85
Related Posts by Taxonomy
Small and sweet yet drifting into retirement.
HealthyGrowing
85/100
Users love the lightweight setup despite growing concerns about the plugin being abandoned.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.8★
77 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+22%
Growing
37 → 45 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +22% in the last year
37/day a year ago→45/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayRelated Posts by Taxonomy is praised for its ease of use, strong support, and lightweight functionality, but some users report it has become abandoned and has limitations like duplicate results and lack of page support.
What people like
- +Responsive and helpful support from the developer×3
- +Easy plug-and-play setup and configuration via shortcodes×4
- +Lightweight with minimal impact on site performance
- +Displays thumbnails for multiple post types based on tags
- +Works well with Elementor page builder
- +Compatible with WordPress 5.9.1
Common complaints
- −Plugin appears abandoned and no longer functions
- −Occasional duplicate related posts are shown
- −Only works on posts, not on pages
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.77★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 77 total
Latest reviews · 78 analyzed
- 2026-01-22★★★★★Plugin fantastico!Betty_
- 2024-12-09★★★★★My goodness!Gaurav Tiwari
- 2023-09-01★★★★★Always a pleasure to useSomniumLucidus
- 2022-07-10★★★★★A moment of silence for a once great plugin…laceybeach
- 2022-03-03★★★★★Great Plugin!zignorp
- 2021-04-20★★★★★Light Related Posts plugin for WordPressBigSamX
- 2020-12-02★★★★★Pretty goodmikoba
- 2020-04-27★★★★★Thanksblade1407
- 2020-04-27★★★★★PerfectEtienne Juneau
- 2019-07-12★★★★★Works great. Polite, prompt dev.asknlearn
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload 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.
46
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
44
Prior 7-day baseline
38
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
110
Mean release-day peak (30d)
46
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+4.5%
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.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.21
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
90%
5★ share in analyzed sample
4%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.78 → 4.77★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered