how to create related posts widget in wordpress without plugins code example
Example: related posts wordpress without plugin
<?php
$the_query = codeless_get_related_posts( get_the_ID(), 4 );
global $cl_from_element;
$cl_from_element['is_related'] = true;
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :
?>
<div class="cl-entry-single-section cl-entry-single-section--related">
<h6 class="cl-entry-single-section__title cl-custom-font"><?php echo esc_attr__( 'Related Posts', 'thype' ) ?></h6>
<div class="cl-blog cl-blog--style-simple-no_content cl-blog--module-carousel">
<div class="cl-blog__list cl-items-container cl-carousel owl-carousel owl-theme" data-dots="1" data-nav="0" data-items="2" data-responsive='{"0": {"items":1}, "992": { "items":2 } }'>
<?php $i = 0;
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();
if( has_post_thumbnail() ){
get_template_part( 'template-parts/blog/style-simple-no_content' );
$i++;
}
if( $i == 2 )
break;
endwhile;
?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php endif;
wp_reset_query();
$cl_from_element['is_related'] = false;
?>