Curate related stories for a post and display them with the Related Posts Query block.
Curate in the editor
- Open a supported post type (default:
post). - Find the Related Posts sidebar panel.
- Search and select posts; drag to reorder.
- Manual selections take precedence over automatic fallbacks.
Related Posts Query block
- Insert Related Posts Query (
prc-block/related-posts-query). - Set posts per page (default 5), orientation (vertical or horizontal), and allowed inner blocks for the query loop.
Automatic fallbacks
When no manual related posts are set, the plugin finds related content by:
- Same primary taxonomy term (Yoast primary category when present)
- Same category if primary matching is thin
- Prefer recent posts; exclude the current post
Legacy posts
Content published before 18 April 2024 keeps custom related posts disabled unless _legacy_related_posts_fixed meta is set.