Posted 1 year ago #
Can i use any arguments to show random posts on home page with
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
like the_post(orderby=rand); ???
my wp blog lists some products on home page and i want to show random products each time a client visits.
I've found lots of random_post plug-ins. but that was not applicable for me because i want the random product image also and that's not on any sidebar etc. but as main posts on home page.
please anyone help me
thanks in advance.
Posted 1 year ago #
You can always alter the posts that shows up in the loop by running query_posts with your required parameters before that. Read the documentation :)
Posted 1 year ago #
I second Xephan.
<?php query_posts('orderby=rand'); ?>
Posted 1 year ago #
I'm not too sure if this works with WP3 (haven't tested it), but this will let you display a random set number of posts:
query_posts(array('orderby' => 'rand', 'showposts' => 1));
You can use that to display random posts like this:
<?php
query_posts(array('orderby' => 'rand', 'showposts' => 1));
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile;
endif; ?>Where it states 'showposts', change the number to reflect the amount of posts you wish to show.
Nice and simple!
Posted 1 year ago #
Not so simple, guys. I tryed both
'<?php query_posts('orderby=rand'); ?>'
'<?php query_posts($query_string . '&orderby=rand'); ?>'
Put then in beginning of the loop and nothing happens.. I´m sure I´m missing something, maybe on home.php? Take a look:
'<div class="home-thumbs">
<?php $home_query = new WP_Query("cat=&showposts=8"); $i = 0; ?>
<ul class="thumbs">
<?php while ($home_query->have_posts()) : $home_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; $i++; ?>'
what do you think?
Posted 1 year ago #
Not so simple, guys. I tryed both
'<?php query_posts('orderby=rand'); ?>'
'<?php query_posts($query_string . '&orderby=rand'); ?>'
Put then in beginning of the loop and nothing happens.. I´m sure I´m missing something, maybe on home.php? Take a look:
'<div class="home-thumbs">
<?php $home_query = new WP_Query("cat=&showposts=8"); $i = 0; ?>
<ul class="thumbs">
<?php while ($home_query->have_posts()) : $home_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; $i++; ?>'
what do you think?
have you considered adding the 'random' to your $home_query code:
<div class="home-thumbs">
<?php $home_query = new WP_Query("cat=&showposts=8&orderby=rand"); $i = 0; ?>
<ul class="thumbs">
<?php while ($home_query->have_posts()) : $home_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; $i++; ?>(whatever you add in any code before, will be ignored and overwritten by your custom query.)
Posted 1 year ago #
This is what iuse in the sidebar of my blog, it works for me:
<li id="randompost" class="widget-container">
<h3 class="widget-title"><?php _e( 'Random Post', 'twentyten' ); ?></h3>
<ul>
<?php
$rand_posts = get_posts('numberposts=1&orderby=rand');
foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) :
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul></li>
Posted 1 year ago #
alchymyth! so simple! you nailed it.
I´m a writer/photografer beginning to learn css and php, this is my first work -> trocasvale.co.cc , a portfolio in progress.. got to dominate the tool..
thank you all
Posted 1 year ago #
Good Day,
My apologies for chiming in at the end of the post long after it finished, although I am implementing this code on my front page - and i am getting close with it. My issue is that I have a custom post type called 'book'. Posts exist as well, although I don't use those - the code is choosing from my 'posts' instead of my 'book'.
This is the piece of code that I am inserting into my home.php file:
query_posts(array('orderby' => 'rand', 'showposts' => 10));
This is the rest of my home.php code:
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If anyone could help, I would very much appreciate it.
Regards,
Justin
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