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1. sofielyr
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi fellow wordpressers!

   I am trying to solve an issue with my featured category slideshow in wordpress. I want the featured to show five posts from the "featured" category (in the slideshow) in random order.

   This is the code that I have that displays five posts but always in the same order...
   

   <?php
   	$tmp_query = $wp_query;
   	query_posts('showposts=5&cat=' . get_cat_ID(dp_settings('featured')));	if (have_posts()) :
   	while (have_posts()) : the_post();
   	?>

   I want to add something that makes the five posts show in a totally random order...

   Hope you can help me!

2. sofielyr
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Is there no-one who can help me with this? Please i beg you!!!

3. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Sure, try this..
   

   <?php
   	$tmp_query = $wp_query;
   	query_posts( array( 'orderby' => 'rand' , 'posts_per_page' => 5 , 'category__in' => array( get_cat_ID(dp_settings('featured') ) ) ) );
   	if (have_posts()) :
   	while (have_posts()) : the_post();
   ?>

4. sofielyr
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Yey!! Thanks so much!! It worked wonderfully!

5. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You're welcome.. :)

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