Title: [Plugin: Display Posts Shortcode] Returning random results
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Display Posts Shortcode] Returning random results

 *  Resolved [Jeffrey Driver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdriver/)
 * (@jdriver)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-returning-random-results/)
 * Hi. I couldn’t see this mentioned anywhere, but is it possible to return a random
   set of results from a chosen category?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * (@billerickson)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-returning-random-results/#post-2911262)
 * Yes, try using [display-posts orderby=”rand”] . You can also add any other parameters
   you’d like.
 *  Thread Starter [Jeffrey Driver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdriver/)
 * (@jdriver)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-returning-random-results/#post-2911271)
 * That’s perfect. Thanks a lot for your help Bill.

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 * Last reply from: [Jeffrey Driver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdriver/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-returning-random-results/#post-2911271)
 * Status: resolved