Vertical Related Posts
Increase your visitors engagement by providing them with related articles from your website.
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Vertical Related Posts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 3.4/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 29/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Low rating so far — 3.4/5 from only 5 reviews
- No update in 10 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.4 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Vertical Related Posts stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| mobile-friendly | >100 |
| related posts | >100 |
| responsive | >100 |
| vertical | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 3.4 from 5 reviews
About Vertical Related Posts
From the official readme · v1.2.6Description
Increase your visitors engagement by providing them with related articles from your website.
VRP uses tags to find related posts and then displays them according to your conditions.
Being responsive, it will automatically adjust to your layout. So you can insert VRP anywhere in your template
Features
- vertically display related posts
- choose a title for the VRP section
- choose how many posts to be displayed (both globally and as per post)
- choose the size of the featured image (based on WP sizes)
- fill with random posts if available posts aren’t enough (posts with no tags in common)
- choose what to display (title/featured image/excerpt)
- choose the post types on which VRP are displayed
- CSS tags for customization
Just install, activate and add the code into your template.
If you have any suggestions/requests, don’t hesitate to contact me at corneliucirlan@gmail.com
Installation
Automatic instalation
- Login into your WordPress admin panel
- Navigate to Plugins->Add New
- Search for “Vertical Related Posts” and click install
- Activate the plugin
- Place
<?php if (function_exists('displayVerticalRelatedPosts')) displayVerticalRelatedPosts(); ?>into your template
Manual instalation
- Download .zip file from https://github.com/corneliucirlan/vertical-related-posts
- Extract archive into wp-content/plugins folder
- Login into your admin panel and navigate to Plugins
- Activate the plugin
- Place
<?php if (function_exists('displayVerticalRelatedPosts')) displayVerticalRelatedPosts(); ?>into your template
Changelog
1.2.6 – 1.22.2015
- fix: initial selected post types
1.2.5 – 11.14.2014
- fix: SEO friendly & W3C compliant
1.2 – 9.22.2014
- new: choose what to be displayed (title/featured image/excerpt)
- fix: custom css tags on settings page
- mod: description rewrite
- mod: file system change
1.1 – 07.08.2014
- new: added the ability to disable VRP from current page
- mod: re-styled VRP Metabox
1.0.2 – 07.08.2014
- fix: corrected CSS tags on settings page
1.0.1 – 07.02.2014
- fix: fixed excerpt alignment
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FAQ
Vertical Related Posts: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 2, 2026
Is Vertical Related Posts free?
Yes. Vertical Related Posts is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Vertical Related Posts safe to use in 2026?
Vertical Related Posts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 3.4/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 29/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Vertical Related Posts?
Vertical Related Posts is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,930 times since it launched in June 2014. It was downloaded 41 times in the last 30 days.
Does Vertical Related Posts work with WordPress 7.1?
Vertical Related Posts is officially tested up to WordPress 4.4.34, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Vertical Related Posts last updated?
The latest version, 1.2.6, was released on December 9, 2015 (11 years ago).
Who makes Vertical Related Posts?
Vertical Related Posts is developed and maintained by Corneliu.
What are the best alternatives to Vertical Related Posts?
The most popular alternatives to Vertical Related Posts are WPtouch (50K+ installs), Block Responsive (800+ installs) and Magic Tooltips For Contact… (700+ installs).
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