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applechief
applechief

Reputation: 6895

Wordpress: A page with random posts

I haven't worked much with wordpress, what I am trying to do is have a page that displays random posts.

It would be similar to my main page where the latest posts are shown but it would display random posts every time the page is refreshed. If the main page is at http://example.com i want my random page to be at http://example.com/random

how to do it?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2908

Answers (4)

Cyclonecode
Cyclonecode

Reputation: 30071

  1. Enable permalinks for you wordpress installation by visiting http://example.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php, If you would like the title of the post to be the last url segment you would select Custom Structure and set this value to %post_name%
  2. Create a new page template in your current theme folder as described here: Creating Your Own Page Templates
  3. Create a new page witht the title Random and select your newly created page template under Page Attributes in the pages edit screen.

  4. Then in your page template you would do something like this as Filip suggested:

    <ul>
<?php
$args = array('posts_per_page' => 5, 'orderby' => 'rand');
$rand_posts = get_posts($args);
foreach ($rand_posts as $post) : ?>
   <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

Upvotes: 1

pradip
pradip

Reputation: 197

Try This ...

1.First a create a custom page template. Name it as random post or a name of your choice!

2.Open the page and remove the default wp loop and Paste the code below

3.To change the no of post change the number ‘1’ to your choice!

 <?php
query_posts(array('orderby' => 'rand', 'showposts' => 1));
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
 
<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
 
<?php the_content(); ?>
 
<?php endwhile;

endif; ?>

source: http://www.yengkokpam.com/displays-random-posts-in-a-page/

Upvotes: 1

Zohair Baloch
Zohair Baloch

Reputation: 21

You can use this code to display random posts on your page.

<?php
query_posts(array('orderby' => 'rand', 'showposts' => 1));
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>

<?php the_content(); ?>

<?php endwhile;
endif; ?>

Upvotes: 0

Filip
Filip

Reputation: 2522

The orderby argument to get_posts accepts the value rand.

<ul>
<?php
$args = array( 'numberposts' => 5, 'orderby' => 'rand' );
$rand_posts = get_posts( $args );
foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) : ?>
    <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

More info in the documentation: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts#Random_posts

Upvotes: 3

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