Random Posts From Specific Category – with Custom Fields

  • Resolved jillsays

    (@jillsays)


    13 years, 7 months ago

    I’m trying to get wordpress to display random posts from a specific category, while using their Custom Field images.

    This is the code I am currently using. How can I fix that so it displays a random post instead of the most recent?

    <?php query_posts("showposts=6&category_name=PICS"); $i = 1; ?>
      	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
	<div class="clearfloat">
	<?php $values = get_post_custom_values("Image");
	if (isset($values[0])) { ?>
      <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"> 

<img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/<?php
$values = get_post_custom_values("Image"); echo $values[0]; ?>&w=150&h=115&zc=1&q=100"
alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="center" width="150px" height="115px"  /></a>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" class="title"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
  <?php } ?>

      <?php endwhile; ?>
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  • David Gwyer

    (@dgwyer)

    13 years, 7 months ago

    Add the orderby=rand attribute to the query_posts function as follows:

    <?php query_posts("showposts=6&category_name=PICS&orderby=rand"); $i = 1; ?>
          <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <div class="clearfloat">
    <?php $values = get_post_custom_values("Image");
    if (isset($values[0])) { ?>
      <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"> 

<img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/<?php
$values = get_post_custom_values("Image"); echo $values[0]; ?>&w=150&h=115&zc=1&q=100"
alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="center" width="150px" height="115px"  /></a>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" class="title"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
  <?php } ?>

      <?php endwhile; ?>
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