PetraP

Hey,

thanks for reaching out! If you could give me a link to your blog, I can take a closer look and see what can be done.

Looking forward to your reply,
Petra

Hey,

go to plugin’s settings and in the custom CSS box replace that code with the following one:

.related_post_title {
}
ul.related_post {
  -moz-column-count: 2 !important;
  -moz-column-gap: 18px !important;
  -moz-column-rule: 0 solid #ccc !important;
  margin: 0 0 18px !important;
  padding: 0 !important;
}

ul.related_post li {
  height: 300px !important;
  list-style: outside none none !important;
  margin: 0 !important;
  overflow: hidden !important;
  padding: 0 0 10px !important;
  width: 350px !important;
}

ul.related_post li a.wp_rp_thumbnail {
  display: block !important;
  float: left !important;
  margin: 0 10px 0 0 !important;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 0 !important;
  width: 350px !important;
}

ul.related_post li img {
  background: none repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) !important;
  border: medium none !important;
  border-radius: 3px !important;
  box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) !important;
  display: block !important;
  float: none !important;
  height: 150px !important;
  margin: 0 !important;
  padding: 0 !important;
  width: 350px !important;
}

It should look something like this: screenshot.

For more tweaks I am going to need an access to your blog I am sorry to say.

Let me know what you think, take care and have a lovely day,
Petra

Hey,

thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately you can’t adjust number of posts using <?php zemanta_related_posts()?>. This is only used so that the related posts can be put somewhere else not just below posts. To be completely honest, you can’t have different number of posts for different posts, pages,…sorry!

Once again sorry for the inconvenience, take care and have a nice day,
Petra

Hey Kimberly,

really sorry for not replying sooner. The thing is, that I have installed all of your plugins except for Popover Plugin and WPMU DEV Dashboard (couldn’t find the exact ones via add new plugin) and the search is working for me. But I did test this on a WP 4.0 version not 3.8.4 and with a “Twenty Fourteen” theme. So, it could be possible that there is some conflict with an old WP version or your custom theme. Would it be possible to copy/paste the content of the search.php file of your theme here? Maybe there is something we can fix but can’t guarantee it.

Once again, sorry for the unintentional silent treatment, all the best,
Petra

Hey,

thanks for getting back to me – I think I see what’s the problem.
Go to your WordPress’s Dashboard under the tab ‘Plugins’-‘Editor’ and select our plugin in the upper-right corner. Now select the ‘thumbnailer.php’ file and find the following code (please make a backup of your database before you do this changes, better to be safe than sorry):

if ($options['thumbnail_use_custom']) {
$thumbnail_src = get_post_meta($related_post->ID, $options["thumbnail_custom_field"], true);

Change the “get_post_meta” into “get_video_thumbnail”, as seen below and remember to click on the ‘Update File’ button after you’ve done it:

if ($options['thumbnail_use_custom']) {
$thumbnail_src = get_video_thumbnail($related_post->ID, $options["thumbnail_custom_field"], true);

Let me know how it goes, take care and have a nice day,
Petra

Hey,

glad to hear that did the trick 🙂
The differences between the plugins are really minor, mostly code related, so which one you choose to keep is really up to you.

All the best,
Petra

Hey,

thanks for reaching out! Have you manually edited those related posts? You can try regenerating the thumbnails or try using the custom fields in those problematic posts:

First, go to your create-new-post page or — even better — in one of your previous already-published-posts. On the right top corner you should see the ‘Screen Options’ button; click on it for the drop-down menu to open. After that, tick the box next to ‘Custom Fields’.

Now you should be able to see a new box below the editor called ‘Custom Fields’. Create new custom field, name your image that you would later like to use it as a thumbnail for this specific post (something like “My thumbnail”), enter the URL of the image you would like to use and finish with the click on the button “Add Custom Field”. Of course, don’t forget to save this draft, or publish the post when you’re ready.

After that, visit the settings of (y)our plugin and scroll down to the bottom. The option called “Use custom field for thumbnails” should now be available, tick the box next to it, and select the value you’ve set up before (if you used “My thumbnail”, select that one).

Now, the important thing is this: the value of the Custom Field stays the same for every new post, while the URL of the image (obviously) changes. In other words: the name of the Custom Field stays the same, images change. That’s because once you set up your settings in the plugin settings (when you choose which value our the Custom Field our plugin should use for the thumbnails), you won’t have to change it again in the future. This way you save yourself a lot of time.

Once you have set this up, you just add a Custom Field with every new post, set the image you want to use for the thumbnail, while the name stays the same.

Let me know how it goes, take care and have a lovely weekend,
Petra