More relevance, More engagement, More Retention.
Contextual Related Posts
>60k
Active Installs
4.8/5
Average Rating
>2.5m
Downloads
Features Overview
First released in January 2009, Contextual Related Posts has over 16 years of development behind it, making it a feature-rich plugin that gives you everything you need to add highly efficient and beautiful related posts to your site in minutes.
Beautiful related posts
Automatically display relevant posts from your site at the end of each post, page or custom type
Multiple different styles to match your theme or create your own with CSS
Include the post’s featured image, date, author and summary for more engagement
Customisable
Choose the number and order of the related posts
Exclude posts from categories or by ID from being displayed in the list
Additional settings to fine-tune your related posts
Speedy
In-built caching that loads the related posts efficiently
Choose to cache the posts or the entire HTML output
Works with other caching plugins
Additional Features and Benefits
Plenty of options to make the plugin fit your site
Shortcode
Add the related posts with a powerful shortcode with a huge list of potential arguments
Custom CSS Styles
You can easily change the display of the related posts by using your own custom styles
Thumbnail support
The plugin can use a custom image, featured image or extract the first image of your post
Customisable output
Display author, excerpt or date or change the HTML markup from the default ul and li tags.
Widget
If your theme supports it, then just drag and drop the widget into your sidebar or footer
Block Editor ready
You can find a block called “Related Posts [CRP]” with its own configurable set of options
Custom API
Advanced users and developers can take advantage of the easy-to-use plugin API for custom layouts
Developer friendly
Contextual Related Posts has tons of actions, filters, and smart coding, making it a developer-friendly plugin
Pricing
Contextual Related Posts Pro plans that scale with you.
1 active site
Automatically add to content
Basic Gutenberg block
Shortcode and Widget
Built-in caching
6 related posts styles
WordPress.org Forum support
Everything in Basic
1 active site
High-performance custom tables
Related Products for WooCommerce
Advanced Gutenberg block
Advanced algorithm
Cornerstone Posts
UTM Tracking Parameters
WP CLI (single site)
Extra shortcode parameters
Additional metabox settings
Direct email support
Everything in Pro
Discounted pricing for 5 to unlimited sites
Use across small to medium multisite networks
WP CLI (network-wide)
Multisite activation and license handling
Direct email support
Everything in Pro Multi
Unlimited active sites
Use across large multisite networks
Use on client sites
Priority email support
Backed by a 14-day refund policy
After choosing a Contextual Related Posts Premium plan, you are fully protected by our 100% No-Risk Money-Back Guarantee! If you don’t like the plugin over the next 14 days, we’ll happily refund 100% of your money. Read about our policy here.
All pricing excluding VAT paid annually. You can purchase the plugin in USD, GBP, EUR – look for the little dropdown in the bottom right of the purchase screen. Licences include updates and support for one year. The plugin will continue to work if you don’t renew. You can change plans or cancel your account at any time. Purchase and License handling powered by Freemius.
What Our Customers Say
Contextual Related Posts has been downloaded over 2 million times and is used on over 70,000 blogs.
The 4.8 out of 5 star rating tells you how much our users love this plugin. Here’s some of what they are saying…