Relevant
User Guide
Relevant | 1.4.4 * |
WordPress | 5.9.3 * |
*When using other versions some differences are possible to occur
** Screenshots were taken from a PC
Table of Contents
2.5. Featured Image Placeholder URL
2.12. ”No Posts Found” Message
3.4. Featured Image Placeholder URL
You can download Relevant Plugin here:
https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/related-posts/
1. Introduction
Note: Сlick the “Save Changes” button in order to apply any changes. |
1.1. Open your WordPress Admin Dashboard and find the menu on the left.
1.2. Go to the “Relevant Posts” > “Settings” on your dashboard.
1.3. The “Relevant Posts Settings” page will open.
2. Related Posts
Use the options of the “Related Posts Settings” tab to customize the related posts display.
2.1. Title
Use the “Title” option to set the title for the post group. Enter the necessary “Title” text into the appropriate option field.
2.1.1. The result of changing title may look on a page as follows.
2.2. Number of Posts
Use the “Number of Posts” option to set the number of posts displayed in the Related Posts block. Enter the necessary value into the “Number of Posts” option box.
2.2.1. The result of changing the number of displaying posts may look on a page as follows.
2.3. Date Rage
Use the “Date Range” option to show only posts not older than the indicated time period.
2.3.1. Select the appropriate date range from 3 days to 6 month or select “All” from the dropdown menu.
2.4. Display
Use the “Display” option to set the custom display of the related posts block.
2.4.1. Enable “Featured Image” to set the featured image to the related post.
2.4.2. The result of the featured image display may look on a page as follows.
2.4.3. Enable “Excerpt” to show the excerpt of the post.
2.4.4. The result of the excerpt display may look on a page as follows.
2.4.5. Enable “Post Date” to display the post date of the post.
2.4.6. The result of post date display may look on a page as follows.
2.4.7. Enable “Author” to show the author of the post.
2.4.8. The result of the author`s name display may look on a page as follows.
2.4.9. Enable “Reading Time” to show the approximate reading time of the post.
2.4.10. The result of approximate reading time display may look on a page as follows.
2.4.11. Enable “Comments Number” to display the selected number of comments.
2.4.12. The result of the comment number display may look on a page as follows.
2.5. Featured Image Placeholder URL
Use the “Featured Image Placeholder URL” option to set the featured image for the posts that do not have the featured image.
2.5.1. Insert the appropriate link to the necessary image into the option field.
2.5.2. The non-defined featured image may look on a page as follows.
2.6. Featured Image Size
Use the “Featured Image Size” option to set the size of the featured image.
2.6.1. Enter the desired height value into the appropriate option box.
2.6.2. Enter the necessary width value into the appropriate option box.
2.6.3. The result of size-settings may look on a page as follows.
2.7. Excerpt Length
Use the “Excerpt Length” option to set the value of the excerpt length. Enter the necessary word count into the option box.
2.7.1. The result of changing the excerpt length may look on a page as follows.
2.8. Read More Link Text
Use the “Read More Link Text” option to set the custom text for “Read More” link. Enter the desired value into the appropriate option field.
2.8.1. The display of the “Read more” block may look on the page as follows.
2.9. Search Related Words in
Use the “Search Relate Words in” option to customize the search of the related posts.
2.9.1. Choose the “Categories” to do the search in categories.
2.9.2. Choose the “Tags” for search in tags.
2.9.3. Сhoose the “Titles” to search for the articles with similar titles.
2.9.4. Choose the “Meta Key” to do the key search.
Note: Enable "Key" in the "Related Post" block which is located in the post you want to display. |
2.10. Current Category
Enable the “Current Category” option to display posts from the current category only.
2.11. Block Position
Use the “Block Position” option to set the position of the related posts block.
