by Daniel Floeter 4.7 (13 reviews)

Same Category Posts

Name: Same Category Posts
Rating: 4.7 (13 reviews)
Author: Daniel Floeter

Show posts related to the current category or other custom post types.

Same Category Posts ranks #4,122 among WordPress.org plugins with 3,000+ active installations, is #97 of 2,134 in the Calendar & Events category, a 4.7/5 rating from 13 reviews, and was last updated Sep 23, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.2.1 Current Version v1.2.1

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 23 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 2 days ago Last Refreshed on

#97 of 2,134 in Calendar & Events Top 5% by installs Downloads -38.9% this week

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#4,122

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Active Installs

3K+

-20.9%

KW Avg Position

40.4

0.2 better

Downloads

71.7K

+10 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (13 reviews)

Next Milestone 4K

Total Progress 79.5%

3K+ 4K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7

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Overall 94%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 2 months ago

Jan 23, 2026

Same Category Posts [same-category-posts] < 1.1.20

CVE-2025-14797 · Fixed in v1.1.20

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.1
Last Updated: Sep 23, 2026
Requires WP: 6.3+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.2 or higher
Author: Daniel Floeter

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 13
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 on single post pages. It solves the problem of surfacing relevant content by showing a customizable list of posts from the same category, post type, or terms as the current post.

Custom Post Types support
Child category and terms support
Exclude categories or terms
Filter by popular posts
Show post thumbnail
Show post excerpt
Show post date, author, comment count
Multiple widgets

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Same Category Posts

Excerpt length filter doesn't works When a post has no manual excerpt WordPress generates an excerpt automatically by selecting the first 55 words of the post or the first words number setted by the excerpt filter length. This means the excerpt length filter works only with automatic excerpt. If you manually added an excerpt, you'd want it all to be shown. WordPress Codex: Excerpt, automatic excerpt, and teaser

Enable the check box "Make widget title link". Exclude (-terms) text area To multiselect or clear terms in the "exclude"-text area hold CTRL-key + mouse click. In the block, type or pick the terms in the "Excluded terms" field and remove them with the x on each entry.

The list is built from the terms the post is saved with. A post that has no category yet, or one whose only category is excluded, has nothing to relate to, so the block stays empty -- as it would on the front end.