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1. DonnaMiller
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   I'm using the plugin to randomize posts within each category. What I've noticed is that it actually doesn't randomize all posts in a category, but rather shuffles the order of the posts that appear on each archive page. Is there a way to get it to randomize ALL posts within a category so that different posts can appear on the first archive page?

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sort-query-posts/

2. Tubal
   Member
   Plugin Author
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   but rather shuffles the order of the posts that appear on each archive page.

   Yes, that's the intended behavior.

   Is there a way to get it to randomize ALL posts within a category so that different posts can appear on the first archive page?

   Not with this plugin.

   Regards,

   Túbal

3. Sandip Patil
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Try Below code..

   1. Select the post from category:
   $args = array('cat' => $category_id,'post_status' =>'publish','posts_per_page'=>-1,'orderby' => 'post_date','order'=>'DESC');
   $random_posts_arr = query_posts($args);

   2. shuffle or randomize the post array...
   $post_arr = shuffle($random_posts_arr);

   3. Then traverse the post array ($post_arr) to show the post data (title, link, image, date)

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