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Query Function and Template Tags for WordPressHow to: Related Posts with Thumbnails in WordPress without Plugins

while( $my_query->have_posts() )
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Note: We will utilize the built-in WordPress Post Thumbnail Function. So it is best if you implement this.

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echo '

global $post;
$tags = wp_get_post_tags($post->ID);
if ($tags)
$tag_ids = array();
foreach($tags as $individual_tag) $tag_ids[] = $individual_tag->term_id;
$args=array(
'tag__in' => $tag_ids,
'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
'posts_per_page'=>5, // Number of related posts that will be shown.
'caller_get_posts'=>1
);
$my_query = new wp_query( $args );
if( $my_query->have_posts() )

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      ';
      while( $my_query->have_posts() )
      $my_query->the_post();?>

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    WordPress has this amazing taxonomy known as “Post Tags” which you can use. You can tag each of your posts with multiple keywords. This algorithm would find other posts with any one of the tag that the current post has and will list them.

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