Shortcode to get related posts according to the current post category in WordPress

<?php 
add_shortcode( 'related_articles', 'related_articles_shortcode' );
function related_articles_shortcode( $atts ) {
ob_start();
?>

<div class="related-posts-wrap">
		<?php
			$args = array(
				'post_type' => 'post',
				'post_status' => 'publish',
				'posts_per_page' => 6,
				'category__in' => wp_get_post_categories(get_the_ID()),
				'post__not_in' => array(get_the_ID()),
			);
			$loop = new WP_Query($args);
			if ( $loop->have_posts() ) :
				while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
					<div class="related-post-card">
						<div class="related-post-img">
							<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
						</div>
						<div class="related-post-body">
							<h3 class="related-post-title"><a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo get_the_title(); ?></a></h3>
							<div class="related-post-meta">
								<span class="related-post-date">
									<img src="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>/assets/images/clock.svg">
									<?php echo get_the_date(); ?>
								</span>
								<span class="related-post-categories">
									<img src="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>/assets/images/tag.svg">
									<?php 
									$categories = get_the_category();
									$separator = ' ';
									$output = '';
									if ( ! empty( $categories ) ) {
									foreach( $categories as $category ) {
										$output .= '<a href="' . esc_url( get_category_link( $category->term_id ) ) . '" alt="' . esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts in %s', 'textdomain' ), $category->name ) ) . '">' . esc_html( $category->name ) . '</a>' . $separator;
									}
									echo trim( $output, $separator );
									}
									?>
								</span>
							</div>
							<div class="related-post-excerpt">
								<?php echo wp_trim_words( get_the_content(), 20, '...' ); ?>
							</div>
						</div>
					</div>
				<?php endwhile; 
				endif;
			wp_reset_postdata();
		?>
	
</div>

<?php
return  ob_get_clean();
}

In the frontend, it can be used as the following snippet

[related_articles]