Motivation on the Run

SUCCESS! I started using a WordPress plugin a few weeks back and I don’t know about you, but I am using it constantly. It links to previous posts on the site that are related to the content of the current article using keywords from the text and title and then makes suggestions for other articles to read.

The plugin is titled Related Posts and as mentioned last month, I did not give up, but persisted until I figured out how to get it working. It isn’t that it was all that difficult, but a couple of steps assume you have or know something that is not covered.

I have re-discovered articles from some time back, especially on Business Unusual, and am reliving a lot of fun moments. Talk about deja vu, all over again. It has been a blast for me to find and read thoughts from over a year ago and most manage to bring a smile to my face.

For instance, with this Business Unusual article about my Palm Tungsten T5, the plugin suggested four other articles about the Palm and I was able to stroll down memory lane one more time by reading these articles. On Motivation on the Run, February 24th, I wrote this article on success and four other articles on success were suggested.

The plugin has a full option page that lets me decide how many articles to suggest and how to present them on the page. It also allows you to include an excerpt from the article if you choose. These are things you have to decide at setup, but are easy to change, if later, you want to increase or decrease the count of suggestions.

Related Posts is currently my favorite plugin, just because of the nostalgia it brings. Yes, I know I have only been writing a short period of time, but it is still fun to stroll down the lane of past writings.

[tags]WordPress plugin, Related Posts, memory lane[/tags]