<?php
//display random sorted list of terms in a given taxonomy
$taxonomy = 'category';
$terms = get_terms($taxonomy);
shuffle ($terms);
//echo 'shuffled';
if ($terms) {
foreach($terms as $term) {
echo '<p><a href="' . get_category_link( $term->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $term->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $term->name.'</a></p> ';
}
}
?>
thanks MichaelH 🙂
but how can i limit the category list because this code show all category i want show only 10 category .
Put a counter in the foreach loop.
please give me some more detail because i am newbie in wordpress 🙂
thanks
hello MichaelH
some counter code i searched on google but thet can’t work 🙁
please help
<?php
//display random sorted list of terms in a given taxonomy
$counter = 0;
$max = 5; //number of categories to display
$taxonomy = 'category';
$terms = get_terms($taxonomy);
shuffle ($terms);
//echo 'shuffled';
if ($terms) {
foreach($terms as $term) {
$counter++;
if ($counter <= $max) {
echo '<p><a href="' . get_category_link( $term->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $term->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $term->name.'</a></p> ';
}
}
}
?>
thank you very much Michael 🙂
I have problems getting this to work with custom taxonomies. The permalink won’t print, and if I change it to “get_term_link” it returns an error. Any help?
Got it! Swap out get_category_link( $term->term_id ) for get_term_link( $term, $taxonomy )
