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1. jillsays
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm trying to get wordpress to display random posts from a specific category, while using their Custom Field images.

   This is the code I am currently using. How can I fix that so it displays a random post instead of the most recent?

   <?php query_posts("showposts=6&category_name=PICS"); $i = 1; ?>
         	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   	<div class="clearfloat">
   	<?php $values = get_post_custom_values("Image");
   	if (isset($values[0])) { ?>
         <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"> 
   
   <img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/<?php
   $values = get_post_custom_values("Image"); echo $values[0]; ?>&w=150&h=115&zc=1&q=100"
   alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="center" width="150px" height="115px"  /></a>
   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" class="title"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
     <?php } ?>
   
         <?php endwhile; ?>

2. David Gwyer
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Add the orderby=rand attribute to the query_posts function as follows:

   <?php query_posts("showposts=6&category_name=PICS&orderby=rand"); $i = 1; ?>
             <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       <div class="clearfloat">
       <?php $values = get_post_custom_values("Image");
       if (isset($values[0])) { ?>
         <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"> 
   
   <img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/<?php
   $values = get_post_custom_values("Image"); echo $values[0]; ?>&w=150&h=115&zc=1&q=100"
   alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="center" width="150px" height="115px"  /></a>
   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" class="title"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
     <?php } ?>
   
         <?php endwhile; ?>

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