2.11.1. Enable the “Before content” to place the block before content.
2.11.2. The block-display before content may look on a page as follows.
2.11.3. Enable the “After content” to place the block after content.
2.11.4. The block-display after content may look on a page as follows.
2.12. ”No Posts Found” Message
Use the “”No Posts Found” Message” option to set the custom message.
2.12.1. Enter the desired message into the appropriate option field.
2.12.2. The message display may look on a page as follows.
2.13. Search on Pages
Use the “Search on Pages” option to set the search on pages.
2.13.1. Enable the “Categories” to search similar categories on pages.
2.13.2. Enable the “Tags” to search tags on pages.
2.13.3. Enable the “Title” to search similar titles on pages.
2.13.4. Enable the “Meta Key” to search related words on pages.
3. Featured Posts
Use the options of the “Featured Posts Settings” tab to customize the featured posts display.
3.1. Number of Posts
Use the “Number of Posts” option to set the number of posts displayed in the Featured Posts block. Enter the necessary value into the “Number of Posts” option box.
3.1.1 The result of changing the number of featured post displays may look on a page as follows.
3.2. Date Rage
Use the “Date Range” option to show only posts not older than the indicated time period.
3.2.1. Select the appropriate date range from 3 days to 6 month or select “All” from the dropdown menu.
3.3. Display
Use the “Display” option to set the custom display of the featured posts block.
3.3.1. Enable “Excerpt” to display the excerpt to the featured post.
3.3.2. The result of the excerpt display may look on a page as follows.
3.3.3. Enable “Post Date” to show the post date of the featured post.
3.3.4. The result of the post date display may look on a page as follows.
3.3.5. Enable “Author” to display the author’s name of the featured post.
3.3.6. The result of the author's name display may look on a page as follows.
3.3.7. Enable “Reading Time” to show the reading time of the featured post.
3.3.8. The result of approximate reading time display may look on a page as follows.
3.3.9. Enable “Comments number” to show the comments number of the featured post.
3.3.10. The result of the comment number display may look on a page as follows.
3.3.11. Enable “Featured image” to show the featured image of the featured post.
3.3.12. The result of the featured image display may look on a page as follows.
3.4. Featured Image Placeholder URL
Use the “Featured Image Placeholder URL” option to set the featured image for the posts that do not have the featured image.
3.4.1. Enter the appropriate link to the necessary image into the option field.
3.4.2. The non-defined featured image display may look on a page as follows.
3.5. Featured Image Size
Use the “Featured Image Size” option to set the size of the featured image.
3.5.1. Enter the desired height value into the appropriate option box.
3.5.2. Enter the necessary width value into the appropriate option box.
3.5.3. The result of settings may look on a page as follows.
3.6. Excerpt Length
Use the “Excerpt Length” option to set the value of the excerpt length. Enter the necessary length into the option box.
3.6.1. The result of changing excerpt word display may look on a page as follows.
3.7. Read More Link Text
Use the “Read More Link Text” option to set the custom text for “Read More” link. Enter the desired value into the appropriate option field.
3.7.1. The display of the “Read more” block may look on the page as follows.
3.8. Current Category
Enable the “Current Category” option to display posts from the current category only.
3.9. Block Position
Use the “Block Position” option to set the position of the featured posts block.
3.9.1. Enable the “Before content” to place the block before content.
3.9.2. The block-display before content may look on a page as follows.
3.9.3. Enable the “After content” to place the block after content.
3.9.4. The block-display after content may look on a page as follows.
3.10. Block Width
Use the “Block Width” option to change the width of the block. Enter the value in % or px
into the appropriate option field.
3.10.1. The result of changing block width may look on a page as follows.
3.11. Content Block Width
Use the “Content Block Width” option to change the width of the content block. Enter the value in % or px into the appropriate option field.
3.11.1. The result of changing the content block width may look on a page as follows.
3.12. Custom Style
Use the “Custom Style” potion to set the custom style for the featured posts. Enable the “Custom Style” to add custom styles for Featured Posts block.
3.13. Block Background Color
Use the “Block Background Color” option to set the background color for the block.
