{"id":20454,"date":"2015-02-02T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.shareaholic.com\/?p=20454"},"modified":"2015-01-29T10:24:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T15:24:46","slug":"customize-related-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/customize-related-content\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Customize Related Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Shareaholic our publishers are our priority, and we know that <em>your<\/em> priority is creating the best possible experience for your readers.<\/p>\n<p>Use our Related Content app and you extend your reach by connecting your readers with content they may love.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, you&#8217;ll find step-by-step instructions walking you through how to fully customize our related content feature to fit your site with both design <em>and<\/em> content settings that are right at your fingertips.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Edit your Related Content Theme and Headline<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress Plugin Instructions<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select <strong>App Manager<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Related &amp; Promoted Content<\/strong> you will see four different locations where you can choose to enable the feature: <strong>Post<\/strong>, <strong>Page<\/strong>, <strong>Index<\/strong>, and <strong>Category<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>For each location, you can click the <strong>Customize<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-03-at-4.03.46-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-03-at-4.03.46-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-12-03 at 4.03.46 PM\" width=\"550\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Within these Customize menus, you may\u00a0write a custom <strong>Headline<\/strong> and select a <strong>Theme<\/strong> that best fits with your page for that location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-03-at-4.12.34-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-03-at-4.12.34-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-12-03 at 4.12.34 PM\" width=\"550\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-03-at-4.12.34-PM.png 716w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-03-at-4.12.34-PM-526x400.png 526w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-03-at-4.12.34-PM-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-03-at-4.12.34-PM-395x300.png 395w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Shareaholic.com Instructions<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Log in to your Shareaholic account (Don&#8217;t have Related Content installed? Check out our\u00a0<a title=\"shareaholic related content install\" href=\"http:\/\/support.shareaholic.com\/hc\/en-us\/categories\/200102423-Installation-Guides\" target=\"_blank\">easy installation instructions<\/a>!)<\/li>\n<li>Next, click\u00a0the settings\u00a0icon next to the Related Content\u00a0location that you would like to customize (e.g. \u201cPost Below Content\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-03-at-3.54.45-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-03-at-3.54.45-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-12-03 at 3.54.45 PM\" width=\"549\" height=\"590\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can then write your own <strong>Headline Text<\/strong> and select a <strong>Theme<\/strong> that best fits your page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Editing How Many Promoted &amp; Related Posts Appear<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress Plugin Instructions<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>App Manager<\/strong> section of the plugin, click the <strong>Edit Related Content Settings<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<li>Use the slider to edit how many Promoted and Related posts are displayed.\u00a0<em><a title=\"shareaholic promoted content slider\" href=\"http:\/\/support.shareaholic.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/203769495-What-does-each-level-of-the-Promoted-Content-slider-mean-\" target=\"_blank\">Learn what each level of the slider means.<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.43.33-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.43.33-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-12-04 at 2.43.33 PM\" width=\"550\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.43.33-PM.png 629w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.43.33-PM-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.43.33-PM-400x237.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Shareaholic.com Instructions<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Log in to your Shareaholic account.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Settings<\/strong> button under\u00a0your website title in the Site Tools dashboard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-12-04 at 3.03.18 PM\" width=\"550\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM.png 976w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM-619x400.png 619w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM-400x259.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the <strong>Related Content<\/strong> Tab.<\/li>\n<li>Use the\u00a0slider to edit how many Promoted vs. Related posts are displayed.\u00a0<em><a title=\"shareaholic promoted content slider\" href=\"http:\/\/support.shareaholic.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/203769495-What-does-each-level-of-the-Promoted-Content-slider-mean-\" target=\"_blank\">Learn what each level of the slider means.<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Exclude Pages From Being Recommended<\/h3>\n<p>You may want to exclude certain pages on your blog or website from being recommended, such as &#8216;thank you&#8217; or &#8216;contact us&#8217; pages. For such cases, we have simple\u00a0options available to quickly filter content from appearing in the Related Content app.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WordPress Plugin Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are <em>two<\/em> ways to exclude pages from related content using the <a title=\"shareaholic wordpress pllugin\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/plugin\/shareaholic\" target=\"_blank\">Shareaholic WordPress plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">From the Shareaholic plugin App Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Edit Related Content Settings<\/strong> button in the plugin App Manager.<\/li>\n<li>Paste webpage urls into the <strong>Pages to Exclude from Related and Promoted Content <\/strong>box and click Save Settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.58.17-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.58.17-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-12-04 at 2.58.17 PM\" width=\"551\" height=\"393\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">From individual Pages and Posts<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Locate\u00a0the post you want to exclude\u00a0and click\u00a0<strong>Edit Post<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In the lower right portion of the page, you&#8217;ll see a <strong>Shareaholic<\/strong> box<\/li>\n<li>Use the checkboxes to exclude this post from being recommended.<\/li>\n<li><em>Pro tip: you can also use this section to remove the Related Content app from appearing on individual posts\/pages.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.52.08-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20481 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.52.08-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-12-04 at 2.52.08 PM\" width=\"398\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.52.08-PM.png 398w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.52.08-PM-225x400.png 225w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.52.08-PM-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-2.52.08-PM-300x533.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exclude pages from being recommended via Shareaholic.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Log in to your Shareaholic account and click on <strong>Site Tools<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Settings<\/strong> button next to the listing of your website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-12-04 at 3.03.18 PM\" width=\"550\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM.png 976w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM-619x400.png 619w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-04-at-3.03.18-PM-400x259.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the <strong>Related Content<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n<li>Paste webpage urls into the <strong>Pages to Exclude from Related and Promoted Content<\/strong> box and click <strong>Save Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Exclude-from-Promoted-content.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Exclude-from-Promoted-content.png\" alt=\"Exclude from Promoted content\" width=\"550\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Exclude-from-Promoted-content.png 655w, 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