Comments on: Related Posts Showing Unrelated Pages

By: JoLynn Braley

JoLynn Braley — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:13:14 +0000

Thanks very much Ken, I've been wanting to implement the related posts plugin but until now it didn't work like I wanted it to. I used your code to eliminate category 1 (my pages — about, disclaimer, etc.) and that did the trick. I don't know why but when I initially changed ( 'publish', 'static' ) to
( 'publish' ) it didn't make a difference. It could be the new version of wordpress (2.1.2) though, since your post was last year. Either way it's settled now. :)

Thanks again, I'm very happy to have this working!

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:39:52 +0000

Che-Cheh, if you are talking about the hack mentioned about, you make the changes in the plugin file itself. If you are talking about the code to call in the plugin, you can put it almost anywhere you want…index.php, single.php, home.php, etc

By: Che-Cheh

Che-Cheh — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 07:05:03 +0000

Hi there, do you know where to paste ?
I've tried to paste it in index.php and single.php but it's not correct.

By: mod

mod — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:49:24 +0000

kris – "This does work, but for me it messes up the plugin control menu."

I would assume that you might have cut or pasted in more then was needed. I would copy a new copy of the plug-in over again, then try re-editing.

By: Similar Posts WordPress Plugin

Similar Posts WordPress Plugin — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:55:10 +0000

[...] If you are a fan of the Related Posts plugin, then I think you will like the Similar Posts WordPress plugin. The Similar Posts plugin is based on the Related Posts plugin, but with extra functionality. Rob Marsh, the developer, even used a couple of my ideas (excluding categories and unrelated pages) in his plugin. [...]

By: Showing Posts When There’s No Related Posts

Showing Posts When There’s No Related Posts — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:09:48 +0000

[...] Like many of you, I use the Related Posts plugin. I've even hacked the plugin a couple of times to deal with unrelated pages showing up as related and to exclude certain categories from the results. Today, I'm going to show you how to hack the plugin to deal with "no related posts" results. [...]

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:22:00 +0000

OK David. It was too long to post in a comment so I created a new post:

http://izachy.com/2006/09/03/excluding-categories-from-the-related-posts-plugin/

By: David Vanderlip

David Vanderlip — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:31:14 +0000

Ken –

Thanks a bunch. I guarantee that a workable solution will yield a PayPal Transfer to buy your morning coffee and bagel, or a six-pack of beer (maybe just domestic), or the #9 Menu at Taco Bell. Whatever works for you. :-) It is not much, but a way to show a little appreciation. If it turns out to be to much work, thanks for giving it a shot anyway.

By: Ken Cheung

Ken Cheung — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:11:13 +0000

David,

I took a look and could not find an easy way to do. A hack will require using a table not currently used in the related posts plugin. I'll see what I can do over the weekend (if I have time).

Ken

By: David Vanderlip

David Vanderlip — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:59:01 +0000

Ken -

Thanks for this fix (enhancement). I would like to omit posts from a certain categories, but don't have the knowledge or skills to make it happen. Any ideas?

-David

By: Ken Cheung

Ken Cheung — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:53:55 +0000

Interesting. The plugin control menu remains the same for me.

By: kris

kris — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:48:23 +0000

This does work, but for me it messes up the plugin control menu.

By: kris

kris — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:43:08 +0000

Thanx! This was exactly was I was looking for!