Search for related entries based on tags

Question

On an entry page I search for related entries based on the tags assigned to the respective entry. The following example works:

{% set tags = entry.q_tags.first %}

{% for tag in entry.q_tags.offset(1) %}
    {% set tags = tags ~ ' OR ' ~ tag  %}
{% endfor %}

{% set entries = craft.entries.search(tags).order('score') %}

I just wonder whether there is a smarter solution?

Answer 1

I don't think the accepted answer actually works, order: 'score' only works if you are doing a search.

I've made a plugin called Similar that orders by the number of relations to other element types, like tags.

Answer 2

This should work:

{% set tags = entry.q_tags %}
{% set entries = craft.entries.relatedTo(tags).order('score').find() %}

Answer 3

Here's how you would exclude the current entry from showing within that output if so desired

{% set entries = craft.entries({
  relatedTo:      tags,
  order:          'score',
  limit:           4,
  id:             'not ' ~ entry.id
}) %}