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Thing about tags is there could be multiple tags per post, so how should the system decided which tag to use to get related posts?

But I've tried to come up with something, keep in mind this with version 2.5+ . Whilst you're in the loop for the single post, put this bit of code in there somewhere:

$tags = get_the_tags();
$related_tag = array_shift($tags);
?>

$related_tag is now an object which contains information on the first tag of the post.

Now what you do is setting up a query_posts function using the tag information wherever you want the related posts to appear. query_posts does act funny sometimes, so this may not work, but I've tested it and it worked on by system. Anyway, you need to put this code in:

$str = 'tag='.$related_tag->name;
$str.= '&showposts=5';
query_posts($str);
while(have_posts()) { the_post();
### loop things in here e.g. the_title(), the_content()
}
?>

The string we send to the function read like this: tag=cooking&showposts=5. So this finds posts matched to that tag and returns the first first.

If you do have multiple tags, you can make the function search for 'posts with any of these tags', but the query you send to the function is slightly different:

$str = 'tag=';
foreach($array as $tag)
{
$str .= $tag->name.',';
}
$str = substr($str,0,-1);
$str.= '&showposts=5';
query_posts($str);
while(have_posts()) { the_post();
### loop things in here
}
?>

This loops through each format and write the query string like this: tag=bread,butter,jam&showposts=5.

In theory this should work. There are other functions to look for posts with, which I tend to use, such as get_posts() and the WP_Query object, but you can search for tags using them.

If you need to put other parameters into the function, this page tells all about the parameters.

Hope that works, and helps :)

Yeah I think the use of custom fields would be needed, since how are you going to assign a thumbnail to a post? Also, how are the related posts determined, by category, tag etc. I can try and give you a hand if I can get this information.

Its pretty cool but I tend to open a lot of tabs while on Facebook and im pretty convinced that its crashing my browser :P

Nice article Scrivs, just reading it now

At the moment using Firefox for browsing, Opera for feeds and web galleries sites (love that speed dial) and IE for constructive swearing. Yum.

Wow thanks for that stuff Oli, never delved into regex much so far, that's helped me a lot. To be fair to this client she is our biggest job in years, so we're pulling out all the stops.

The responses I feared :( Ah well, thanks for the input, might try using Regex, event if I can get the values out it will be a GREAT SUCCESS!

Think I might just say to her 'Do it yourself love!'. At least I wasn't alone in thinking the whole idea is bonkers.

Don't think I've explained myself very well, the field in question will contain text, be it lists, paragraphs, anything, it's not feesible to say 'special offers prices here' since there will be text accompanying it, and there may not be any prices. It's just if there is, they need to be converted on the fly. Some properties do not have special offers, then this field left blank.

The function needs to go into the text and find any occurences of a price in $ and convert it to £. The rate is defined elsewhere, thats done and dusted.

Hmm well I can confirm for you definitely does not work on my IE7 either :(

Not very familiar with the and