Content Relations
Content Relations lets you link a post to any other post. Relations are typed – you name the kind of relation (“see also”, “part of”, whatever fits) – and ordered by dragging. In the block editor, a Content Relations panel in the document sidebar edits a post’s relations the same way you’d edit cate
Content Relations lets you link a post to any other post. Relations are typed – you name the kind of relation (“see also”, “part of”, whatever fits) – and ordered by dragging.
In the block editor, a Content Relations panel in the document sidebar edits a post’s relations the same way you’d edit categories: grouped by type, saved with the rest of the post, no separate save button. The classic editor keeps the same editor in a meta box instead.
A Related content block – a variation of the core Query Loop block – lists a post’s own related posts under one relation type, in the order you set in the sidebar, meta box, or the Tools screen. Drop it in wherever a “related articles” section belongs; it uses the same layout options as any other Query Loop.
Tools → Content Relations lists every relation type in a sortable, searchable table. Opening a type there lets you reorder or remove its relations across every post that uses it, grouped by source post, with drag handles or up/down buttons.
Each related post’s relations are exposed on the REST API under a content_relations field, so a headless front end can read them too. Relations to unpublished posts are hidden from anyone who cannot edit posts.
A WP_Query extension lets a query filter by relation: give it a related post id and, optionally, a relation type, and it returns the posts related to it.
- 01Install the plugin through Plugins → Add New , or upload it to /wp-content/plugins/ .
- 02Activate it through the Plugins menu.
- 03A Content Relations panel appears in the block editor’s document sidebar (a meta box in the classic editor), and a settings page under Tools → Content Relations lists the relation types.
Frequently asked questions.
How do I show related posts on the front end?
Add the Related content block (in the inserter, under the same category as the Query Loop block) to a post, and pick a relation type in its settings panel. It lists that post’s related posts of that type, in the order you set in the sidebar or meta box.
