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... What is RSS?I have always liked using Related Posts at the end of an article as a reference to things I had written on a particular subject. I feel it adds a little more to the post and it can give the reader, especially new visitors, an idea of where I am coming from at various points on that subject.
I almost gave up. It got to be a little much going through two years worth of posts. Even when I had a good idea of what I wanted to reference, I still had to look through post after post. I just didn’t want to manually go through it all for every post.
I did find a plugin, Cross-references WordPress Plugin by Francesc Hervada-Sala that I am going to try out for a little while to see if it solves the problem of having to spend a lot of time manually looking up old posts.
This weeks poll will try to find out how many of us use related posts on our Blogs.
Do you use related posts on your Blog?
- Yes (83%)
- No (0%)
- It depends (17%)
Total Votes: 6
Loading ...I’ll let you know how the plugin works.
Do you use a plugin for related posts? Do you just slog through all your old posts to find them?
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Hi Joe,
I don’t even want to imagine trying to find related posts manually for a blog with any number of posts. I use a plugin called related posts. It doesn’t alway find anything appropriate, but usually it does without any effort on my part. It hasn’t been updated in a while, so I don’t know if it works with Wordpress 2.3. I’ll be interested in hearing your results with the cross references plugin.
I usually do reference related posts within the context of the article. If I am talking about something and I know I posted previously on the subject, I will just type a key word in my search bar and find it, then link to it with in the article itself, not necessarily at the end. It is not something I really get hung up on. My hope though is to keep improve my credibility and them on the site longer by referencing another article.
Hey Rick,So far the Cross reference plugin doesn’t seem to do much of anything. I don’t know if it only looks through posts after installation or what. If that’s the case, it doesn’t do me any good.
I’ll give it a little time, but so far, it doesn’t impress me.(I did look for your wasabi plugin before installing this one, but the sight didn’t seem to be working, oh well.)
Hey Deb,
I do the same if it is a recent related post that fits the subject matter, but when there is something that is way down and doesn’t really match a “keyword” but should still fit I want it… Period… and a plugin should do the work!
The problem must be from your end, Joe. I clicked on the link in my comment. It took me to the plugin’s page. I scrolled down to the end, clicked on (the version I’m using), and downloaded it. Everything worked fine. If you want, contact me and I’ll get it to you.
I evidently didn’t close the a tag properly. Sorry.
Rick, You didn’t forget to close the tag. I tried linking the other day through a different site and their link was bad. That’s when I decided to try this other plugin. I did get your link and have it in my to try out folder.
I’m going to try this one for a few days to see what happens. I will let you know.