Relatedly

Relatedly automatically displays related posts to keep readers engaged and reduce bounce rate. It matches posts by categories, tags, or both, and offers multiple display styles to fit any theme.

Key Features:

• Inline related posts — insert related posts between paragraphs at a configurable interval
• End-of-content related posts — append a related posts section after post content
• 8 inline themes — Simple, Minimal, Featured, Quote, Badge, Callout, Gradient, Card
• 6 end-of-content themes — List, Simple List, Masonry, Carousel, Timeline, Compact
• RSS feed integration — add related posts to your RSS feed with UTM tracking
• Click & impression tracking — built-in analytics dashboard
• Email reports — scheduled weekly or monthly performance reports
• Floating sidebar — optional floating related posts widget
• CSS custom properties — all colours are user-configurable without touching code
• Performance-first — pool-based queries ordered by date (no ORDER BY RAND()), transient caching, conditional asset loading
• Developer-friendly — PSR-4 autoloading, template override system, action/filter hooks

Developer Filters:

• relatedly_inline_labels — modify the inline label pool
• relatedly_end_content_labels — modify the end-content label pool
• relatedly_excluded_elements — add custom HTML elements to exclude from inline insertion
• relatedly_rss_utm_parameters — modify UTM parameters for RSS links
• relatedly_rss_output_format — customise RSS inline post HTML
• relatedly_rss_end_content_format — customise RSS end-content post HTML
• relatedly_register_themes — register custom themes via ThemeRegistry

Template Overrides:

Place template files in your-theme/relatedly/inline/simple.php (etc.) to override any theme template without modifying plugin files.

Support

• Documentation
• Support Forum
• Contact

Credits

Built by Krafty Sprouts Media, LLC.

Third-party libraries included in this plugin:
* Choices.js — MIT License
* Tippy.js — MIT License
* Popper.js — MIT License
* SweetAlert2 — MIT License
* Flatpickr — MIT License
* Chart.js — MIT License
* DataTables — MIT License

Privacy

This plugin collects the following data when click tracking is enabled:

• Source post ID (the post the visitor was reading)
• Clicked post ID (the related post that was clicked)
• Display type (inline, end_content, or floating)
• Event type (click or impression)
• IP address
• User agent string
• Timestamp

This data is stored in the wp_relatedly_clicks table in your WordPress database. It is used solely for the statistics dashboard and email reports. It is never transmitted to external servers.

To disable data collection: Go to Relatedly → Settings → General and uncheck “Enable Click Tracking”.

Data retention: Rows older than 90 days are automatically deleted by a monthly scheduled task. The retention period is configurable in Settings.

GDPR: This plugin integrates with WordPress’s built-in personal data tools (Tools → Export Personal Data / Erase Personal Data).