Title: Post Connector
Author: Barry Kooij
Published: <strong>ޖުލައި 15, 2014</strong>
Last modified: ސެޕްޓެމްބަރ 21, 2023

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# Post Connector

 By [Barry Kooij](https://profiles.wordpress.org/barrykooij/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/post-connector.1.0.11.zip)

 * [Details](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/post-connector/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/post-connector/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/post-connector/#installation)
 * [Development](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/post-connector/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-connector/)

## Description

#### Post Connector

In WordPress, post types are often related, for instance, you might want to relate
recipes to ingredients. But to do so, you’d normally have to use a custom taxonomy.
With Post Connector, you can directly relate post types to post types, foregoing
all the hassle of having to create loads of custom taxonomies and just allowing 
you to do what you really want to do.

> **Premium features**
> The Pro version of the plugin comes with the following features:
>  * Sortable post connections
>  * Backwards linking (parent to child AND child to parent)
>  * A developer friendly API
>  * Priority support
> [More information](https://www.post-connector.com/?utm_source=wp-plugin-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=after-features-link)
> | [Upgrade now >>](https://www.post-connector.com/go-pro/?utm_source=wp-plugin-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=after-features-link)

#### No coding required

Creating links, linking posts and displaying posts in Post Connector can all be 
done without coding. Stuff you used to need a developer for can now “just” be done
by clicking around in your WordPress backend.

#### Automatically displaying linked posts

Automatically displaying linked posts introduces a new way of displaying linked 
posts. Next to our widget and shortcode you can now display linked posts by let 
Post Connector append them to your posts. This new feature prevents the need of 
editing your theme files allowing you to easily switch themes in the future.

#### Unlimited links

Unlimited links, in all ways. You can create links in links as many times as you
want, no limitations. Whether you want to relate one post to 10 others of a different
post type or you want to relate a post to posts in several different post types:
it’s all easily done.

#### Widget & Shortcode

Post Connector includes a widget for displaying linked posts. Of course you can 
add the widget multiple times, displaying different links and/or different parents.
Next to this you can set the widget’s title, choose whether you want the child posts
to be clickable and if you would like to display the excerpt for each child.

Post Connector also includes a shortcode for displaying linked posts. This enable
you to output specific linked posts anywhere you can type content (e.g. pages) by
simply entering the shortcode. Heck, you don’t even to remember that the shortcode
is. Just click the Post Connector icon in the editor, set a few settings and click“
Insert Shortcode” and you’re done.

#### Multilingual

Post Connector is available in English, Dutch, German and Spanish and soon many 
more languages. Post Connector will automatically select the correct language based
on your WordPress installation language.

#### Network/Multisite compatible

Post Connector is WordPress Network / Multisite compatible. Each site will have 
its own version of Post Connector and thus have it own links.

**More information**

 * Other [WordPress plugins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/barrykooij/) by [Barry Kooij](http://www.barrykooij.com/)
 * Contact Barry on Twitter: [@CageNL](http://twitter.com/CageNL)
 * If you’re a dev, follow or contribute to the [Post Connector plugin on GitHub](https://github.com/barrykooij/post-connector)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The connection overview screen. Here you can manage your connections.
 * [[
 * The connection edit screen. Here you can edit a connection.
 * [[
 * The connection edit screen. Here you can edit a connection.
 * [[
 * Example output of linked posts.
 * [[
 * The linking posts screen. Here you can link posts to each other.
 * [[
 * The edit post screen. Post Connector adds a meta box so you can link posts to
   each other with just a few clicks.
 * [[
 * Post Connector comes with a shortcode generator so you can display linked posts
   anywhere you want.
 * [[
 * Post Connector comes with a widget so you can display linked posts in any sidebar
   you want.

## Installation

#### Installing the plugin

 1. In your WordPress admin panel, go to _Plugins > New Plugin_, search for _Post Connector_
    and click “Install now”
 2. Alternatively, download the plugin and upload the contents of `post-connector.zip`
    to your plugins directory, which usually is `/wp-content/plugins/`.
 3. Activate the plugin

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Well designed & developer friendly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/well-designed-developer-friendly/)󠁿

 [pshemek](https://profiles.wordpress.org/emmek/) ފެބްރުއަރީ 9, 2017

Well designed, developer friendly, I like it! Last but not least: actively supported(
especially after Post 2 Post became discontinued).

 [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-connector/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Post Connector” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Barry Kooij ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/barrykooij/)
 *   [ Never5 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/never5/)

[Translate “Post Connector” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/post-connector)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-connector/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/post-connector/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/post-connector/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/post-connector/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.11 – September 21, 2023

 * Tweak: Added escaping to 2 admin area outputs.

#### 1.0.10 – August 10, 2023

 * Tweak: Fixed a XSS vulnerability in the admin area. CVE-2023-28931, props Juampa
   Rodríguez.
 * Tweak: Fixed various other unescaped attribute and html output in the admin area.

#### 1.0.9 – April 3, 2018

 * Tweak: Registering widgets differently, no longer using create_function. Fixes
   PHP 7.2+ notice.

#### 1.0.8 – January 21, 2016

 * Fixed a bug that caused translation not to load properly.
 * Updated translation files.

#### 1.0.7 – January 14, 2016

 * Fixed a bug where wp_reset_postdata() did not actually reset post data because
   admin.

#### 1.0.6 – August 18, 2015

 * Fixed shortcode and widget get_parent/get_child bug.
 * Fixed a backward compat bug.
 * Added possibility of adding image to widget.
 * Set thumbnail default to false.

#### 1.0.5 – April 26, 2015

 * Fixed a display excerpt bug in shortcode.
 * Added ‘pc_manual_link_post_statuses’ filter to allow modification of post statuses
   of posts in link existing screen.

#### 1.0.4 – April 20, 2015

 * Escaped view filter URL when manually linking posts to prevent possible XSS.

#### 1.0.3 – December 29, 2014

 * Changed the way the plugin is loaded.
 * Fixed TinyMCE bug that removed all buttons if user had insufficient permissions,
   props remyvv.

#### 1.0.2 – December 16, 2014

 * Changed the way the plugin is loaded.

#### 1.0.1 – July 21, 2014

 * Added the ‘pc_connection_edit_form_display_linked_children’ action.

#### 1.0.0 – July 13, 2014

 * Initial version

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.11**
 *  Last updated **3 years ago**
 *  Active installations **90+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.3.8**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-connector/)
 * Tags
 * [connection](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/connection/)[post connection](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-connection/)
   [related](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/related/)[related posts](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/related-posts/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/post-connector/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Barry Kooij ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/barrykooij/)
 *   [ Never5 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/never5/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-connector/)

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