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1. mserafim
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I have this code :
   

   <?php
   	$recent = new WP_Query("cat=5&showposts=1 "); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
   <b><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></b>
   				<?php the_content_limit(130, ""); ?>

   This code displays one latest post from cat "5" and trim the content to 130 characters.

   What i want is to get an random post from cat"5" not the first one.

   Thank you.

2. Ivovic
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Check out this page http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts

   You can use get_posts fairly easily to retrieve a random post.

3. mserafim
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   i tried but when i use the random code it shows same port, it doesn't randomize the post. ( even when refresh the page, same post is displayed ).

   Please i need this . Thank you

4. mserafim
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   no one ? please

5. Dunkkan
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

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

   It should work !

6. thelocallanding
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I had something very similar to mserafim's code, and all I needed to randomize the list was the &orderby=rand after cat=5&showpsots=1

   works fine! Thanks Dunkkan.

   Using mserafim's example, it would now look like this:
   

   <?php
   	$recent = new WP_Query("cat=5&showposts=1&orderby=rand"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
   <b><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></b>
   				<?php the_content_limit(130, ""); ?>

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