by Eli 5 (5 reviews)

EZ Related Posts Footer Links and Widget

Display a linked list of related Posts by Tags or Categories at the bottom of every post or on the sidebar. Options to show Post Date and Excerpts.

EZ Related Posts Footer Links and Widget ranks #13,316 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #1,758 of 8,557 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews, and was last updated Apr 28, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1)

v1.2.04.25 Current Version v1.2.04.25

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 28 Apr, 2025

Refreshed 15 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,758 of 8,557 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Active Installs

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50.8K

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Review 5 out of 5

5 (5 reviews)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

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

May 7, 2025

EZ Related Posts Footer Links and Widget [spostarbust] < 1.2.04.25

CVE-2025-47514 · Fixed in v1.2.04.25

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.04.25
Last Updated: Apr 28, 2025
Requires WP: 2.6+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Eli

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 5
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 and bloggers who want to point readers toward more of their content. It automatically links to related posts by tags or categories at the end of each post or via a sidebar widget.

Related posts by tags
Related posts by categories
Automatic links at post bottom
Sidebar widget option
Exclude posts, categories, tags
Custom section heading
Configurable number of links
Show post date and excerpts

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about EZ Related Posts Footer Links and Widget

Turn on Automatic Related Links in the footer of your posts from the RelatedPosts -> Setting menu. or ... Go to the Widgets menu in the WordPress Admin and add the "Related Posts" Widget to your Sidebar or Footer Area.

The Widgets only shows up on pages that contain a single Post unless you are using "Tree View" and uncheck "Only show on pages with a single post".

You can still use the Widget by adding it to the Footer Area. Or, on pages that have more than one post, You can use the "Tree View" and uncheck "Only show on pages with a single post". Or you can set "Automatically add links to Related Posts at the bottom of every Post" to "yes" on the Related Posts Settings page.

Each related post is wrapped in a LI tag with the class of "SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post", so you can just create a style sheet or add styles to an existing style sheet. For Example: .SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post {list-style-image: url(images/bullet.png);} .SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post a:hover {color: #F00;}