3.13.1. Set the color for background by means of the color-picker tool.
3.13.2. After saving changes the featured post block background may look as follows.
3.14. Text Background Color
Use the “Text Background Color” option to set the color for the text background.
3.14.1. Set the color for background text by means of the color-picker tool.
3.14.2. After saving changes the text background may look as follows.
3.15. Title Color
Use the “Title Color” option to set the color for the title.
3.15.1 Set the color for the title by means of the color-picker tool.
3.15.2. After saving changes the title may look as follows.
3.16. Text Color
Use the “Text Color” option to set the color for the text.
3.16.1. Set the color for text by means of the color-picker tool.
3.16.2. After saving changes the text may look as follows.
3.17. “Learn More” Link Color
Use the ““Learn More” Link Color” option to set the link color.
3.17.1 Set the color for the link by means of the color-picker tool.
3.17.2. After saving changes the “Learn More” Link may look as follows.
4. Latest Posts
Use the options of the “Latest Posts Settings” tab to customize the latest posts settings.
4.1. Title
Use the “Title” option to set the title for the post group. Enter the necessary title value into the appropriate option field.
4.1.1. The result of changing the title for the latest post may look on a page as follows.
4.2. Number of Posts
Use the “Number of Posts” option to set the number of posts displayed in the Latest Posts block. Enter the necessary value into the “Number of Posts” option box.
4.2.1. The result of necessary posts number display may look on a page as follows.
4.3. Display
Use the “Display” option to set the custom display of the latest posts block.
4.3.1. Enable “Featured image” to show the featured image of the latest posts.
4.3.2. The result of the featured image display may look on a page as follows.
4.3.3. Enable “Excerpt” to set the excerpt to the latest posts.
4.3.4. The result of the excerpt display may look on a page as follows.
4.3.5. Enable “Post Date” to show the post date of the latest posts.
4.3.6. The result of the post date display may look on a page as follows.
4.3.7. Enable “Author” to display the author’s name of the latest posts.
4.3.8. The result of the author's name display may look on a page as follows.
4.3.9. Enable “Reading Time” to show the reading time of the latest posts.
4.3.10. The result of approximate reading time may look on a page as follows.
4.3.11. Enable “Comments number” to show the number of the comments of the latest posts.
4.3.12. The result of the comment number display may look on a page as follows
4.4. Featured Image URL
Use the “Featured Image URL” option to set the featured image for the posts that do not have the featured image.
4.4.1. Enter the appropriate link to the necessary image into the option field.
4.4.2. The non-defined featured image may look on a page as follows.
4.5. Featured Image Size
Use the “Featured Image Size” option to set the size of the featured image.
4.5.1. Enter the desired height value into the appropriate option box.
4.5.2. Enter the necessary width value into the appropriate option box.
4.5.3. The result of size-settings may look on a page as follows.
4.6. Excerpt Length
Use the “Excerpt Length” option to set the value of the excerpt length. Enter the necessary length into the option box.
4.6.1. The result of displaying the excerpt with selected length may look on a page as follows.
4.7. “Read More” Text
Use the “”Read More” Text” option to set the custom text for “Read More” link. Enter the desired value into the appropriate option field.
4.7.1. The display of the “Read more” block may look on the page as follows.
4.8. Current Category
Enable the “Current Category” option to display posts from the current category only.
4.9. Block Position
Use the “Block Position” option to set the position of the latest posts block.
4.9.1. Enable the “Before content” to place the block before content.
4.9.2. The block-display before content may look on a page as follows.
4.9.3. Enable the “After content” to place the block after content.
4.9.4. The block-display after content may look on a page as follows.
5. Popular Posts
Use the options of the “Popular Posts Settings” tab to customize the popular post’s settings.
5.1. Title
Use the “Title” option to set the title for the post group. Enter the necessary title into the appropriate option field.
