How to display WordPress related posts by Category without plugin :
Displaying related posts based on particular category is the great idea.Users likes this type of formats,where they can get accurate related posts on particular topic.
Go to Appearances >Editor >Single.php.
Here's the code to drop in your theme's single.php file to display WordPress related posts by category.
<?php
$orig_post = $post;
global $post;
$categories = get_the_category($post->ID);
if ($categories) {
$category_ids = array();
foreach($categories as $individual_category) $category_ids[] = $individual_category->term_id;
$args=array(
'category__in' => $category_ids,
'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
'posts_per_page'=> 2, // Number of related posts that will be shown.
'caller_get_posts'=>1
);
$my_query = new wp_query( $args );
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
echo '<div id="related_posts"><h3>Related Posts</h3><ul>';
while( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
$my_query->the_post();?>
<li><div class="relatedthumb"><a href="<? the_permalink()?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a></div>
<div class="relatedcontent">
<h3><a href="<? the_permalink()?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<?php the_time('M j, Y') ?>
</div>
</li>
<?
}
echo '</ul></div>';
}
}
$post = $orig_post;
wp_reset_query();
?>WordPress Plugins to display related posts by category in WordPress:
Related Posts via Categories and Related Posts by Category are 2 great plugins, which also do the same work for your website.If you don't like coding, than simply install any one of following plugins to get the same result.
Here are 2 different related posts WordPress category plugins
1.Related Posts via Categories.
2. Related Posts by Category.
Also see tutorials on WordPress related posts for genesis themes:
1.Display related posts in Genesis with thumbnails, based on Category and tags
2.Display related posts in WordPress without using a plugin.