The General options tab in the Contextual Related Posts settings screen gives you the main options to configure the related posts on your WordPress site. General settings Automatically add related posts to Choose where related posts are automatically inserted. Options include Posts, Pages, Home page, Feeds, Category archives, Tag archives, and Other archives. If you...
Lazy loading, introduced in Contextual Related Posts Pro v4.3.0, defers rendering the related posts until the visitor is about to scroll them into view. The page is served without running the related posts query, and the list is fetched in the background via the REST API. Why lazy load? The trade-off: the related posts links...
What Are Cornerstone Posts? Cornerstone posts are the foundation of your website’s content strategy — your evergreen guides, key landing pages, or flagship blog posts. These pages explain core concepts, drive traffic, or convert readers into subscribers, customers, or loyal fans. Most cornerstone content is well over 2,000 words long, though some can be over...
The Thumbnail options section in Contextual Related Posts contains a set of options that allow you to fine-tune the thumbnails displayed in the related posts. These are global settings, and many of these can be overridden in the widget or the shortcode. Location of the post thumbnail Choose where the thumbnail is displayed in relation...
The Performance tab in Contextual Related Posts includes options designed to optimize how related posts are queried and displayed, especially for high-traffic or large sites. This section provides options for using custom database tables, caching, and fine-tuning query performance. Efficient Content Storage and Indexing (ECSI) Description: ECSI creates a dedicated database table optimized for related...
The Output tab in Contextual Related Posts allows you to configure the display of the related posts. Output settings Heading of posts Displayed before the list of posts as a master heading. Show when no posts are found Choose what to display when no related posts are found. Options are: Custom text Enter the custom...
Contextual Related Posts CLI (CRP-CLI) offers an efficient way to manage Contextual Related Posts via the command line. This tool is part of Contextual Related Posts Pro starting from version 4.2.0. About WP-CLI WP-CLI is a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress installations. You can update plugins, configure multisite installations, and much more, all...
Contextual Related Posts v3.0.0 introduced CRP_Query, which works as a wrapper for WP_Query. This brings all the power and flexibility of WP_Query to Contextual Related Posts. If you’re not familiar with WP_Query, I recommend reading docs. Standard Loop get_crp_posts() get_crp_posts() is a wrapper for CRP_Query and can be used to retrieve an array of related...
Contextual Related Posts core plugin is hosted on WordPress.org. This makes installing it on your site extremely easy and just like any other plugin. WordPress install (The easy way) Manual install Installing via WP CLI If you’re using WP CLI, you can install and activate this plugin by running: wp plugin install contextual-related-posts --activate This...
Contextual Related Posts adds a metabox to the bottom of Edit screens. These allow you to set post specific configurations for the plugin. By default, it applies to all public post types, but Contextual Related Posts Pro users can restrict it to specific post types via Show metabox on these post types in the General...
WebberZone Followed Posts can feed its tracking data directly into Contextual Related Posts. When the integration is active, followed post IDs are injected into CRP’s manual_related argument, so CRP surfaces posts that real visitors actually navigated to from the current post. Requirements Enabling the integration Go to Settings > Followed Posts > General. Scroll to...
The Server Load Threshold setting was introduced in Contextual Related Posts Pro v4.2.0 and exists for one simple reason: your database should stay responsive, even when traffic spikes. This setting lets you define how busy is too busy. You can find this setting under the Performance tab in the Related Posts settings page. What this...
