How to Display Related Posts Without Using Any Plugin

If you want to display the related post on every single post page without using any WordPress plugins, then keed your close attention in this tutorial as I am going to share how to display related posts without using any plugin.

There are various WordPress plugins are available in WordPress plugin repository, but if you want to add the related post with thumbnail without using any plugins.

how to get related posts without plugin

Copy the below code and add at the end of the functions.php file

<?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();

?>

<?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>

<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();

After adding the below code in your functions.php file, the related post will look like below screenshot.

How to Display Related Posts Without Using Any Plugin

Conclusion

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How to Display Related Posts Without Using Any Plugin

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