PetraP

Hey,

thanks for getting back to me with the list of plugins and sorry for not replying any sooner. I have installed the “Broken Link Checker” plugin and it seems that this plugin makes “custom” links to those that it thinks are broken but actually are not. I have rechecked your blog and, correct me if I am wrong, you have found out the same thing and disabled the Broken Link Checker or just made some adjustments? I can’t find any “empty” thumbnails anymore – which is a good thing. But please do let me know if there is something I have missed.

Take care and have a nice day,
Petra

Hey,

thanks for reaching out! Have you tried limit the number of related posts? For example to show only 3 – then the 3 most related will be shown (out of 10). More posts you will have, better the results.

Hope this helped, take care and have a lovely day,
Petra

Hey,

you will need to edit the “thumbnailer.php” file. Go to line 371 (get_post_meta($related_post->ID, $options[“thumbnail_custom_field”], true);) and change it like this:

$thumbnail_src = get_field('my_personal_thumbnail_field', $related_post->ID); //get_post_meta($related_post->ID, $options["thumbnail_custom_field"], true);

-> my_personal_thumbnail_field is the name of the field you’d like to use for thumbnails – it’ll be hardcoded. Please note that this won’t be visible in the plugin settings but you still need to go there and tick the box next to “Use custom field for thumbnails”…it doesn’t matter which field you choose here in the drop-down menu.

We would like to point out that this is a hack and might have some unpredictable consequences, so unfortunately we cannot guarantee it will work under all circumstances (themes,…). And don’t forget, this change will be overwritten when you update the plugin!

Take care and enjoy the weekend,
Petra

Hey,

glad to hear it worked! But as far as your feature request goes…I must disappoint you, this will probably stay the same as it is (for the time being). Sorry! We do appreciate your feedback though.

Take care and have a lovely weekend,
Petra

Hey,

thanks for the heads up to both of you, truly appreciate it! The fix will be implemented in our next release.

Take care and have an amazing weekend,
Petra

Hey Misty,

thanks for reaching out! Is there anything different/new – e.g. new plugins, different way of inserting the images into the posts? Also, would it be possible to get a list of your plugins?

Looking forward to your reply,
Petra

Hey,

thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately no, you can’t filter them like that – at the moment you can only exclude a certain category, so that related posts don’t show up in those posts (from that category).
Sorry for the inconvenience!

If there is anything else you would like to ask, do let me know – I’ll gladly help 🙂

Take care and have a lovely weekend,
Petra