=== Vii Related Posts ===
Contributors:      viistudio
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Tags:              related, posts, content, category, tag, taxonomy, widget, bounce rate, seo, internal links
Requires at least: 5.4
Tested up to:      5.8.2
Stable tag:        1.0
License:           GPLv2 or later
License URI:       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Reduce bounce rates by display related (same category, same tag, specify tag), lasted, popular (comment count) or random posts to your site in the simple and fasted way. Support links, thumbnails, excerpts... and auto-exclude duplicates.

== Description ==
Vii Related Posts gives you a widget to output lists of posts related to the current post. You get to decide how the posts are related (random, categories, tags,...) and a whole lot more.

A ViiStudio plugin.

= Features =
* **Speed**
  Unlike other related posts plugins, Vii Related Posts is super fast. It doesn't run resource-intensive algorithms on your database and it doesn't bog down your server. If you're looking for a plugin that'll run through all your content and match related posts word-for-word, there are plenty of good ones out there. If you're looking for a simple, lightning-fast related posts plugin, you're in the right place.

* Display related posts as **post thumbnails**, links or excerpts.

= Settings =
You can easily configure Vii Related Posts with the following settings. These settings are directly configurable in each widget.

* **Title**
  The title of your widget. Give it blank when you need to hide the widget title.

* **Number of posts to show**
  The total number of posts you would like to show in each section.

* **Related By**
  Choose the method by which you want to show related posts. You can choose random, lasted posts, popular posts (by comments), post have same tag, or post have following tag. This field automatically populates with all available possibilities.

* **Tag (optional)**
  When you choose related by post have following tag, specify custom tag in this field.

== Installation ==

= Manual Installation =

1. Upload the entire `/vii-related-posts` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
2. Activate Vii Related Posts Widget through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

== Screenshots ==

1. The Vii Related Posts widget.

== Changelog ==

### 1.0 : November 30, 2021 ###
First Release