Free vs Pro: Contextual Related Posts - WebberZone

Contextual Related Posts is free to use and packed with features right out of the box. The Pro upgrade adds performance enhancements, smarter content matching, WooCommerce support, and advanced customization tools for those who need more control.

Free vs Pro

Feature	Free	Pro
Core
Automatic insertion after content	✅	✅
Shortcode `[crp]`	✅	✅
Widget support	✅	✅
Basic Gutenberg block	✅	✅
Inbuilt styles / layout options	✅	✅
Thumbnail support with fallback logic	✅	✅
ACF field as a thumbnail source in the fallback chain	❌	✅
Post and category exclusions	✅	✅
Custom post type support	✅	✅
REST API	✅	✅
Multilingual support (WPML, Polylang and TranslatePress)	✅	✅
Caching & Performance
Automatic query caching	✅	✅
Clear cache on post trash/restore	✅	✅
Configurable cache TTL (1 hour – 1 year)	❌	✅
High-performance custom database tables	❌	✅
Server load threshold	❌	✅
MySQL `MAX_EXECUTION_TIME` query guard	❌	✅
Bot protection	❌	✅
Lazy load related posts	❌	✅
Content Matching
FULLTEXT algorithm (title + content)	✅	✅
Minimum relevance threshold (% of best match)	✅	✅
Tag, category & custom field matching	✅	✅
Advanced matching algorithm	❌	✅
Weighted matching (title, content, excerpt)	❌	✅
Taxonomy weight system	❌	✅
Recency weighting	❌	✅
Keyword override on blocks/metabox	❌	✅
Precomputed taxonomy score	❌	✅
Display & Customization
WPBakery, Elementor and Bricks integrations (experimental)	❌	✅
Standalone Related Posts Advanced block + six patterns	❌	✅
Contextual Related Posts Query Loop variation + patterns	❌	✅
Extra shortcode parameters	❌	✅
Advanced per-post metabox settings	❌	✅
Per-post-type metabox control	❌	✅
Cornerstone posts	❌	✅
Analytics & Strategy
UTM / Google Analytics tracking	❌	✅
WooCommerce
Related products integration	❌	✅
SKU & attribute indexing	❌	✅
Stock status filtering	❌	✅
Toggle prices & ratings display	❌	✅
Cart Related Products (free shipping upsell)	❌	✅
Developer Tools
Abilities API: retrieve related posts	✅	✅
Abilities API: clear cache and set post exclusions	❌	✅
REST API rendered-HTML endpoint	❌	✅
WP-CLI commands (cache, DB, content)	❌	✅
Multisite support	✅	✅
Support
Community forum	✅	✅
Priority email support	❌	✅

Choosing the Right Plan

All paid plans include the same Pro features. The difference is the number of sites and who you can use them on.

	Pro	Pro Multi	Agency
All Pro features	✅	✅	✅
Number of sites	1 site	5 to unlimited	Unlimited
Use on client sites	❌	❌	✅
Priority email support	✅	✅	✅

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