Yet Another Related Posts Plugin: Worth a Look

by Daniel Scocco

I have been using the Related Entries plugin for almost two years. I liked it because it was light and accomplished the task it was supposed to.

Lately, however, I started taking a look at the Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP), and it looks promising.

The advantage of this plugin over the other “related posts” alternatives are the advanced features, including:

The ability to set a threshold on the relevancy of the posts that you want to show
Improved algorithm for finding related posts that also takes into consideration categories and tags
The ability to display the related posts in your RSS feed as well
The automatic integration of the related links below your posts

If you are trying to find a plugin to add related posts on your blog, therefore, I would highly recommend taking trying this one first.

Even if you already have a plugin doing that, it could be the case of making the switch. I plan to when I get some free time.

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27 Responses to “Yet Another Related Posts Plugin: Worth a Look”

Rajaie AlKorani on October 28, 2008 11:09 am

I like the fact that you can also show related posts in the feed. I’m gonna check this plugin out as soon as I have some free time, thanks for the share, Daniel!
Farrhad on October 28, 2008 11:25 am

I already use this
Ruchir Chawdhry on October 28, 2008 11:29 am

Yeah I download YARPP some time ago and it really is awesome
Dennis Edell on October 28, 2008 11:54 am

Very timely my friend. I just switched out one for another, and I’m not really liking it either.

Downloading now…
Medical Transcription Blog on October 28, 2008 12:21 pm

You could see it in action on my blog.

Good one. Have been using it for a couple of months since Matt Cutts blogged about it.
Kok Choon on October 28, 2008 12:34 pm

I think I will give it a try…thank!
all top blogs on October 28, 2008 12:38 pm

thanks for sharing. i will give it a try.
Dennis Edell on October 28, 2008 12:54 pm

As stated I just downloaded and installed. May I say, holy crap that’s a lotta options!

This may take a while LOL
Young on October 28, 2008 1:16 pm

Cool!
HowToMakeMyBlog.com on October 28, 2008 1:25 pm

I’m using Related Entries but this plugin looks to have so much more, related posts in RSS, option to order the results… I wonder how the algorithm is compared to Related Entries… will check it out, thanks for the link!

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Vygantas on October 28, 2008 1:35 pm

Used this, it’s ok for some blogs, depends on content type actually.
Rarst on October 28, 2008 2:19 pm

Excellent plugin and got even better with recent addition of related posts in feed.

Bit hard to get initial setting right because it’s almost too flexible.
MLRebecca on October 28, 2008 3:09 pm

Thanks for posting this! I have always been a fan of the Related Posts plugin, but this one sounds great! I love the fact that it enables related posts to show up on RSS feeds. I definitely must check out this one!
Miss Britt on October 28, 2008 6:14 pm

I love this plugin – especially the related post in the feed feature. I’ve noticed a great jump in feed clicks and PVs since using it.
Chris on October 28, 2008 6:20 pm

Thanks for this. I tried one similar plugin and I just didn’t like the way it looked–so I scrapped it. I’ll give this one a chance. Let us know how it works for you when you implement it.
tyronebcookin on October 29, 2008 5:41 pm

Hey Daniel,

Are you sure you don’t have an old version of related posts?

It does not have all the options that YARP seems to have, but I have been using it for awhile now and it DOES enter related posts in RSS feed and email subscriptions, shows up in mine.

You can exclude by category ID but not tags, AND you can pick how many related posts you want.

Also can select: Comment count, auto insert related posts, display post date, (and as I stated above) related posts for RSS.

Which that handles all my needs because I do not need an excerpt in related posts.
Social Media Marketing Blog on October 30, 2008 11:13 am

wow, it looks cool. I’m going to add this in my blog as well…
Buzz on December 9, 2008 8:58 pm

A great plugin, but can you tell us what are the results of this new plugin for related posts ?
I tried it but it seems to be too hard for a huge website with a lot of trafic…
My wordpress blog was so slow after the activation of this plugin, what can i do ?
Nihar on February 6, 2009 6:14 am

I am currently using Related Posts plugin. WIll check this plugin now. and switch to it if i like it.

Thanks…
EngineeringDaily.net on March 1, 2009 6:40 am

This pluggin is realyl nice and all. but how do I eliminate ” Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin” message below the related posts. As much as I want to support the guy this is quite distracting.
Dennis Edell on March 2, 2009 1:05 pm

There’s a check box at the bottom of the settings page in your admin….uncheck it.
Donanim Haberi on December 31, 2009 7:15 am

Excellent plugin and got even better with recent addition of related posts in feed.

Bit hard to get initial setting right because it’s almost too flexible.
Kamal Hasa on April 29, 2010 11:25 am

I use it on my blog as well. I just love the way YARPP pulls up related posts.
Michael on July 26, 2010 10:41 am

Great great plugin! I’ve recently installed it onto one of my blogs and I am definitely glad that I did. Although it is almost too flexible lol. But once you get it set up that first time, it’s a breeze from there.
Steve on September 15, 2010 10:22 pm

I find it a bit confusing for the installer.
After activation, there were instructions saying template files must be moved to the theme folder to complete installation. I moved the files and double check the right files are in the right location.
It said No YARPP template files were found in your theme so the templating feature has been turned off.

Yet the plugin seems to be working.

Am I missing something?