You can show related posts in WordPress without any plugin and this will reduce your loading fast.
Using a simple code you can get related posts in WordPress. Simply write the below code and put this code anywhere you want to show on your website.
Example of related posts:
<?php $tags = wp_get_post_tags($post->ID); if ($tags) { $tagIds = array(); foreach($tags as $tag) { $tagIds[] = $tag->term_id; } $args=array( 'tag__in' => $tagIds, 'post__not_in' => array($post->ID), 'showposts'=>5, 'caller_get_posts'=>1 ); $query = new wp_query($args); if( $query->have_posts() ) { echo 'Related Posts'; echo '<br />'; while ($query->have_posts()) { $query->the_post(); ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> <?php echo '<br />'; } } } ?>
Hence, using related tag you can get the related posts.
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