Here’s another quick tip. I needed to create a simple WordPress query that would find related posts tagged with the same term as the current post.
Also, I needed to make sure it wouldn’t include the current post in the return. This worked for me, but feel free to offer suggestions that can make this better.
<?php
global $post;
$terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID , 'taxonomy_slug_goes_here', 'string'); // Insert the slug of the taxonomy in which you would like to check for related terms
$current_post[] = $post->ID;
if(!empty($terms)){
foreach ($terms as $term) {
query_posts( array(
'taxonomy_slug_goes_here' => $term->slug, // Insert the slug of the taxonomy in which you would like to check for related terms
'showposts' => 3, // Set how many posts you would like to return
'caller_get_posts' => 1,
'post__not_in' => $current_post ) ); // Makes sure to not include the current post
if(have_posts()){
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); $current_post[] = $post->ID; ?>
Related post content goes here
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_query();
}
}
}
?>