The best place to find information is on the Efficient Related Posts page which is updated regularly. However, here are some of the new FAQs.

How can I add a list of related posts to my posts?

You can configure Efficient Related Posts to add related posts automatically in Settings -> Related Posts. Alternatively you can use the shortcode [relatedPosts] or the helper functions wp_get_related_posts() and wp_related_posts() in your theme files.

How exactly do you use the [relatedPosts] shortcode?

To use the default settings (from Settings -> Related Posts) you just need to add [relatedPosts] to your post or page where you want to list to be. You can also add some attributes to it such as num_to_display (Number of related posts to display), no_rp_text (Text to display if there are no related posts), and title (Title for related posts list, empty for none) like this:

• [relatedPosts title="Most Related Post" num_to_display="1"]
• [relatedPosts num_to_display="1" no_rp_text="No Related Posts Found"]
• [relatedPosts title="Try these related posts:" num_to_display="3" no_rp_text="No Related Posts Found"]

How do the theme helper functions work?

You can use wp_get_related_posts() and wp_related_posts() to display a list of related posts in your theme. They need to be used in “the loop” and the only difference is that wp_get_related_posts() returns the list and wp_related_posts() echos the list. You can also pass an associative array of arguments to it such as num_to_display (Number of related posts to display), no_rp_text (Text to display if there are no related posts), and title (Title for related posts list, empty for none) like this:

• wp_related_posts(array('title'=>'Most Related Post', 'num_to_display'=>1))
• echo wp_get_related_posts(array('num_to_display'=>1, 'no_rp_text'=>'No Related Posts Found'))
• wp_related_posts(array('title'=>'Most Related Post', 'num_to_display'=>3, 'no_rp_text'=>'No Related Posts Found'))

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Regarding the anonymous statistics collection, as my plugins are getting more and more popular (1000s of users now), I’m struggling to keep in touch with my plugin users. Gathering some statistics will help me to design my plugins to meet the needs of the users. This is not meant as an invasion of privacy, and you can easily disable it from the options page.

Here is the data it collects and sends:

Plugin Name

I plan to eventually add this to more of my plugins, so this is used for me to tell sort the data by plugin.

Unique identifier

This is a hash (one way encryption) of the URL and a random number. This simply helps eliminate duplicate info from being added to the pool of data.

Plugin Version

Just the version of the plugin.

PHP Version

Most of my plugins require PHP 5+, but not all of them and I would like to update the ones that don’t. I’m hoping to see how many users are on an old version of PHP.

MySQL Version

Certain database queries can be vastly optimized on newer versions of MySQL, so this information could be very helpful.

Server Software

Microsofts IIS can cause a lot of problems for PHP applications, so knowing how many users are using IIS is important.

Memory Limit

Your web server puts a limit on the amount of memory a script can use. This plugin should never come close to an average memory limit, but this is a statistic that will be nice to keep in mind as new plugins are developed.

For those that want to know, here is the code that collects the data:

$s['plugin'] = 'Twitter Widget Pro';
$s['id'] = $this->get_id();
$s['version'] = TWP_VERSION;

$s['php_version'] = phpversion();
$s['mysql_version'] = @mysql_get_server_info($wpdb->dbh);
$s['server_software'] = $_SERVER["SERVER_SOFTWARE"];
$s['memory_limit'] = ini_get('memory_limit');

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I just uploaded version 1.2.0 of my WordPress Google Analytics plugin. It includes some minor bug fixes, and updated options page, and optional anonymous statistics collection. As my plugins are getting more and more popular (1000s of users now), I’m struggling to keep in touch with my plugin users. Gathering some statistics will help me to design my plugins to meet the needs of the users. This is not meant as an invasion of privacy, and you can easily disable it from the options page.

Here is the data it collects and sends:

Plugin Name

I plan to eventually add this to more of my plugins, so this is used for me to tell sort the data by plugin.

Unique identifier

This is a hash (one way encryption) of the URL and a random number. This simply helps eliminate duplicate info from being added to the pool of data.

Plugin Version

Just the version of the plugin.

PHP Version

Most of my plugins require PHP 5+, this one does not, but I would like to update it. I’m hoping to see how many users are on an old version of PHP.

MySQL Version

Certain database queries can be vastly optimized on newer versions of MySQL, so this information could be very helpful.

Server Software

Microsofts IIS can cause a lot of problems for PHP applications, so knowing how many users are using IIS is important.

Memory Limit

Your web server puts a limit on the amount of memory a script can use. This plugin should never come close to an average memory limit, but this is a statistic that will be nice to keep in mind as new plugins are developed.

For those that want to know, here is the code that collects the data:

$s['plugin'] = 'WP Google Analytics';
$s['id'] = wpGoogleAnalytics::get_wgaId();
$s['version'] = WGA_VERSION;

$s['php_version'] = phpversion();
$s['mysql_version'] = @mysql_get_server_info($wpdb->dbh);
$s['server_software'] = $_SERVER["SERVER_SOFTWARE"];
$s['memory_limit'] = ini_get('memory_limit');

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