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1. Raj
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   I would like to Display Posts from random categories, I posts (it can be random or latest) from random category's should be displayed on the homepage.. is there any way to achieve this..?

   Regards
   Raj [sig moderated as per the Forum Rules]

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 6 months ago #

   get the site's categories, select one of them randomly, and make a custom query based on that catgory;

   example:

   <?php $cats = get_categories('hide_empty=1');
     $random = rand(0,count($cats)-1);
     $random_cat_id = $cats[$random]->term_id;
   $random_cat_posts = new WP_Query(
     array('category__in' => array($random_cat_id), 'posts_per_page' => 5)
     ); //use more query parameter if you need//
   if( $random_cat_posts->have_posts() ) : while( $random_cat_posts->have_posts() ) : $random_cat_posts->the_post();
     //OUTPUT WHATEVER YOU QANT TO SHOW PER POST//
   endwhile; endif; ?>

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_categories
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

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