Title: Insert Variable into Query Posts for Post ID?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Insert Variable into Query Posts for Post ID?

 *  [obeattie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/obeattie/)
 * (@obeattie)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-variable-into-query-posts-for-post-id/)
 * Hey All,
 * I am trying to build a query which results in one post being retrieved from a
   certain range if IDs. I have tried this:
 * <?php query_posts(“p=’.rand(50, 70).’&showposts=1”); ?>
 * But it doesn’t seem to work. Could someone possibly point me in the right direction?
 * Many Thanks,
    Oliver

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 *  Thread Starter [obeattie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/obeattie/)
 * (@obeattie)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-variable-into-query-posts-for-post-id/#post-452945)
 * Bump

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