Title: random order question and shortcode
Last modified: December 19, 2019

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# random order question and shortcode

 *  [truebird](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truebird/)
 * (@truebird)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-order-question-and-shortcode/)
 * Hi, I am looking at the shortcodes [https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/)
 * In the copy is says random is possible for ordering. Yet, I do not not see the
   shortcode so we can add random?
 * What is the shortcode argument to make it show random?
 * 🙂
 * Greg
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Frandom-order-question-and-shortcode%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [jeff501](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeff501/)
 * (@jeff501)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-order-question-and-shortcode/#post-12345487)
 * I was looking for the same thing. Tried a few differt shortcodes and it turns
   out to be `orderby="rand"`

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-order-question-and-shortcode/#post-12345487)
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