Mockingbird is a post relationship plugin for WordPress. It allows you to manually create lists of posts, pages and custom post types for individual entries to display on your site. Packed with features, it’s easy to use and is the perfect way to improve your onsite SEO and get users exploring your website. Mockingbird is WordPress 3.8 ready and has legacy support back to WordPress 3.4.
Features include the ability too:
- Add and remove related posts.
- Filter posts by available post type (AJAX powered).
- Rename related posts in individual lists.
- Reorder lists by dragging and dropping.
- Automatically display related lists on each posts.
- Embed related lists into post content using shortcodes.
Configuration options include the ability too:
- Specify what post types to include.
- Specify what post types to be displayed on.
- Specify what individual posts to be displayed on.
- Set a custom list title.
- Structure the outputted HTML markup of the list.
- Include post thumbnails in the displayed list.
- Include post excerpts in the displayed list.
A documented API is also provided for further theme integration and development, including the ability too:
- Get the related post id array for the current post, page or custom post type.
- Get the related post id array by the id of a post, page or custom post type.
- Get the related post object array for a post, page or custom post type.
- Output the related list for the current post, page or custom post type.
- Output the related list by the id of a post, page or custom post type.
- Style the outputted list with a custom style array.
- Create multiple Mockingbird instances with individual admin configurations.
For more information see plugin website and documentation. Video demo also available.
Visual Guide
Edit a Post, Page or Custom Post Type
The Mockingbird widget is available when editing content.
Select Related Content
Use the drop down filter to search and select related content. Selected items will populate the list as you make selections.
Order Related Content
Change the list order by dragging and dropping the items in the list.
Re-label Related Content
Click on the item title to change the link text. To reset the title, simply leave the input blank.
Configure Plugin
Configure Mockingbird settings including what types of content to allow and how the list will look on your site.
Display Related List
Display or integrate the related list into your WordPress theme. To display a list automatically at the bottom of each post, make sure the “Automatically display list at the bottom of each post” checkbox is checked in the Mockingbird settings.
