Comments on: Alert: Possibly Related Posts Feature on WordPress.com Blogs

By: Stefan Holt

Stefan Holt — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:49:59 +0000

Wanted to say thank you for the “related posts” information. My wife is a personal trainer and has just started to blog, and noticed that there were these additional links that may have not been suitable for what she was posting. A quick Google search and I landed here, now I’ve got you bookmarked in my favorites when I need additional info on WP. A sincere thanks.

Stefan Holt

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:32:40 +0000

@ emevecita:

Just for clarification, this feature is turned on by default on all WordPress.com blogs only, not all WordPress blogs. There is a difference.

By: emevecita

emevecita — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:12:00 +0000

Lorelle I really appreciatte you writting this post I was about to add that feature and was not sure because wordpress adds every blog… just what you said. anyway I will be up until this gets better. Big hugs from Lima, Perú

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:46:42 +0000

@ Blackie Dagger:

The method of removing Related Links feature is included in the article. Thanks.

By: Blackie Dagger

Blackie Dagger — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:21:17 +0000

Going to Design -> Extras -> Hide related links should fix it.

By: jayfisher

jayfisher — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:30:09 +0000

Thanks for writing about this and explaining how to turn the “feature” off. I was horrified as soon as I saw this. The most important issue for me being the implication that I selected these links and somehow endorse them. Our blogs should be our own blogs, made as we see fit. It’s worse than an ad, truly insidious, because it usurps the bloggers authorship and lets wordpress act as if they are the author of the blog. I searched out WordPress originally, instead of using blogspot, because I believe in the open source community and generally consider it to be much more ethical. But this is a really thoughtless and unethical development.

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By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:20:51 +0000

@ Mathew:

Luckily, you don’t have to use it. You can turn it off.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:53:53 +0000

Thanks, I found this change to be appalling. I think I need to find a way to serve my own blog in future because of this kind of change, despite how convenient wordpress is at the moment.

By: Are Wold

Are Wold — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:50:06 +0000

Thanks for posting about this - turning this feature off was a real relief.