By Thilak August 14, 2006

Random Post Plugin for Wordpress

Couple of days ago, a regular reader Fauzi (aka Cyperhackz) asked me how to show random post on the top of the blog and which plugin I used to do that.

Well there are lots of plugins out there for wordpress which enables you to show random post, but I use Random Posts from WASABI. If you strategically place Random Post on your blog it can be really useful. It gives deeper access for visitors on your blog.

Installation:

This plugin is fairly simple to install, Just download Random Posts Plugin by WASABI. Unzip it and upload it to your /wp-content/plugins directory using your favorite FTP client. Then go to Plugins in your Wordpress Admin panel and activate it.

Now Modify this code and add it to your Template

[code lang="php"]< ?php random_posts($limit, $len, $before_title, $after_title, $before_post, $after_post, $show_pass_post, $show_excerpt); ?>[/code]

[code]$limit - No. of posts to show.
$len - Lenght of auto-generate excerpt.
$before_title - Text to appear before the entry title.
$after_title - Text to appear after the entry title.
$befor_post - Text to appear before the entry excerpt.
$after_post - Text to appear after the entry excerpt.
$show_pass_post = Include/exclude password protected entries (Default: false).
$show_excerpt = Show/hide excerpt (Default: false).[/code]

Example: If you wish to show only a single random post (like mine), use the following tag

[code lang="php"]< ?php random_posts(1, 0, '', '', '', '', false, false); ?>[/code]

Download Random Posts Plugin

[tags]Wordpress, Random Posts, Plugins, Blogging[/tags]

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Discussion

Comments for “Random Post Plugin for Wordpress”

  • Incase if you want to make your Random Posts look exactly as mine, then add these lines to the end of your style.css

    [code lang="css"]#outerslice {
    background: #ffc;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #fc0;
    margin: 0 0 5px 0;
    padding: 4px 0;
    text-align: center;
    }

    #slice {
    width: 880px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    }[/code]

    And then Add this line Exactly after < body >, in your header.php
    [code lang="php"]
    <div id="outerslice">
    </div><div id="slice">

    Random Read: < ?php random_posts(1, 0, '', '', '', '', false, false); ?>
    </div>

    [/code]
  • thanks for the info buddy. this plugin really useful for visitors. thanks again...
  • Hi, if I wanna include excerpt in random post - I set the option to value "true" ? Because I tried that and see no excerpt.:(

    Any ideas? thanks:)
  • Vladi: Well, it worked for me. Better ask this question to the author
  • Thanx thilak. Your post really benifit me. :)
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