Title: random posts instead
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# random posts instead

 *  Resolved [Kingsley Ibietela Felix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamkingsleyf/)
 * (@iamkingsleyf)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-posts-instead/)
 * Hello;
 * Great plugin, i was thinking if this can be changed to a random post widget instead
   of popular post?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/stylish-popular-posts/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stylish-popular-posts/)

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 *  Anonymous User 12141227
 * (@anonymized-12141227)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-posts-instead/#post-6324828)
 * Hi,
    yes, it is possible, just edit the following line:
 * > $top_popular_posts = new WP_Query(‘showposts=’ . $number . ‘&orderby=comment_count&
   > order=DESC’);
 * You can remove “comment_count” and set it to “rand”.
    hope that helps 🙂 feel
   free to [leave feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/stylish-popular-posts)
   🙂
 *  Thread Starter [Kingsley Ibietela Felix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamkingsleyf/)
 * (@iamkingsleyf)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-posts-instead/#post-6324833)
 * Thanks… working.
 *  Thread Starter [Kingsley Ibietela Felix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamkingsleyf/)
 * (@iamkingsleyf)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-posts-instead/#post-6324834)
 * what happens when you update the plugin?
 *  Anonymous User 12141227
 * (@anonymized-12141227)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-posts-instead/#post-6324847)
 * > what happens when you update the plugin?
 * If you decide to apply the update on your end, then the old files will be replaced
   with the newer version.

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 * [Stylish Popular Posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stylish-popular-posts/)
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 * Last reply from: Anonymous User 12141227
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-posts-instead/#post-6324847)
 * Status: resolved