5.1.1. The result of changing the title for a popular post may look on a page as follows.
5.2. Number of Posts
Use the “Number of Posts” option to set the number of posts displayed in the popular posts block. Enter the necessary value into the “Number of Posts” option box.
5.2.1. The result of changing the number of post displayed may look on a page as follows.
5.3. Date Rage
Use the “Date Range” option to show only posts not older than the indicated time period.
5.3.1. Select the appropriate date range from 3 days to 6 month or select “All” from the dropdown menu.
5.4. Display
Use the “Display” option to set the custom display of the popular posts block.
5.4.1. Enable “Views Number'' to show the number of views of the popular posts.
5.4.2. The result of views displayed may look on a page as follows.
5.4.3. Enable “Featured image” to show the featured image of the popular posts.
5.4.4. The result of the featured image display may look on a page as follows.
5.4.5. Enable “Excerpt” to set the excerpt to the popular posts.
5.4.6. The result of the excerpt display may look on a page as follows.
5.4.7. Enable “Post Date” to show the post date of the popular posts.
5.4.8. The result of the post date display may look on a page as follows.
5.4.9. Enable “Author” to display the author’s name of the popular posts.
5.4.10. The result of the author's name display may look on a page as follows.
5.4.11 Enable “Reading Time” to show the reading time of the popular posts.
5.4.12. The result of approximate reading time display may look on a page as follows.
5.4.13. Enable “Comments number” to show the number of comments of the popular posts.
5.4.14. The result of the comment number display may look on a page as follows.
5.5. Featured Image URL
Use the “Featured Image URL” option to set the featured image for the posts that do not have the featured image.
5.5.1. Enter the appropriate link to the necessary image into the option field.
5.5.2. The non-defined featured image may look on a page as follows.
5.6. Featured Image Size
Use the “Featured Image Size” option to set the size of the featured image.
5.6.1. Enter the desired height value into the appropriate option box.
5.6.2. Enter the necessary width value into the appropriate option box.
5.6.3. The result of size-settings may look on a page as follows.
5.7. Min Posts Number
Use the “Min Posts Number” option to set the minimum count of displayed posts. Enter the value into the appropriate option field.
5.8. Excerpt Length
Use the “Excerpt Length” option to set the value of the excerpt length. Enter the necessary length into the option box.
5.8.1. The result of displaying the excerpt with selected length may look on a page as follows.
5.9. “Read More” Text
Use the “”Read More” Text” option to set the custom text for “Read More” link. Enter the desired value into the appropriate option field.
5.9.1. The display of the “Read more” block may look on the page as follows.
5.10. Sort Posts by Number of
Use the “Sort Posts by Number of” option to set the custom sort of the posts.
5.10.1. Choose the “Comments” to set sort by the comments count.
5.10.2. The result of the comments-depending sort may look on a page as follows.
5.10.3. Choose the “Views” to set the sort by the views count.
5.10.4. The result of the views-depending sort may look on a page as follows.
5.11. Current Category
Enable the “Current Category” option to display popular posts from the current category only.
5.12. Block Position
Use the “Block Position” option to set the position of the popular posts block.
5.12.1. Enable the “Before content” to place the block before content.
5.12.2. The block display before content may look on a page as follows.
5.12.3. Enable the “After content” to place the block after content.
5.12.4. The block display after content may look on a page as follows.
6. Miscellaneous Settings
Use the options of the “Miscellaneous Settings” tab to make the settings regarding anonymous usage and settings restoration.
6.1 Track Usage
Enable the “Track Usage” option to allow tracking plugin usage anonymously.
6.2 Default Settings
Click the “Restore settings” button to restore plugin settings to defaults.
5.2.1. Click “Yes, restore all settings” button to confirm the procedure.
7. Custom Code
Use the “Custom code” tab to insert a CSS, PHP or JavaScript code. To activate the inserted code, enable the “Activate custom … code” option and save changes.
