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isomatrix
Member

the following functions could return a random order list

wp_list_authors
wp_list_categories
wp_list_pages
wp_list_bookmarks
wp_list_comments
wp_get_archives
wp_page_menu
wp_dropdown_pages
wp_dropdown_categories
wp_dropdown_users

Posted: 3 years ago #
Jen Mylo
Key Master

What is the feature you are suggesting, and what would be the use case?

Posted: 3 years ago #
isomatrix
Member

check my site http://www.lakas.com.ph (it's still under construction btw)
everytime you refresh the page a random order listing of sports would appear.

the purpose of the listing is that i want my readers to see what other sports or things they could try by giving them random sports(pages)

i edited the sidebar.php code for that.
i used the query_post using the orderby=rand parameter and looped through the permalinks and title of the queried posts/pages.

the code would be shorter, nicer and easier to maintain if the listing functions could arrange the queried list in random.

i also though about the pages with parents. the children would definitely be under their parents. so the option to query random parents with random children is a possibility.

i hope this would help make it easier to understand.

Posted: 3 years ago #
scribu
Member

Should close because:

1. It's not so hard to do atm, using either orderby=rand or PHP's shuffle() function

2. It's not a highly demanded feature.

Posted: 3 years ago #

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