in the frontend).

If you would like to add Featured Posts to your page or post, open the necessary posts or page in the Edit mode and mark "Enable to display this post in the Featured Posts block." checkbox. There are several ways to add the block, please use one of them: 1. Go to Related Posts settings page, find "Block position" option and mark "Before content" and/or "After content" checkboxes. 2. Copy and paste the following shortcode into your post or page: [bws_featured_post]. 3. Copy and paste the following code to the necessary place in your theme: <?php do_action( 'ftrdpsts_featured_posts' ); ?>

You can manually regenerate thumbnails in any convenient way. We recommend you to use WordPress plugins in order to avoid the mistakes. Please read more here: Regenerate Thumbnails

Please select the necessary posts you would like to display (open the necessary posts or page in the Edit mode and mark "Enable to display this post in the Featured Posts block." checkbox).

Please make sure that the problem hasn't been discussed yet on our forum (https://support.bestwebsoft.com). If no, please provide the following data along with your problem's description: - The link to the page where the problem occurs. - The name of the plugin and its version. If you are using a pro version - your order number. - The version of your WordPress installation. - Copy and paste into the message your system status report. Please read more here: Instruction on System Status