SO Related Posts wordpress plugin resources analysis
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| Name | SO Related Posts |
| Version | 2014.08.15 |
| Author | Piet Bos |
| Rating | 0 |
| Last updated | 2014-12-14 03:18:00 |
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Home page
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Home page PageSpeed score has been degraded by 0%, while Post page PageSpeed score has been degraded by 0%
SO Related Posts plugin added 4 bytes of resources to the Home page and 322983 bytes of resources to the sample Post page.
SO Related Posts plugin added 0 new host(s) to the Home page and -3 new host(s) to the sample Post page.
Great! SO Related Posts plugin ads no tables to your Wordpress blog database.The SO Related Posts plugin is an Extension for the fantastic Meta Box plugin by Rilwis and puts you in control on what really is related content.
With the plugin installed you will find a Related Posts box underneath the Post Editor. Here you will see a checkbox which you can use to turn showing the Related Posts on or off as well as a neat dropdown menu that shows up to 999 of your published Posts.
On the frontend the Related Posts are shown in their own class with an unordered list, right after the_content(). The class will use the styling of your theme and you can style it further to your own liking.
Since 2014.01.20 I added a method to install the Meta Box plugin (where this extension depends on), instantly from within your website.
Since 2014.02.12 I have added a Settings Page where you can change the default title "Related Posts" into something of your liking.
Since 2014.03.23 I have added a checkbox with which you can turn the Related Posts on or off per Post
Since 2014.04.04 there is a premium version available with more built in options, such as custom styling from within the plugin and the possibility to add thumbnails. More information via SO PLUS.
Background
For a while already I have been breeding on how to make a Related Posts plugin that doesn't query the database n times looking for related posts by tags, categories or what not. Most of the existing Related Posts plugin have an incredible (negative) impact on your site speed, so the benefits don't outweigh the costs.
Instead I was thinking that it would be much more flexible too if the user can choose his/her own Related Posts from a simple Posts drop down menu.
Among heaps of other very useful fields, the Meta Box plugin by Rilwis comes with both a Post field and a Repeater field. I have combined these two and made it so that you can now show as many Related Posts as you want underneath the current Post.
The SO Related Posts metabox uses the Select2 script which results in really beautiful and functional drop down menus. Credits for this functionality must all go to Rilwis as this is already baked in the Meta Box plugin.
On the Settings Page you can change the title that shows on the front end above the list of Related Posts.
I have decided to only support this plugin through Github. Therefore, if you have any questions, need help and/or want to make a feature request, please open an issue over at Github. You can also browse through open and closed issues to find what you are looking for and perhaps even help others.
PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ISSUES VIA THE WORDPRESS FORUMS
Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
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