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AVAILABLE WordPress WordPress 6.0+ · Classic Editor & Gutenberg
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PRBLEM Editorial Picks

Add beautiful, context-aware article recommendations inside WordPress posts — automatically or exactly where you want them.

Current release v2.5.1 View changelog ↓
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What it does

Turn related content into polished editorial recommendations with smart placement, automatic suggestions, local analytics and a premium responsive design.

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  • • Automatic editorial recommendations for newly published posts
  • • Smart placement based on article length
  • • Manual paragraph-based placement
  • • Multiple recommendations distributed throughout long-form content
Version2.5.1
UpdatedSep 12, 2026
RequiresWordPress 6.0+ · Classic Editor & Gutenberg
Package33.1 KB
Product brief

About this product

PRBLEM Editorial Picks is a lightweight WordPress plugin for placing polished, clickable article recommendations naturally inside your posts. Instead of relying on generic related-post widgets at the bottom of a page, Editorial Picks lets you surface relevant content exactly where readers are most likely to notice it.

Recommendations can be added manually or generated automatically when a new post is published. The plugin evaluates article length, selects suitable content from your existing posts and distributes recommendations throughout longer articles using smart placement.

Each recommendation is presented in a responsive editorial card featuring the article’s image, category, headline, publication date and estimated reading time. Multiple editorial labels such as Editor’s Pick, Recommended, You May Also Like and Keep Reading help recommendations feel natural rather than repetitive.

For editors who want complete control, recommendations can be assigned to specific paragraphs, changed or removed directly from the post editor. For sites publishing frequently, automatic mode handles the repetitive work while preserving manually configured recommendations.

Built-in local analytics provide visibility into recommendation impressions, clicks and click-through rates, helping you understand which internal content connections actually attract readers.

The visual system is designed to work across modern WordPress sites with a responsive premium card, multiple accent color presets, custom color support and automatic adaptation for different screen sizes. Long headlines are intelligently limited to two lines so recommendation cards remain clean and consistent.

PRBLEM Editorial Picks works with both Classic Editor and Gutenberg, requires no shortcode for normal use, and does not depend on an external PRBLEM service to render recommendations.

Keep readers moving through your content — without turning your articles into a wall of related-post widgets.

Capability map

Features

+• Automatic editorial recommendations for newly published posts
+• Smart placement based on article length
+• Manual paragraph-based placement
+• Multiple recommendations distributed throughout long-form content
+• Related-content suggestions from existing WordPress posts
+• Classic Editor and Gutenberg support
+• Automatic reading-time metadata
+• Featured image, category and publication-date display
+• Multiple editorial labels including “Editor's Pick”, “Recommended”, “You May Also Like” and more
+• Automatic label variation for generated recommendations
+• Premium responsive editorial card design
+• Multiple accent color presets plus custom accent color
+• Automatic light and dark environment compatibility
+• Two-line title limit with automatic ellipsis for long headlines
+• Duplicate recommendation protection
+• Automatically hides recommendations to unpublished content
+• Local impression, click and CTR analytics
+• Editorial performance dashboard
+• Mobile-responsive output
+• No shortcode required
Safety boundary

What this tool never does

  • • Never modifies the content of the recommended article.
  • • Never automatically publishes, deletes or changes the status of posts.
  • • Never replaces manually configured recommendations with automatic ones.
  • • Never displays recommendations pointing to unpublished or unavailable posts.
  • • Never requires a remote PRBLEM service to render editorial cards.
  • • Never sends article content to an external AI service.
  • • Never injects advertising or third-party tracking scripts.
  • • Never requires a license key for the Free Edition.

Installation

  1. Download the PRBLEM Editorial Picks ZIP package.
  2. In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
  3. Select the downloaded ZIP file and choose Install Now.
  4. Activate PRBLEM Editorial Picks.
  5. Open Settings → Editorial Picks to configure automatic recommendations, placement behavior, card color and display options.
  6. Open any post to manually add or manage editorial recommendations.
  7. If automatic recommendations are enabled, newly published posts can automatically receive recommendations according to their length and the configured limits.
Release history

Changelog

v2.5.1

License, updates & privacy

Privacy

  • PRBLEM Editorial Picks is designed to work locally inside your WordPress installation. It does not require an external PRBLEM account, license server or third-party API to display recommendations.
  • Editorial configuration and recommendation relationships are stored in the site's WordPress database. Built-in interaction statistics may record recommendation impressions and clicks locally for editorial analytics.
  • The plugin does not transmit post content or visitor browsing data to PRBLEM.com.

Usage / shortcode

PRBLEM Editorial Picks works directly from the WordPress post editor — no shortcode is required.Open or create a post and use the Editorial Picks panel to select a recommended article and choose its placement. Recommendations can be positioned after a specific paragraph or distributed automatically according to article length.When automatic recommendations are enabled, newly published posts can receive relevant editorial recommendations automatically based on their content and available related posts.Existing recommendations can be reviewed, changed or removed from the post editor at any time.