Contextual Related Posts Settings – Output

The Output tab allows you to configure the display of the related posts.

Output settings

Heading of posts

Displayed before the list of posts as a master heading.

Show when no posts are found

Choose what to display when no related posts are found. Options are:

  • Blank output
  • Display custom text

Custom text

Enter the custom text that will be displayed if “Display custom text” is selected above.

Show post excerpt

If the post does not have an excerpt, the plugin will automatically create one containing the number of words specified in the next option.

ⓘ This setting cannot be changed as the Thumbnail style is set to Rounded Thumbnails or Rounded Thumbnails with Grid. You can change the style in the Styles tab.

Length of excerpt (in words)

Set the number of words for the generated excerpt if the post does not have one.

Show date

Displays the date of the post. Uses the same date format set in General Options.

ⓘ This setting cannot be changed as the Thumbnail style is set to Rounded Thumbnails or Rounded Thumbnails with Grid. You can change the style in the Styles tab.

Show author

Displays the author of the post.

ⓘ This setting cannot be changed as the Thumbnail style is set to Rounded Thumbnails or Rounded Thumbnails with Grid. You can change the style in the Styles tab.

Show primary category/term

Displays the primary category/term. This is usually set via your SEO plugin and will default to the first category/term returned by WordPress.

Limit post title length (in characters)

Any title longer than the number of characters set above will be cut and appended with an ellipsis (…).

Open links in a new window

Opens related post links in a new window.

Add nofollow to links

Adds a rel="nofollow" attribute to related post links.

Add tracking parameters to URLs (Pro)

Adds tracking parameters to the URLs so you can track when they are clicked in Google Analytics.

Exclusion settings

Exclude display on these posts

Comma-separated list of post, page or custom post type IDs. e.g. 188,320,500

Exclude display on these post types

The related posts will not display on any of the selected post types.

Exclude on Terms

The field above has an autocomplete. Start typing in the starting letters, and it will prompt you with options. This field requires a specific format as displayed by the autocomplete.

HTML to display

Before the list of posts

HTML/text to display before the list of related posts. Default is <ul>.

After the list of posts

HTML/text to display after the list of related posts. Default is </ul>.

Before each list item

HTML/text to display before each related post item. Default is <li>.

After each list item

HTML/text to display after each related post item. Default is </li>.

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