Grade A

Contextual Related Posts

Name: Contextual Related Posts
Rating: 4.8 (201 reviews)
Author: Ajay

⤓ Download v4.2.3 on WordPress.org ↗

by Ajayupdated 2026-05-16✨The Quiet Achiever

Smart content matching backed by an author who actually answers your emails.

HealthyGrowing

92/100

Users love the intelligent matching and helpful support despite occasional database load concerns.

Loved35/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum11/12

Active installs

~55,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+

→ on track for 60k+in ~5 months

Rating

4.8★

201 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+25%

Growing fast

272 → 341 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +25% in the last year

272/day a year ago→341/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Contextual Related Posts is a well-regarded related posts plugin praised for its relevance quality and highly responsive author support, with the only notable caveat being occasional concerns about database load.

What people like

+Responsive, personal support from the plugin author — bugs fixed quickly, sometimes on weekends×8
+Produces highly relevant, contextual post recommendations that users report improving page views×4
+Runs locally on the server — no external cloud calls, privacy-friendly
+Highly configurable — supports thumbnails or titles-only, caching, category filtering, and custom code×3
+Recent versions noted as fast with low memory consumption
+Works reliably at scale, including sites with thousands of posts

Common complaints

−Can perform heavy database queries, which may be a concern on resource-constrained sites

Review trustReviews look organic

4.84★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
1%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 201 total

5★

184

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 90 analyzed

2026-05-25★★★★★Great plugin fellaixxo718
2026-03-29★★★★★Great plugin Gerard Kanters
2026-02-15★★★★★Very nice support istok
2025-12-23★★★★★Perfekt leifbength
2025-04-22★★★★★Great helpfull support hanheg
2025-03-01★★★★★Useful plugin, helpful author Mew
2025-02-09★★★★★Fine Plugin wittydee
2025-01-02★★★★★Highly configurable, great matches kelson
2024-09-03★★★★★Fantastic Support idrawfashion
2024-08-09★★★★★Superb lindyncl

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-16v4.2.3
2026-03-13v4.2.1
2026-03-13v4.2.2
2026-02-15v4.2.0
2026-01-11v4.1.0
2025-05-05v4.0.3
2025-04-23v4.0.2
2025-04-15v4.0.1

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

248

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

321

Prior 7-day baseline

229

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

274

Mean release-day peak (30d)

227

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-22.7%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

14%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.41

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

94%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.84 → 4.84★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered