Title: Display random future events
Last modified: August 22, 2016
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# Display random future events
* [val-13Love](https://wordpress.org/support/users/val-13love/)
* (@val-13love)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-random-future-events/)
* Hi
* I am trying to create a shortcode which displays 4 future random events. I found
the code in this link: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/events-order-1?replies=5#post-4177246](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/events-order-1?replies=5#post-4177246)
* I’m not a coder so used an online shortcode generator. The issue is that it displays
the same 4 events every time. I have tried refreshing the cache and added the
shortcode to different event pages but still get the same 4 events displayed.
* Also it displays the 4 events directly under the event title. It doesn’t matter
where I add the shortcode it outputs to the top of the page.
* Is anyone able to tell me what i’m missing or doing wrong please. I would like
4 random events displayed in the same location that the shortcode is placed (
currently the bottom of the event page).
* Here’s the shortcode code that I have added to my functions file:
* ```
// Add similarevents shortcode
function similar_events() {
$events = EM_Events::get(array('limit'=>4,'scope'=>'future'));
shuffle($event);
foreach ( $events as $EM_Event ) {
echo ''.$EM_Event->output('#_EVENTLINK').'
';
}
}
add_shortcode( 'similarevents', 'similar_events' );
```
* Here’s a link to a couple of pages with the shortcode added:
Page 1: [http://www.black-gold.biz/whats-on/motowns-greatest-hits-how-sweet-it-is-2015-06-27/](http://www.black-gold.biz/whats-on/motowns-greatest-hits-how-sweet-it-is-2015-06-27/)
Page 2: [http://www.black-gold.biz/whats-on/the-magic-of-motown-2015-06-25/](http://www.black-gold.biz/whats-on/the-magic-of-motown-2015-06-25/)
* Thanks in advance for any help
Val 🙂
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/)
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* Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
* (@angelo_nwl)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-random-future-events/#post-5440134)
* using your snippet
* ```
function similar_events() {
$replace = "";
$events = EM_Events::get(array('limit'=>4,'scope'=>'future'));
shuffle($event);
foreach ( $events as $EM_Event ) {
$replace .= ''.$EM_Event->output('#_EVENTLINK').'
';
}
return $replace;
}
add_shortcode( 'similarevents', 'similar_events' );
```
* Thread Starter [val-13Love](https://wordpress.org/support/users/val-13love/)
* (@val-13love)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-random-future-events/#post-5440136)
* Hi Angelo
* Thanks for the updated snippet. It now positions the results in the same location
where the shortcode is added which is great. However it is still displaying the
same 4 events and not random events.
* Do you by any chance have any other suggestions that will make it show random
events please?
* Much Thanks
Val 🙂
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