Grade A

Related Posts Thumbnails Plugin for WordPress

Name: Related Posts Thumbnails Plugin for WordPress
Rating: 5.0 (232 reviews)
Author: marynixie

⤓ Download v4.3.3 on WordPress.org ↗

by marynixieupdated 2026-03-16🌟The Rising Star

Small thumbnails that do a big job of keeping readers engaged.

HealthyGrowing

83/100

This plugin reliably displays related content and users appreciate the easy setup.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy13/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum12/12

Active installs

~25,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+

→ on track for 30k+in ~3 months

Rating

4.9★

232 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+94%

Growing fast

123 → 239 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 · +94% in the last year

123/day a year ago→239/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Related Posts Thumbnails is a well-regarded plugin for displaying related posts that users find easy to set up and effective at keeping visitors engaged, with no notable recurring complaints surfaced in available reviews.

What people like

+Does its core job reliably — displays related posts without issues×6
+Easy to set up and use×4
+Customisation options available to suit different sites×2
+Responsive and helpful support team×3
+Helps keep visitors on-site by surfacing relevant content×2

Common complaints

Review trustReviews look organic

4.95★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 232 total

5★

214

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 90 analyzed

2026-02-13★★★★★Kindly support istok
2026-01-30★★★★★Great work vimpsoft
2025-09-20★★★★★Excellent tuxmerlin
2025-07-17★★★★★Perfect Plugin mbruno
2025-06-19★★★★★Easy to use and helpfull Giới Tính Tuổi Teen
2025-04-18★★★★★Very Useful Plugin woolami
2025-02-11★★★★★Plugin hỗ trợ tốt Hóa Chất Thuận Nam
2025-02-06★★★★★một plugin tuyệt vời Huỳnh Tấn Rin
2025-01-21★★★★★👍sathe
2025-01-15★★★★★*****This one is unrivaled.*****tripsoverpoland

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-03-16v4.3.3
2026-02-12v4.3.2
2026-01-05v4.3.1
2025-08-06v4.3.0
2025-01-14v4.2.1
2025-01-03v4.2.0
2024-09-11v4.1.0
2024-08-22v4.0.1

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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.

228

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

247

Prior 7-day baseline

226

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

225

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-7.7%

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.

10%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.08

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

96%

5★ share in analyzed sample

10%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

-33%

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.96 → 4.95★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered