Show “Related Posts” before comment section

[ Moderator note: moved to Fixing WordPress. ]

Hi there,

I just added code into my single.php to show “related posts” at the end of a post. However, I do not seem to place this section above the comment section. If I place it before the comment it will return a syntax error.

Any ideas how to fix this?

I am using this code for related posts:

<div class="relatedposts">
<h3>Related posts</h3>
<?php
  $orig_post = $post;
  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'=>4, // Number of related posts to display.
  'caller_get_posts'=>1
  );
   
  $my_query = new wp_query( $args );
 
  while( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
  $my_query->the_post();
  ?>
   
  <div class="relatedthumb">
    <a rel="external" href="<? the_permalink()?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(array(150,100)); ?><br />
    <?php the_title(); ?>
    </a>
  </div>
   
  <? }
  }
  $post = $orig_post;
  wp_reset_query();
  ?>
</div>

The current total code in single.php currently looks like this:

<?php
/**
 * The template for displaying all single posts
 *
 * @link https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/template-hierarchy/#single-post
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Twenty_Seventeen
 * @since 1.0
 * @version 1.0
 */

get_header(); ?>

<div class="wrap">
	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">

			<?php

				/* Start the Loop */
				while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

					get_template_part( 'template-parts/post/content', get_post_format() );

				// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template.
					if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) :
						comments_template();
					endif;

				endwhile; // End of the loop.
			?>
<div class="relatedposts">
<h3>Related posts</h3>
<?php
  $orig_post = $post;
  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'=>4, // Number of related posts to display.
  'caller_get_posts'=>1
  );
   
  $my_query = new wp_query( $args );
 
  while( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
  $my_query->the_post();
  ?>
   
  <div class="relatedthumb">
    <a rel="external">"><?php the_post_thumbnail(array(150,100)); ?><br />
    <?php the_title(); ?>
    </a>
  </div>
   
  <? }
  }
  $post = $orig_post;
  wp_reset_query();
  ?>
</div>
		</main><!-- #main -->
	</div><!-- #primary -->
	<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div><!-- .wrap -->

<?php get_footer();

• This topic was modified 9 years ago by xanderlous.
• This topic was modified 9 years ago by Jan Dembowski.