The Best Related Posts Plugins for WordPress

The Best Related Posts Plugins for WordPress

Is your bounce rate high? Are users leaving your site after reading just one post? Encouraging people to stick around and browse your site can be a challenge.

In today’s Weekend WordPress Project we’ll look at how you can display related and promoted posts in WordPress, so when a user has finished reading one article they will be encouraged to read another… and hopefully another and another.

After all, the more engaged your visitors are, and the longer they take browsing your site, the higher the chance they will convert to a sale.

  • YARPP

    With over 3,000,000 users, Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) is the most popular choice for displaying a related content section on your site.

    It’s popular because it accurately and automatically chooses relevant posts better than most other plugins which translates into higher click-through rates.

    It has many customization options to be able to perfectly style the displayed posts with your current design. Display thumbnails with your links to boost your posts’ curb appeal to get more clicks or simply display links. You also have the option to show the articles at the bottom of the page or in the sidebar or to dispaly videos.

    It’s easy to install and use. If you would also like to display post ads with this plugin, it’s an option in the Pro version.

  • Contextual Related Posts

    This plugin automatically scans not only the title of the post you’re working on to pull related posts to display like most other plugins, but it also scans your content as you type to provide a truly accurate selection of similar posts to show.

    It also includes caching to help reduce the load on your server and it’s highly customizable, too, with custom CSS options. It’s also compatible with shortcodes, widgets and custom post types that you may already have in use on your site.

    Just install and activate and you’re ready to start displaying related posts on your site.

    Interested in Contextual Related Posts?

  • Jetpack — Related Posts Module

    Once you install and activate Jetpack, go to Jetpack > Jetpack in the admin dashboard to access the related posts feature. Simply find it in the list of available modules and click the Activate button.

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    Then, click the Configure button to be directed to the settings where you can choose a large and visually striking layout or a simple one along with the option to separate the related content from the rest of your page.

    It’s a quick way to add a related posts section to your site and it’s incredibly convenient if you already have Jetpack installed.

    Interested in Jetpack — Related Posts Module?

  • Content.ad

    Content.ad has many features making this another popular choice among WordPress users. Its plugin is fully customizable with content that’s displayed well, even on mobile devices. It also provides ad revenue sharing.

    The plugin is as easy to install as most others, but you do need to sign up for an account to use it. Luckily, the account is free and also easy to set up. Free support is also available if you run into issues using their plugin and service which is a bonus.

  • Shareaholic

    Shareaholic is a one-stop-shop for helping boost traffic to your site. Not only does it let you have a cut of the advertising revenue for using their promoted content feature, but it also includes social sharing and follow buttons, and affiliate linking.

    It’s an easy plugin to install and it’s 100% customizable. It also creates content that’s as good looking on a desktop browser as it is on mobile screens.

    It’s a clean coded plugin that shouldn’t drag your site speed down.

Conclusion

This list of the best-of-the-best plugins will help you boost your traffic without having to increase your writing schedule.

You can promote other posts on the web to create additional income or keep your visitors’ interest intact by displaying more of your own posts for them to read.

If you’re interested in more ways to boost your traffic, check out some of our other helpful posts: Increase Traffic With Better WordPress Post ExcerptsAdd WhatsApp To Your WordPress Website And Double Your Traffic and Creating 301 Redirects With WordPress (and How it Boosted Our Traffic!).

 

Have I missed any of your favorite plugins on this list? Let me know in the comments below.

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Jenni McKinnon Jenni has spent over 15 years developing websites and almost as long for WordPress as a copywriter, copy editor, web developer, and course instructor. A self-described WordPress nerd, she enjoys watching The Simpsons and names her test sites after references from the show.