How to add Related Posts to the WordPress Post: 3 Easy way.
Related posts are a very helpful method to improve SEO. It will increase readers time on your website if they find related content on the website. It also decreases the bounce rate.
As our website grows, there are more articles on it, which take more of the reader’s time to find related topics on the website. So sometimes they leave the site.
Apart from that, related posts are considered good by search engines for SEO.
Sometimes your older posts are very deep if the number of posts is high; by providing a link to a related post, we can improve their page views. This will help engage the readers on the website and increase page SEO.
In this article, we will show you two methods to display a related post on your website.
Every method has pros and cons, you can choose. according to your preferences.
Adding Related Posts manually to Website
In this method, adding related posts to your blog post is a simple and easy process.
If you are able to publish a post, you have enough knowledge to add posts to a related post list.
You don’t require any extra technical knowledge.
The flexibility of this method makes it possible to customize your related post list. You have the option to add any post you want, but it’s not possible using any other method.
It doesn’t impact website speed because we add related posts without using plugins, and save our WordPress from the extra load
As a drawback, it takes a bit more time to create a related post list.
Steps:
Go to the bottom of the post. Write “Related Posts” or any title like “Related Tutorials” in the H3 tag.
Now Click the “+” sign to add more text, then click “List” as shown in the image below.
Now write the title of the post you want to add in the related post list. Or you can copy the title of post the post and paste it. see the image below.
Now select the title and click the link icon, as shown in the image
It will open a box to enter the URL of the post.
Open the post in browser and copy URL.
Now paste this link in the link box and click “Link” as shown in the image.
You can see, the first post title has been added to the related post list.
You can repeat the same process to add more posts. You can add as many posts, as you like But it is good to add 4 – 5 post links.
Now you can see the final view of related posts, on the bottom of the post page, as shown in the image below.
Adding Related Posts Using Plugins.
List Category Posts Plugin.
The list category posts plugin is a simple and easy-to-use plugin for generating Related Posts links.
Plugin Stats:
- Downloads: 100,000+ Active Installations
- Rating: 4.5/5
- Price: free
This plugin generates a list of posts from the current post’s category. It helps readers to read more post that matches the current post.
It is a free plugin.
Steps:
To Install List Category Post plugins, go to the WordPress dashboard and find “Plugins” in the left sidebar.
Click “Add New”.
You will see plugins list. Now search for “Related Post” as a keyword.
Now find List Category Posts plugin and Click “Install”, and after installation click “Activate”.
To change setting search for “List Category Posts” in Settings, and click it.
Now it will open List Category Posts dashboard.
You can change number of posts, Pagination , Order by date, Post title, Id, Random, Author name etc.
Also you can choose order Descending or Ascending.
New picture show how Related Post look on the Post page after setting.
You can select “Pagination” true like the following picture.
It will show show “PREVIOUS” and “NEXT” link on the post page like following picture.
YARPP – Plugin for Related Posts.
Plugin Stats:
- Downloads: 100,000+ Active Installations
- Rating: 5/5
- Price: free
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) provides a customizable list of related posts.
It generates a related post list using a robust algorithm according to post categories, titles, tags, and custom taxonomies.
YARPP uses inbuilt caching facilities, custom templates, RSS and REST API support,
It has Multisite WordPress, bbPress, and WooCommerce integration capabilities.
By default, it shows related posts under the post content, but by using a shortcode we can place related posts anywhere within the posting page.
Installation and Setup.
To Install YARPP, go to the WordPress dashboard and find “Plugins” in the left sidebar.
Click “Add New”.
Now search for “Related Post”.
Now find List YARPP “Install Now”, and after installation click “Activate”.
To change setting options click “YARPP” in Settings menu link in left side bar.
Now you can make YARPP basic settings.
Next screen use to change algorithm for posts for related posts links.
Next option is used to change display option.
For place of related post list and design for example List, Thumbnails, or Custom.
You can also view of list post for different device screens.
Next is the related posts view, according to our chosen options.
Custom Related Posts Plugins.
Plugin Stats:
- Downloads: 100,000+
- Rating: 4.5/5
- Price: free
The Custom Related Post plugin allows you to manually add related posts to posts or pages. The process of adding related posts is flexible, and you have the option to control related links and choose them yourself. You can customize related posts according to your preferences.
Step to install plugin.
To Install Custom Related Posts plugin, go to the WordPress dashboard and hover over “Plugins” in the left sidebar.
And Click “Add New”
Now search for “Related Post”.
Now find List Custom Related Posts plugin.
Click “Install Now”, and after installation click “Activate”.
Now we need to change setting options according to our choice.
Hover over “Setting” in left side bar, and click “Custom Related Posts”.
Next is Documentation.
Change General settings.
Next is template and you can also add advance CSS.
Conclusion
It is better to show related posts at the end of a blog post because it increases the user experience and allows them to find related content easily on your blog. It help to decrease the bounce rate and ultimately improve SEO.
If you find it difficult to use a plugin, you can use the manual method explained in this article.
We hope this article will help you a lot to add related posts to your WordPress post.