Some of these new features WordPress has been adding lately and not telling me about are getting REALLY FREAKING ANNOYING.
Last week I noticed a bulleted list named “Possibly Related Posts”at the bottom of some of my posts.
Usually linked one or two to my other posts (usually not related to anything in that post) and links three or four other random posts on other random blogs, also usually not actually related and sometimes outright ridiculous.
I had nothing to do with it, couldn’t make it go away and thought I’d been hacked or something. I even changed my password and vowed to investigate once finals were over.
Today I noticed it says “Possibly Related Posts (automatically generated)”. That’s when I figured it was a WordPress thing. So I did a little research and:
TO MAKE STUPID FEATURE GO AWAY
- Go to WordPress Dashboard
- Go to Design > Extras
- Click “Hide related links on this blog, which means this blog won’t show up on other’s blogs or get traffic that way”
- Click save
Sorry, WordPress, but if I want to link a post about Anne Coulter’s scrotum or someone’s very interesting day shopping for minivans, I’ll do it myself. I like semblances of control and I’m a big girl now anyway. I don’t need your help.
Just figured I’d pass along the info.
9 responses so far ↓
docweasel // April 30, 2008 at 8:54 am
THANK YOU! At first I was getting these weird trackbacks, and I followed and I was like, oh cool they are forcing these people to link my vulgar posts, nicely done! Then they started appearing on my page. This was not so good. Thanks for the solution, I searched my entire dash looking for it until I had to resort to Google, and there was the answer. And you were the only one addressing it, so long may you prosper.
-d
docweasel // April 30, 2008 at 8:56 am
One other note, it seems if you disable it, you won’t get linked that way either, which I can live with, but other users may want to be aware of that fact.
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Agni // May 8, 2008 at 6:04 am
Thank you! I was trying to do this by my self, and finally gave up and searched on Google: thus the visit to your site. Cheers!
jpschock // May 18, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Thank you much. Good information.
retoxicate // May 19, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Appreciate the information. Still I am tempted to post foul things that possible relate to other posts, I have a lot of time on my hands.
poxus // May 27, 2008 at 6:02 am
Perfect!
I started posting and saw this thing and thought “WTF”
alicia in Hawaii // June 4, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Thank you thank you thank you! I just had this irritating thing show up and am so happy to have found your article. Now, I too can get rid of the stupid feature. lol smiles, alicia in Hawaii, http://www.curiosities808.wordpress.com
marthame // June 5, 2008 at 11:01 am
Gratitude. Again, Google search yields results for troubleshooting.
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