=== Similar Posts === Contributors: RobMarsh Donate link: http://rmarsh.com/donate/similar-posts/ Tags: posts, related, similar, related posts, similar posts, tags, post-plugins Requires at least: 1.5 Tested up to: 2.6.2 Stable tag: 2.6.2.0 Displays a list of posts similar to the current one based on content, title and/or tags. == Description == Similar Posts displays a list of posts that are similar or related to the current posts. The list can be customised in *many* ways. Similarity is judged according to a post's title, content, and tags and you can adjust the balance of factors to fit your own blog. This plugin **requires** the latest version of the *Post-Plugin Library:* [download it now](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/post-plugin-library.zip). == Installation == 1. IMPORTANT! If you are upgrading from a previous version first deactivate the plugin, then delete the plugin folder from your server. 1. If you have the *Similar Posts Feed* plugin installed you must deactivate it before installing Similar Posts (which now does the same job). 1. Upload the plugin folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder. If you haven't already you should also install the [Post-Plugin Library](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/post-plugin-library/)>. 1. Go to the **Plugins** page and activate the plugin. 1. Put `` at the place in your template where you want the list of related posts to appear or use the plugin as a widget. 1. Use the **Options/Settings** page to adjust the behaviour of the plugin. [My web site](http://rmarsh.com/) has [full instructions](http://rmarsh.com/plugins/similar-posts/) and [information on customisation](http://rmarsh.com/plugins/post-options/). == Version History == * 2.6.2.0 * fixed a problem with the stemming algorithm and overused words * introduced a first stab at fuzzy matching * new {imagealt} output tag -- rather like {imagesrc} * {excerpt} can now trim to whole sentences * content filter can now take parameter string * widget can now take parameter string * output can be appended to posts & feeds * 2.6.1.3 * fix - german language stemmer was crashing if mb_string fucntions not available * 2.6.1.2 * fix - german language stemmer file now in utf8 * 2.6.1.1 * fix to italian language stemmer for PHP4 * 2.6.1.0 * the current post can be marked manually * widgets now honour the option to show no output if list is empty * fixed a bug with finding the right language files * 2.6.0.1 * bug fix: installation code was failing on some systems * 2.6.0.0 * version bump to indicate compatibility with WP 2.6 * fix to really include attachments * new parameter for {imagesrc} to append a suffix to the image name, e.g. to get the thumbnail for attachments * 2.5.0.11 * new option to include attachments * {php} tag now accepts nested tags * new output tag {authorurl} -- permalink to archive of author's posts * fix for numeric locale issue * 2.5.0.10 * new option to select algorithm for term extraction * new manual links option * fix for page selection in old versions of WP * fix for faulty tags in Cyrillic * 2.5.0.9 * new option to match the current post's author * extended options for snippet and excerpt output tags * 2.5.0.7 * new option to show by status, i.e., published/private/draft/future * {categorynames} and {categorylinks} apply 'single_cat_name' filter * fixes bug in WP pre-2.2 causing installation to fail * 2.5.0 * CJK digrams * {image} has new post, link, and default parameters * new {imagesrc} tag * fix to empty category bug * excluded posts bug fix * fix for intermittent bug with 'omit current post' option * 2.5b28 * improvements to Similar Posts matching * experiment with Chinese/Korean/Japanese matching * 2.5b27 * fixed bug with bulk indexing of tags * 2.5b26 * reverted thumbnail serving (speed) * fix current post after extra query * 2.5b25 * option to sort output, group templates * removed 'trim_before' option added more logical 'divider' * {date:raw}, {commentdate:raw}, etc. * fix for {image} resizing when and not * {image} now serves real thumbnails * 2.5b24 * fix for recursive replacement by content filter * fix to {gravatar} to allow for 'identicon' etc. * fix to {commenter} to allow trimming * fix a warning in safe mode * fix for unsanitised WP tags * 2.5b23 * new option to filter on custom fields * nested braces in {if}; condition now taggable * improved bug report feature * better way to omit user comments * 2.5b22 * restored automatic indexing on installation * moved indexing menu under settings * show_pages option can now show only pages * fix for upgraders who had utf8 selected but no mbstring * 2.5b20 * optimised indexing for speed and memory use * 2.5b19 * fixing some extended character issues * 2.5b18 * fix output filter bug * add conditional tag {if:condition:yes:no} * 2.5b16 * fix for {php} * 2.5b15 * fix more or less obscure bugs, add 'include posts' setting * 2.5b14 * fix file-encoding, installation error, etc. * 2.5b12 * fix serious bug for WP < 2.3 * 2.5b11 * some widget fixes * 2.5b10 * fix for non-creation of table * 2.5b9 * clarifying installation instructions * [previous versions](http://rmarsh.com/plugins/similar-posts/)