Title: [Plugin: Random Text] This isn't random?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Random Text] This isn't random?

 *  Resolved [Pete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perthmetro/)
 * (@perthmetro)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-random-text-this-isnt-random/)
 * This plugin doesn’t make my text random, it just spits them out in their ID order?
   IS this supposed to happen?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/randomtext/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/randomtext/)

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 *  [xaotikdesigns](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xaotikdesigns/)
 * (@xaotikdesigns)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-random-text-this-isnt-random/#post-2938692)
 * You have to check the box for random order.
 *  Thread Starter [Pete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perthmetro/)
 * (@perthmetro)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-random-text-this-isnt-random/#post-2938693)
 * I can’t see any checkbox
 *  Thread Starter [Pete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perthmetro/)
 * (@perthmetro)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-random-text-this-isnt-random/#post-2938695)
 * I’m not using the widget
 *  [Michelle Panulla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpanulla/)
 * (@mpanulla)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-random-text-this-isnt-random/#post-2938704)
 * Are you using a shortcode in a page? If so, add random=”1″ within it.
 * Example:
    [randomtext category=”testimonials” random=”1″]
 * Otherwise, it will rotate through all of them in ID order, as you suspected.
 *  Thread Starter [Pete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perthmetro/)
 * (@perthmetro)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-random-text-this-isnt-random/#post-2938705)
 * Thanks Michelle i didn’t know that.
 *  Thread Starter [Pete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perthmetro/)
 * (@perthmetro)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-random-text-this-isnt-random/#post-2938706)
 * I’m using the template tag…
 *  [jsaelfred](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsaelfred/)
 * (@jsaelfred)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-random-text-this-isnt-random/#post-2938707)
 * He Pete,
 * Try this:
 * `<?php randomtext('category','1'); ?>`
 * J.S.

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