=== Related Posts by ThemeinProgress ===

Contributors: alexvtn
Donate link: https://www.themeinprogress.com
Tags: related post, related posts, similar posts, contextual posts, related articles
Tested up to: 6.7
Stable tag: 1.0.0
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

**Related Posts by ThemeinProgress** is the perfect plugin to easily display related posts in your WordPress articles.

== Description ==

**Related Posts by ThemeinProgress** is the perfect plugin to easily display related posts in your WordPress articles.

Customize the appearance with 3 predefined layouts, hiding elements such as images, titles, dates, or authors. Use a dedicated shortcode to display them anywhere in your content.

**Benefits:**

> Increase time spent on your site: Displaying related posts engages visitors and encourages further navigation.
> Enhance posts relevance: Related posts are fetched intelligently, improving the user experience.
> Easy customization: Adapt the style of related posts to match your site’s design effortlessly.
> Flexible integration: Add related posts anywhere with shortcode.

**Premium features.**

> <strong>Carousel</strong><br>
> Display a carousel of related posts (available only with the Classic and Hero layouts).<br><br>

> <strong>Related posts based of category and post tags</strong><br>
> Besides the options available on the free version, you can load the related posts based of categories and post tags.<br><br>

> <strong>Options to manage the featured image</strong><br>
> Set the thumbnail size and choose how to resize the image: maintain the aspect ratio or crop the image to the specified dimensions.<br><br>

> <strong>Additional options to manage the post elements</strong><br>
> Additional options to manage the post elements, such as linking the title to the content, the author to their page, customizing the "Author" label, and truncating long content with ellipsis.<br><br>

> <strong>Option to exclude specific categories</strong><br>
> You can select one or more categories to exclude from the related posts.<br><br>

> <strong>Option to exclude specific tags</strong><br>
> You can select one or more post tags to exclude from the related posts.<br><br>

> <strong>Option to exclude specific posts</strong><br>
> You can select one or more posts to exclude from the related posts.<br><br>

> <strong>Custom keywords</strong><br>
> You can use custom keywords as Engine Search but you will need to set the keywords for each post to generate the list of related posts.<br><br>

> <strong>Device selection</strong><br>
> You can select the device where you want to display the related posts.<br><br>

> <strong>Order by option</strong><br>
> You can select how to order the related posts.<br><br>

> <strong>Sort order option</strong><br>
> You can select the ordering of related posts.<br><br>

> <strong>Shortcode generator</strong><br>
> Use a dynamic shortcode generator to add a specific related posts inside the WordPress article.<br><br>

> <strong>AMP support</strong><br>
> Display rightly the related posts in AMP pages.<br><br>

> <strong>Custom post types support</strong><br>
> You can enable the related posts for specific custom post types.<br><br>

> <strong>WordPress Pages Support</strong><br>
> You can enable related content for WordPress pages as well. Related pages will be automatically determined based on keywords or the parent-child relationship between pages.<br><br>

> <strong>Backup section</strong><br>
> You can create a backup of plugin settings, import an existing backup or restore the default settings.<br><br>

= Installation =

Once you have installed the plugin, you just need to activate the plugin in order to enable it.

= Configuration =

Install Related Posts by ThemeinProgress will add a new admin page, where you can manage all tracking codes and scripts.

== Installation ==

1. Upload the plugin files to the '/wp-content/plugins/tip-related-posts' directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
3. Go to 'Related Posts by ThemeinProgress' page to configure the plugin.

== Screenshots ==

1. Classic Layout (Premium)
2. Hero Layout
3. List Layout
4. HTML List Layout

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =
Release date – January, 16 – 2025

* Initial release

== Translators ==

= Available Languages =
* English (Default)
* Italiano