Title: Related Posts by Category Widget
Author: dcannon1
Published: <strong>July 21, 2010</strong>
Last modified: July 21, 2010

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# Related Posts by Category Widget

 By [dcannon1](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dcannon1/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/related-posts-by-category-widget.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-by-category-widget/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-by-category-widget/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-by-category-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-by-category-widget/#developers)

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## Description

Small, lightweight (under 7k) widget that shows posts from the same category as 
the current post. Several options for customization along with numerous ordering
criteria for posts. Displayed only on single post pages. Based on Related Links 
by Category by Andrew Stephens

**Options**

 * Title – Set the title of the widget (or leave blank)
 * Number of Posts to Show – Set how many posts are listed in the widget
 * Order By – Choose how the related posts will be ordered (including random posts)
 * Show Category Names – Toggle whether category names are displayed above groups
   of posts
 * Link Cat Name to Archive – If category names are being shown, choose to have 
   them link to the category archive page for that category
 * List Posts Multiple Times? – If a post is classified under multiple categories
   use this toggle to determine if it will be shown under each category, or only
   under the first category it shares with the current post. This should be set 
   to no if you are not displaying the category names

## Screenshots

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 * View of the widget in the WordPress admin

## Installation

#### First time installation instructions

 1. Ideally install this plugin using the WordPress administration area.
 2. Optionally, download the zip file, unzip and upload the directory to your wp-content/
    plugins directory
 3. Go to plugins in your WordPress admin area and activate the plugin
 4. Go to Appearance – Widgets and then drag the Related Links by Category widget and
    drag it to the sidebar of your choice
 5. Customize the options (more details under plugin Description) or go with defaults

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Related Posts by Category Widget” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ dcannon1 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dcannon1/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/related-posts-by-category-widget/),
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## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **16 years ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.7.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.0.5**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-by-category-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [category](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[posts](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)
   [related posts](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/related-posts/)[widget](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-by-category-widget/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ dcannon1 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dcannon1/)

## Support

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