Related Posts Widget With Thumbnails For Blogger

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Just realize that there are no related posts widget is on my blog. So I thought that I should add one for you guys. Here it is easy and beautiful. It's an eye catching widget which will give your visitor what they are looking for.

Installing :

• Go To Blogger > Template > Edit HTML > Search for ]]></b:skin> :

#related-posts {
float : left;
width : 480px;
margin : 20px 0 20px;
padding: 5px;
}
#related-posts h2{
font-weight : normal;
color : #111;
font-family : "Nobile", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-style : normal;
font-size:18px;
line-height: 24px;
padding:10px 10px;
margin:0;
}
#related-posts a {
border:1px solid #fff!important;
}
#related-posts a:hover {
background:#F2F2F5;
border:1px solid #CCC!important;
}

• Now put the below script just above </head> : 

<script type='text/javascript'>
var defaultnoimage=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UH4DFkEdnHZ1pnH4sc-n0sYyiKYS2Q5qWNuZfUnoM8mCOnyGs57pSs3tlX9RjZpFHJB0edAOBk7UGtvGFs-aVpTPXpKb4JtI-oRWZzfpNPgUjdsSlDq29b8yp_yrI52HvCux3ZLOYdo/s1600/noimage.png&quot;;
var maxresults=6;
var splittercolor=&quot;#d4eaf2&quot;;
var relatedpoststitle=&quot;Related Posts&quot;;
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var relatedTitles = new Array();
var relatedTitlesNum = 0;
var relatedUrls = new Array();
var thumburl = new Array();
function related_results_labels_thumbs(json) {
for (var i = 0; i < json.feed.entry.length; i++) {
var entry = json.feed.entry[i];
relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum] = entry.title.$t;
try
{thumburl[relatedTitlesNum]=entry.media$thumbnail.url;}
catch (error){
s=entry.content.$t;a=s.indexOf("<img");b=s.indexOf("src=\"",a);c=s.indexOf("\"",b+5);d=s.substr(b+5,c-b-5);
if((a!=-1)&&(b!=-1)&&(c!=-1)&&(d!=""))
{thumburl[relatedTitlesNum]=d;} else {if(typeof(defaultnoimage) !== 'undefined') thumburl[relatedTitlesNum]=defaultnoimage; else thumburl[relatedTitlesNum]="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UH4DFkEdnHZ1pnH4sc-n0sYyiKYS2Q5qWNuZfUnoM8mCOnyGs57pSs3tlX9RjZpFHJB0edAOBk7UGtvGFs-aVpTPXpKb4JtI-oRWZzfpNPgUjdsSlDq29b8yp_yrI52HvCux3ZLOYdo/s1600/noimage.png";}
}
if(relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum].length>42) relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum]=relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum].substring(0, 35)+"...";
for (var k = 0; k < entry.link.length; k++) {
if (entry.link[k].rel == 'alternate') {
relatedUrls[relatedTitlesNum] = entry.link[k].href;
relatedTitlesNum++;
}
}
}
}
function removeRelatedDuplicates_thumbs() {
var tmp = new Array(0);
var tmp2 = new Array(0);
var tmp3 = new Array(0);
for(var i = 0; i < relatedUrls.length; i++) {
if(!contains_thumbs(tmp, relatedUrls[i]))
{
tmp.length += 1;
tmp[tmp.length - 1] = relatedUrls[i];
tmp2.length += 1;
tmp3.length += 1;
tmp2[tmp2.length - 1] = relatedTitles[i];
tmp3[tmp3.length - 1] = thumburl[i];
}
}
relatedTitles = tmp2;
relatedUrls = tmp;
thumburl=tmp3;
}
function contains_thumbs(a, e) {
for(var j = 0; j < a.length; j++) if (a[j]==e) return true;
return false;
}
function printRelatedLabels_thumbs(current) {
var splitbarcolor;
if(typeof(splittercolor) !== 'undefined') splitbarcolor=splittercolor; else splitbarcolor="#d4eaf2";
for(var i = 0; i < relatedUrls.length; i++)
{
if((relatedUrls[i]==current)||(!relatedTitles[i]))
{
relatedUrls.splice(i,1);
relatedTitles.splice(i,1);
thumburl.splice(i,1);
i--;
}
}
var r = Math.floor((relatedTitles.length - 1) * Math.random());
var i = 0;
if(relatedTitles.length>0)document.write('<h2>'+relatedpoststitle+':</h2>');
document.write('<div style="clear: both;"/>');
while (i < relatedTitles.length && i < 20 && i<maxresults) {
document.write('<a style="text-decoration:none;padding:5px;float:left;');
if(i!=0) document.write('border-left:solid 0.5px '+splitbarcolor+';"');
else document.write('"');
document.write(' href="' + relatedUrls[r] + '"><img style="width:125px;height:125px;padding:2px;border:solid 1px #eaeaea;" src="'+thumburl[r]+'"/></a>');
i++;
if (r < relatedTitles.length - 1) {
r++;
} else {
r = 0;
}
}
document.write('</div>');
relatedUrls.splice(0,relatedUrls.length);
thumburl.splice(0,thumburl.length);
relatedTitles.splice(0,relatedTitles.length);
}
//]]>
</script>

• Now click on 'Expand Widget Templates' and search for <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> and put the following code after <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> :

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<div id='related-posts'>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>
</b:if>
<script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; + data:label.name + &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=related_results_labels_thumbs&amp;max-results=9&quot;' type='text/javascript'/></b:loop>
<script type='text/javascript'>
removeRelatedDuplicates_thumbs();
printRelatedLabels_thumbs(&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;);
</script>
</div><div style='clear:both'/>
<!-- remove --></b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'><b:if cond='data:post.isFirstPost'/></b:if>

Note : If you can't find <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> code, you can also look for <data:post.body/> and put code on point 5 after <data:post.body/>

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