Display Related Posts in WordPress without a Plugin

Display Related Posts in WordPress without a Plugin

Paste the following code in single.php where you want to display related posts

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01

<?php

02	//for use in the loop, list 5 post titles related to first tag on current post

03	$tags = wp_get_post_tags($post->ID);

04	if ($tags) {

05	echo 'Related Posts';

06	$first_tag = $tags[0]->term_id;

07	$args=array(

08	'tag__in' => array($first_tag),

09	'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),

10	'posts_per_page'=>5,

11	'caller_get_posts'=>1

12

);

13	$my_query = new WP_Query($args);

14	if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {

15	while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

16	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>

17

18

<?php

19

endwhile;

20

}

21	wp_reset_query();

22

}

23

?>