8. Add Relevant Posts Widgets
Go to the “Appearance” > “Widgets” page on your dashboard. The “Widget” page will open.
8.1. Popular Posts
Find and add the “Popular Posts” widget.
8.1.1. Enter the “Title” into the appropriate option field.
8.1.2. Enter the number of posts into the appropriate option box.
8.1.3. Enter the minimum number of posts into the appropriate option box.
8.1.4. Enter the necessary excerpt length into the option box.
8.1.5. Enter the “Read More” text into the appropriate option field.
8.1.6. Use the “Show” option to customize the popular post display.
8.1.7. Enter the appropriate URL to the featured image, if the featured image is not set for the post.
8.1.8. Set the appropriate image size into the option boxes.
8.1.9. Use the “Order posts by number of” option to customize the post order.
8.1.10. Choose “Comments” to order by comments count.
8.1.11. Choose “Views” to order by views count.
8.1.12. Enable the “Current Category” option to display the posts only from the current category
8.1.13. The result may look as follows.
8.2. Latest Posts
Find and add the “Latest Posts” widget.
8.2.1. Enter the “Title” into the appropriate option field.
8.2.2. Enter the number of posts into the appropriate option box.
8.2.4. Choose the category from the dropdown menu.
8.2.4. Enter the necessary excerpt length into the option box.
8.2.5. Enter the “Read More” text into the appropriate option field.
8.2.6. Use the “Show” option to customize the popular post display.
8.2.7. Set the appropriate image size into the option box.
8.2.8. The Latest Posts Widget may look on a page as follows.
8.3. Related Posts
Find and add the “Related Posts” widget.
8.3.1. Enter the “Title” into the appropriate option field.
8.3.2. Enter the number of posts into the appropriate option box.
8.3.4. Enter the necessary excerpt length into the option box.
8.3.5. Enter the “Read More” text into the appropriate option field.
8.3.5. Enter the featured image URL into the appropriate option field that will be displayed when the featured image is not set.
8.3.6. Use the “Show” option to customize the popular post display.
8.3.7. Set the appropriate image size into the option box.
8.3.8. Choose the appropriate value for search in the “Search Related Words in” option.
8.3.9. Enter the appropriate message into the “”No Post Found” Message” option field.
8.3.10. Enable the appropriate variants of “Search on a pages” option to customize the search of the related posts.
8.3.11. The display of the “Related Posts” widget may look on a page as follows.
9. Shortcodes
Use the shortcodes to add relevant post blocks to your posts or pages. Available shortcodes are displayed on the “Relevant Posts” > “Settings” page.
9.1. Related Posts Shortcode
To display related posts, copy the necessary shortcode, create a new post or page or open the existing in the “Edit” mode and insert copied earlier shortcode to the necessary place.
9.1.1. The result of adding related posts by using shortcode may look on a page as follows.
9.2. Featured Posts Shortcode
To display featured posts, copy the necessary shortcode, create a new post or page or open the existing in the “Edit” mode and insert copied earlier shortcode to the necessary place.
9.2.1. The result of adding featured posts by using shortcode may look on a page as follows.
9.3. Latest Posts Shortcode
To display latest posts, copy the necessary shortcode, create a new post or page or open the existing in the “Edit” mode and insert copied earlier shortcode to the necessary place.
9.3.1. The result of adding the latest posts by using shortcode may look on a page as follows.
9.4. Popular Posts Shortcode
To display popular posts, copy the necessary shortcode, create a new post or page or open the existing in the “Edit” mode and insert copied earlier shortcode to the necessary place.
9.4.1. The result of adding popular posts by using shortcode may look on a page as follows.
10. Single Post Settings
Use the options of the post “Settings” page to enable some function for the correct relevant posts display.
10.1. Related Posts
Choose the “Key” to enable the display of this post sorted by Meta Key.
10.2. Featured Post
Enable the “Featured Post” option to display this post in the Featured Posts block.
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