# Latest CMS2 Update Killed the Related Blog Posts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [May 22, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/latest-cms2-update-killed-the-related-blog-posts/56262 "2026-05-22T07:32:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IdahoSAM](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/idahosam/32/15242_2.png) [@IdahoSAM](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/IdahoSAM)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/latest-cms2-update-killed-the-related-blog-posts/56262/1 "2026-05-22T07:32:55Z")
The recent update to the CMS blog seems to have killed the Related Posts functioning. If there are say 5 related posts under the Heading “You May Also Like”, when the links are clicked on, the same post is shown, not the one that I clicked the link on. The links worked fine until a few days ago. Anyone else experiencing this same problem. Glad to see the new Search component. Just wish the related items component worked again. ---
**Author:** ![Pegasus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/pegasus/32/25035_2.png) [@Pegasus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Pegasus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/latest-cms2-update-killed-the-related-blog-posts/56262/2 "2026-05-22T07:43:51Z")
I’m seeing the same issue on my side. Ben has already identified the cause. It seems to be related to different types of quotes being used in the Markdown frontmatter. At least that was the case for me. Unfortunately, it’s not very easy to spot the difference between normal quotes and smart quotes in the Elements Markdown editor. I had ChatGPT replace all the quotes in my Markdown files with normal ones, and everything is working again now. I assume there will probably be an update for this later today — or you can do what I did and have everything corrected. > [@RapidWeaver Elements 2.4.1 Now Available](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-elements-2-4-1-now-available/56252/13): > > I tracked this down to malformed YAML front matter in a couple of your Markdown files. One of the description fields starts with a normal double quote but ends with a smart quote, so the front matter parser cannot read it. Related Items made the issue visible because it scans the other items in the same collection to find matches, so a single malformed item can trigger the error even when viewing a different page. We’ll tighten up the parser so it can recover from this specific quote mismatch… ---
**Author:** ![ercross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@ercross](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ercross)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/latest-cms2-update-killed-the-related-blog-posts/56262/3 "2026-05-22T09:54:39Z")
Having the same issue with the Related Blog Posts. I’ve gone through all my md files and made sure all the quotes were normal, so this doesn’t fix it. ---
**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/latest-cms2-update-killed-the-related-blog-posts/56262/4 "2026-05-22T10:03:04Z")
Same - I’ve sent Ben a project so hopefully he can find the issue ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/latest-cms2-update-killed-the-related-blog-posts/56262/5 "2026-05-22T10:14:05Z")
> [@IdahoSAM](#): > > If there are say 5 related posts under the Heading “You May Also Like”, when the links are clicked on, the same post is shown, not the one that I clicked the link on. we’re aware of this issue and we’ll have a fix out very soon. Apologies for the inconvenience!