Related Posts by Taxonomy for WordPress Plugin Directory
By keesiemeijer
Related Posts by Taxonomy is a WordPress app, with a 4.8 average rating from 77 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Related Posts by Taxonomy is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by keesiemeijer. With a rating of 4.8★ from 77 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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Related Posts by Taxonomy is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 77 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.8★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by keesiemeijer — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (77) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Related Posts by Taxonomy works
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Quickly increase your readers’ engagement by adding related posts in the sidebar or after post content with a widget or shortcode.
Posts with the most terms in common will display at the top!
This plugin is capable of finding related posts in multiple taxonomies and post types. Include or exclude terms from the search for related posts. Change the look and feel by using your own templates in a (child) theme.
plugin documentation
Plugin features:
Widget and Shortcode.
Display related posts as post thumbnails, links, excerpts or full posts.
Small Footprint. Doesn’t slow down your site!
Automatic display of related posts after the post content.
Exclude or include terms and posts.
Search for related posts in single or multiple taxonomies and post types.
Limit the search for related posts by date, number or post meta.
Use your own HTML templates for display of the related posts.
Extensive plugin documentation.
Follows WordPress coding standards and plugin best practices.
Highly Adjustable!
For the following features you need to be somewhat familiar with WordPress hooks. The plugin documentation has many examples to help you along.
Extended features:
Use a persistent cache for the related posts query. (opt-in feature)
Use the WordPress REST API to get related posts. (opt-in feature)
Load related posts after the whole page has loaded (with Ajax). (opt-in feature)
Use plugin functions in your theme templates to display related posts yourself.
Use Filters to change the default behavior of the plugin.
Follow this plugin on GitHub.
Search the code reference
See the FAQ to have related posts automatically display after the post content without using the shortcode or widget.
Default usage for the shortcode is:
[related_posts_by_tax]
Attributes for the shortcode are:
post_id
taxonomies
post_types
posts_per_page
order
orderby
before_shortcode
after_shortcode
title
show_date
before_title
after_title
include_terms
include_parents
include_children
exclude_terms
exclude_posts
format
gallery_format
image_size
columns
caption
link_caption
limit_posts
limit_month
meta_key
meta_value
meta_compare
meta_type
public_only
include_self
post_class
Example to show 10 related posts instead of the default 5.
[related_posts_by_tax posts_per_page="10"]
See the documentation for more information about these attributes.
Translations
Dutch
French (by Annie Stasse)
Spanish (by Ludobooks – Cuentos personalizados)
Catalan (by Ludobooks – Cuentos personalizados)
Polish (by koda0601)
Keyword rankings
Related Posts by Taxonomy ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- 1.faqRank #189
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Frequently asked questions
What is Related Posts by Taxonomy?
Related Posts by Taxonomy is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.8-star rating from 77 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by keesiemeijer.