Automatically displays a list of related threads below the first post, helping your members discover more relevant content without leaving the page.
Features
- 4 Matching Methods — Choose how related threads are found:
- Same Forum — Shows recent threads from the same forum node.
- Title Similarity — Finds threads with similar titles using keyword matching (up to 3 keywords).
- By Tags — Matches threads that share the same tags.
- All Methods (Combined) — Combines forum + tag matching for the best results.
- Same Forum — Shows recent threads from the same forum node.
- Configurable Limit — Set the number of related threads to display (default: 5).
- Enable/Disable — Toggle the feature on or off from the Admin CP with a single click.
- First Post Only — Related threads appear only below the first post, keeping the thread clean.
- Clean Design — Styled with LESS variables, automatically adapts to your forum theme and dark mode.
- Lightweight — No extra database tables, no JavaScript, no external dependencies.
Admin Options
All settings are located in Admin CP → Options → [XFSkins] Related Threads:
- Enable Related Threads (on/off)
- Number of Related Threads (spinbox)
- Matching Method (radio: Same Forum / Title Similarity / By Tags / All Methods)
- XenForo 2.2 and 2.3
- PHP 8.0+
1.0.3
- Fixed XenForo 2.3 compatibility (FA SVG icons, template structure).
- Improved title matching — now uses up to 3 keywords instead of one.
- Fixed "All Methods" mode — now actually combines forum + tag matching.
- Fixed PHP 8.1+ warnings when thread has no tags.
- Listener now only runs on thread view, not on reply/edit/poll actions.
- Fully translated to English.