Title: Shortcode Help
Last modified: December 12, 2020

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# Shortcode Help

 *  Resolved [Tuppa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/my2424u/)
 * (@my2424u)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-25/)
 * Hye I am currently using this shortcode
 * [products limit=”20″ columns=”4″ category=”All Custom Products”]
 * I want to know will this display the same 20 products all the time or will it
   be random 20 products? My goal is for it to display random 20 products everytime
   it is selected. Can you please let me know what can I do to get it to display
   random products within that specific category all the time… Thanks…

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 *  Plugin Support [B C. a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/battouly/)
 * (@battouly)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-25/#post-13782792)
 * Hi there!
 * `[products limit=”20″ columns=”4″ category=”All Custom Products”]`
 * The above shortcode will display up to 20 items in 4 columns which is one row
   from the ”All Custom Products” category (all the time the same items will be 
   displayed).
 * If you want to randomly order the products on page load (every time the page 
   is refreshed or opened), you can add the following code: `orderby="rand"`
 * The final shortcode will look like this:
 * `[products limit=”20″ columns=”4″ category=”All Custom Products” orderby="rand"]`
 * Please note – This may not work with sites that use caching, as it could save
   a specific order.
 *  Thread Starter [Tuppa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/my2424u/)
 * (@my2424u)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-25/#post-13812770)
 * Thanks much appreciated…
 *  Thread Starter [Tuppa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/my2424u/)
 * (@my2424u)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-25/#post-13812771)
 * I will just exclude that particular page from being cache… Really appreciate 
   the feedback
 *  Plugin Support [B C. a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/battouly/)
 * (@battouly)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-25/#post-13812975)
 * Great! You are welcome!
 * I’m going to mark this as resolved now. If you have any further questions, you
   can start a new thread.
 * Best

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 * Last reply from: [B C. a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/battouly/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-25/#post-13812975)
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