Related Articles is a free Joomla 5 / 6 site module that shows visitors where to go next. On a category page it lists the category's subcategories and its articles. On an article page it lists the other articles in the same category, or the articles that share a tag with it. One module covers both kinds of page.
Why this exists
Joomla's own modules each do part of this. Articles - Category can follow the current article's category, but it doesn't list subcategories. Articles - Related matches on meta keywords, which most sites leave empty. Getting "what's in here" on category pages and "more like this" under articles meant several modules with different menu assignments. Related Articles looks at the page it's on and lists the right things for that category or article.
What it shows
| Page | Section | What it lists |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Subcategories | The category's children โ one, two or three levels deep, or all of them โ minus any categories you exclude. |
| Category | Articles | The category's published articles. |
| Article | Related | The other articles in the same category, or the articles that share a tag with this one. An article with no tags falls back to its category. |
Each section can be switched off on its own. The lists follow access levels, publishing state and the site language, the same way Joomla's own article lists do.
What you can set
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Headings | Your own heading for each section, with the category name after it if you want โ as plain text or a link. |
| Ordering | Publish date, created, modified, title, hits or the manual order, ascending or descending. Category pages and related lists have separate settings. |
| Featured | Include featured articles, show only featured ones, or hide them. |
| Limits | How many articles, related articles and subcategories to show. |
| Layout | A stacked list, or a 2- or 3-column grid. |
| Styling | Text, heading, link, link-hover and divider colours, plus a Custom CSS box that applies to this module only. |
Installing it
- Download the zip from the button on this page.
- In Joomla admin, go to System โ Install โ Extensions and upload it.
- Go to Content โ Site Modules โ New โ Cybersalt Related Articles, pick a position, set Menu Assignment to the pages it should appear on, and save.
Updates arrive through System โ Update โ Extensions, like any other extension.
Using it
Out of the box it shows everything: subcategories and articles on category pages, and same-category articles on article pages, newest first. From there:
- Options tab. Turn sections on or off, change the headings, switch Related mode to Shared tags, and set the ordering, featured filter and limits.
- Display tab. Pick the layout and colours, or turn off the built-in styling and use your template's own.
The Options tab also has a File check line. It confirms that every installed file matches the release, so an install or update that didn't finish shows up straight away.
Open source
Related Articles is open source under GPL-2.0-or-later. The full source, issue tracker and release downloads live at github.com/cybersalt/cybersalt-related-articles.
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