Title: Random Post for Widget
Author: Shashi Dhar Kumar
Published: <strong>May 23, 2012</strong>
Last modified: March 18, 2023

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Random Post for Widget

 By [Shashi Dhar Kumar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shashidharkumar/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/random-post-for-widget.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/random-post-for-widget/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/random-post-for-widget/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/random-post-for-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/random-post-for-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-post-for-widget/)

## Description

This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your sidebar.
You can exclude certain posts by ID.

### Bug Fix

Small bug has been noticed by one of user into post status has been fixed now.

### Configuration

 1. Widget Title: the title of the widget
 2. No of Post: Number of random posts you would like to be display

## Screenshots

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 * screenshot-1.png
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## Installation

How to install the plugin (Random Posts for widget) and get it working.

 1. Upload random-post-for-widget.zip to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Use your “Appearance/Widgets” settings configure
 4. See Random Post in widget area than drag and configure

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great for Recipe Sites](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-for-recipe-sites/)󠁿

 [robtcyn](https://profiles.wordpress.org/robtcyn/) November 3, 2020

I use this to generate ten random recipes for those who are not sure what to cook
for dinner. I love it.

 [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-post-for-widget/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Random Post for Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Shashi Dhar Kumar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shashidharkumar/)

[Translate “Random Post for Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/random-post-for-widget)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/random-post-for-widget/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/random-post-for-widget/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/random-post-for-widget/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/random-post-for-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **5.0**
 *  Last updated **3 years ago**
 *  Active installations **2,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.1.10**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/random-post-for-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [posts](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)[random](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/random/)
   [random post](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/random-post/)[Random Posts](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/random-posts/)
   [simple plugin](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/simple-plugin/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/random-post-for-widget/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.7 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-post-for-widget/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  1 4-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-post-for-widget/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-post-for-widget/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-post-for-widget/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-post-for-widget/reviews/?filter=1)

[Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-post-for-widget/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-post-for-widget/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ Shashi Dhar Kumar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shashidharkumar/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-post-for-widget/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://www.shashidharkumar.com/donate/)