v3.5.2

Changelog:

• Modifications:

  • [Pro] If "Only from" same category/tag/taxonomy is enabled, the plugin will sort results by the number of matched taxonomies first, therby optimising the related posts further. The free version will continue to sort by date
  • [Pro] If any of the weights are 0, then the algorithm will not consider that field for matching

• Bug fix:

  • Custom styles did not get enqueued on the front end
  • Fixed PHP error on Network admin page
  • Fixed bug where post types and taxonomies settings retained the previous values if no option was selected

Full Changelog: v3.5.1...v3.5.2

v3.5.1

• Bug fix:
  • Fixed memory issue when using the crp shortcode

Full Changelog: v3.5.0...v3.5.1

Version 3.5.0

Complete code rewrite using OOP, namespacing and autoloading. This will make it easier to maintain and extend the plugin in the future.

• Features:

  • Enter a negative number in the "Insert after paragraph number" setting to insert the related posts from the bottom of the post
  • [Pro] New Related Posts Query Block that allows you to query related posts using a block in the block or site editor
  • [Pro] New feature to set the weight of the title, content and excerpt in the related posts algorithm
  • [Pro] New parameter display_only_on_tax_ids to display related posts only on specific taxonomy terms
  • [Pro] New option added to the Edit Post meta box mapped to include_cat_ids to include related posts from specific categories only
  • [Pro] New Clear cache button in the settings page to clear the cache

• Enhancements:

  • The plugin supports WP_Query directly if crp_query is set in the query arguments
  • Optimized media handler to reduce the number of queries
  • Cache posts only setting is changed to be true by default
  • Cache HTML output will now cache the HTML output of the related posts list superseding the Cache posts only setting

• Bug fix:

  • trim_char function returned a blank string instead of the original string if length was 0
  • Insert after paragraph used to insert after an extra paragraph than what was specified

Full Changelog: v3.4.2...v3.5.0

3.5.0-RC1

Full Changelog: v3.5.0-beta2...3.5.0-RC1

Complete code rewrite using OOP, namespacing and autoloading. This will make it easier to maintain and extend the plugin in the future.

• Features:

  • Enter a negative number in the "Insert after paragraph number" setting to insert the related posts from the bottom of the post
  • [Pro] New Related Posts Query Block that allows you to query related posts using a block in the block or site editor
  • [Pro] New feature to set the weight of the title, content and excerpt in the related posts algorithm
  • [Pro] New parameter display_only_on_tax_ids to display related posts only on specific taxonomy terms
  • [Pro] New option added to the Edit Post meta box mapped to include_cat_ids to include related posts from specific categories only
  • [Pro] New Clear cache button in the settings page to clear the cache

• Enhancements:

  • The plugin supports WP_Query directly if crp_query is set in the query arguments
  • Optimized media handler to reduce the number of queries
  • Cache posts setting is changed to be true by default

• Bug fix:

  • trim_char function returned a blank string instead of the original string if length was 0
  • Insert after paragraph used to insert after an extra paragraph than what was specified

v3.5.0-beta2

What's Changed

• Modify plugin for OOP code by @ajaydsouza in #199

Full Changelog: v3.4.2...v3.5.0-beta2

v3.5.0-beta1

What's Changed

• Modify plugin for OOP code by @ajaydsouza in #199

Full Changelog: v3.4.2...v3.5.0-beta1

Version 3.4.2

Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/contextual-related-posts-v3-4-0/

• Enhancements:

  • Live Search in the Manual Related Posts field now searches by post ID if you enter a number
  • Live Search will only search for posts titles and not content
  • Include Words feature will now try to sort the posts by the number of words matched in the title, content and excerpt

• Bug fix:

  • Bug in Include Words functionality where all post types were incorrectly included
  • Compatibility issue with PolyLang. Return the default post if pll_get_post returns false

Full Changelog: v3.4.1...v3.4.2

v3.4.2-RC1

Installation

1. Download the contextual-related-posts.zip file from this release post
2. Visit Plugins in your Admin Area
3. Hit the Add New button next to the Plugins heading
4. Hit the Upload button next to the Add Plugins heading
5. Select the contextual-related-posts.zip that you downloaded and hit Install Now
6. In the next screen choose Replace current with uploaded
7. This should replace the plugin with the latest version. You can verify this by going back to the Plugins page and checking the version number

Changelog

• Enhancements:

  • Live Search in the Manual Related Posts field now searches by post ID if you enter a number
  • Live Search will only search for posts titles and not content
  • Include Words feature will now try to sort the posts by the number of words matched in the title, content and excerpt

• Bug fix:

  • Bug in Include Words functionality where all post types were incorrectly included
  • Compatibility issue with PolyLang. Return the default post if pll_get_post returns false

Full Changelog: v3.4.2-beta1...v3.4.2-RC1

v3.4.2-beta1

Installation

1. Download the contextual-related-posts.zip file from this release post
2. Visit Plugins in your Admin Area
3. Hit the Add New button next to the Plugins heading
4. Hit the Upload button next to the Add Plugins heading
5. Select the contextual-related-posts.zip that you downloaded and hit Install Now
6. In the next screen choose Replace current with uploaded
7. This should replace the plugin with the latest version. You can verify this by going back to the Plugins page and checking the version number

Changelog

• Enhancements:

  • Live Search in the Manual Related Posts field now searches by post ID if you enter a number

• Bug fix:

  • Bug in Include Words functionality where all post types were incorrectly included
  • Compatibility issue with PolyLang. Return the default post if pll_get_post returns false

Full Changelog: v3.4.1...v3.4.2-beta1

Version 3.4.1

Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/contextual-related-posts-v3-4-0/

• Bug fix:
  • Fixed Request-URI Too Long error when searching for pages/posts
  • Related Posts block threw an error when using on the widgets page

Full Changelog: v3.4.0...v3.4.1