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  • I managed to adapt the plugin to show related posts with title, featured image and a truncated excerpt of the text.
    There is a function in the plugin, MRP_truncate() you can use to cut off the content text.

    In the file microkids-related-posts.php (plugin folder) you need to adapt the code on line 639:
    <script src=”http://pastebin.com/embed_js.php?i=jpvg8XsM”></script&gt;

    This is the line that truncates the text to the size you want:

    $output .= "<p>".MRP_truncate($related_post->post_content, $length = 120, $ending = '...', $exact = true, $considerHtml = true)."</p>";

    I set it to 120 characters and $considerHtml = true, as I have html elements in my posts and pages.

    On line 115 you can change the thumbnail size, if you have a custom thumbnail.

    If you need more information on MRP_truncate (): it’s also in microkids-related-posts.php, near the bottom.

    Anyone has a better solution than this one? I would be glad to hear it!

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/microkids-related-posts/

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