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1. carblanco
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hi all,

   I'd like to know how I can show the 5 lastest post by randomly ordered.
   If I add the orderby=rand then I get a randomly ordered list from all the post.

   Thanks.

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper & Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   use the 'posts_per_page' parameter as well

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Pagination_Parameters

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Parameters

3. carblanco
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Thanks but with this WP_Query('cat=1&offset=0&posts_per_page=5&orderby=rand'); I get 5 post randomly ordered, no matter the date. I need to show only the last 5 post but randomly ordered instead of ordered by date.

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper & Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   i can only think of a workaround, such as:

   <?php
   $tmp = $post;
   $latest = get_posts('cat=1&offset=0&posts_per_page=5');
   shuffle($latest);
   	foreach($latest as $post) {
   	setup_postdata($post);
   	/*OUTPUT*/
   	}
   $post = $tmp;
   ?>

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