=== Related Posts Thumbnails === Contributors: marynixie Donate link: http://wordpress.shaldybina.com/donate Tags: related, posts, thumbnails, Related Content, related posts, pages, similar posts, shortcodes, widgets, related thumbs Requires at least: 2.9 Tested up to: 4.5.3 Stable tag: 1.5.2 The Best Customizable plugin, that nicely displays related posts thumbnails under the post. == Description == This plugin will add related posts thumbnails after the post. Plugin allows to customize thumbnail sizes, display settings and type of relation. By default it uses generated by Wordpress thumbnail for the first image appeared in the post, that was uploaded on the server with sizes as set in Media settings. You can select between 'thumbnail' and 'medium' size options. In addition if your theme supports Post Thumbnails feature introduced in Wordpress 2.9 you can specify custom thumbnail size. You can also specify post custom field name to be used as thumbnails source. Thumbnails are arranged in columns under the post with related posts title/excerpt under each post thumbnail. Colors of background, border, text, text sizes, background on mouse over, title and excerpt length can be customized. See screenshot. You can specify number of related posts to display, start date, categories to show on and to include, top text, style settings, default image URL. You can select type of relation - categories, tags, categories and tags, random or custom taxonomies. You can specify where to display related posts - choose page type (main or single), post type and select categories. You can turn off automatic appending to the end of post and use **<?php get_related_posts_thumbnails(); ?>** php tag in the Loop of your theme. Related Posts thumbnails sidebar widget is also available. You can use [related-posts-thumbnails] shortcode in the post body. Contributions: * Thanks to <a href="http://adnan.pk/">Adnan</a> for giving life to this plugin. Translations: * This plugin has Russian version * Thanks to <a href="http://www.li-an.fr/wpplugins/">Li-An</a> this plugin has French version * Thanks to <a href="http://gidibao.net/">Gidibao</a> this plugin has Italian version * Thanks to <a href="http://www.kuzublog.com/">Kuzu</a> this plugin has Turkish version * Thanks to <a href="http://www.meinblog.de/" title="MeinBlog.de - eigenes Tagebuch">Mirko</a> this plugin has German version * Thanks to <a href="http://bejana.com/">Bejana</a> for Indonesian translation Related Links: * <a href="http://wordpress.shaldybina.com/plugins/related-posts-thumbnails/" title="Related Posts Thumbnails Plugin for WordPress">Plugin Homepage</a> - see possible problems and solutions * <a href="http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/new-in-wordpress-2-9-post-thumbnail-images/" title="New in WordPress 2.9: Post Thumbnail Images - Mark on WordPress">New in WordPress 2.9: Post Thumbnail Images « Mark on WordPress</a> == Installation == 1. Extract zip in the /wp-content/plugins/ directory. 1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress. 1. Customize plugin settings under Settings -> Related Posts Thumbs == Frequently Asked Questions == = How does this plugin decide which image to use as post thumbnail? = If your theme supports Wordpress Posts Thumbnail feature and post has a specified Post Thumbnail as seen on Edit Post page, when this image will be used as a post thumbnail in related posts. The size of the image is determined by plugin setting 'Post-thumbnails name'. If your theme does not support Post Thumbnail feature or post has no assigned thumbnail, when the first image on the post will be used as a thumbnail. = Does plugin support external images, e.g. uploaded on Flickr? = There is no direct support of external images in the current version of the plugin. You can use custom field option. Or you can use http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/generate-post-thumbnails/ or similar plugin to save external images as post thumbnails. = What is the default image URL? = If there are no images of the specified size in the post, or file does not exist on the server the default image will be used as a post thumbnail. You can upload your image on server and specify its URL in plugin settings. == Screenshots == 1. Plugin in action 1. Plugin settings page == Changelog == = 1.5.2 = * [BugFix] Top Text title allows h1 to h6 tags now. = 1.5.1 = * [BugFix] Removed deprecated constructors for Related Posts widget. Compatible with PHP 7.0 = 1.5.0 = * Major UI changes for admin settings and compatibility with WP 4.5 = 1.4.0 = * compatibility with WP 4.4 = 1.3.1 = * backwards compatibility with WP 2.9 = 1.3 = * Added support of custom post types and custom taxonomies * Added multibyte strings support * Fixed a bug with double quotes in title * Fixed a bug with stripping shortcodes * Added Indonesian translation = 1.2.9 = * Fixed bug: when not all categories selected and tags only, wrong behavior * Optimized performance * Searching for post thumbnail in post body if no assigned Featured Image was set * Added possibility to show only posts with thumbnails for themes, that support Post Thumbnails * Removed filter, responsible for image existence = 1.2.8 = * Fixed bug, if category has 1 post and relation is based on categories, than no posts will be shown * Font-family can have quotes in settings * Added Turkish and German versions = 1.2.7 = * Added clean HTML option without plugin CSS, fixed background color change = 1.2.6 = * Fixed relative custom url = 1.2.5 = * Fixed selection of categories on plugin settings page = 1.2.4 = * French version updated = 1.2.3 = * Added option to set theme php resizing script = 1.2.2 = * Improved plugin performance with high number of posts * PHP configuration allow_url_fopen is taken into account * Added start date to exclude old posts * Fixed display, only posts now * Separated categories - which are displayed amoung thumbnails and on which thumbnails are displayed * Random relation, for random posts display * PHP 4.3 compatible now according to Wordpress requirements * tested with Wordpress 3.0 = 1.2.1 = * Thanks to <a href="http://www.li-an.fr/wpplugins/">Li-An</a> it now has French version. * Excerpts will be generated if no excerpt were defined. * Developer mode to see debugging info in HTML source. = 1.2 = * added php tag for use in theme * added option to turn off automatic appending * set title length 0 for no title * added excerpt * added sidebar widget * added shortcode = 1.1.1 = * removed PHP warning on settings page somebody may experience * full HTML support in top text field = 1.1 = * removed PHP warnings for getimagesize and file if wrong header was received * fixed Categories and Tags confusion (when you selected Categories relation was based on Tags and vice versa) * added Categories option to select specific categories * added post custom field name option as a source for thumbnails = 1.0 = * Released plugin initial version == Upgrade Notice == = 1.5.2 = * [BugFix] Top Text title allows h1 to h6 tags now. = 1.5.1 = [BugFix] Removed deprecated constructors for Related Posts widget. Compatible with PHP 7.0 = 1.5.0 = Major UI changes for admin settings and compatibility with WP 4.5 = 1.3 = Added support of custom types and taxonomies, fixed double quotes and shortcodes = 1.2.9 = Fixed bug when not all categories selected and tags only, removed image file existence check = 1.2.8 = Fixed bug with only one post in category, accept quotes in font family, Turkish and German versions = 1.2.7 = Added clean HTML option without plugin CSS, fixed background color change = 1.2.6 = Fixed relative custom URL = 1.2.5 = Fixed selection of categories on plugin settings page = 1.2.4 = Last french version = 1.2.3 = Added option to set theme php resizing script = 1.2.2 = In this version: improved performance, start date, separated categories, PHP 4.3 compatible, php configuration check, no relation option. = 1.2.1 = French version included, generation of excerpt, developer mode. = 1.2 = This version supports php tag, title and excerpt length, sidebar widget. = 1.1.1 = This version includes elimination of warning on settings page some may experience, plus full html support in top text field. = 1.1 = This version includes categories/tags confusion in settings, elimination of warnings in case of wrong headers, new features - Categories and custom field support. = 1.0 = The first released version