Title: Random Author: Scribit Published: March 10, 2021 Last modified: October 21, 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/random/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=3080790) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/random/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3080790) # Random By [Scribit](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribit/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/random.1.3.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/random/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/random/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/random/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/random/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random/) ## Description With Random plugin you can insert into your WordPress website one or more random contents coming from your posts. The source contents can be pages, posts or custom post types. You can display information in many different ways: * A list of post titles * One or more full contents or excerpts * Raw URLs to posts permalink ## Screenshots * [[ * Select how many post and with which types you want to show. Select also the post format. * [[ * For each post select the fields to show from title, content, excerpt or simple permalink. * [[ * Get the shortcode in one click; copy and paste it wherever you want in your webpage to show the random contents. Get also an instant demonstration of your shortcode result. ## Installation From your WordPress dashboard 1. Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’ 2. Search for ‘Random’ 3. Activate the plugin from your Plugins page. From WordPress.org 1. Download Random zip file 2. Unzip it 3. Upload the unzipped directory to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory 4. Activate the plugin from your Plugins page. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8f2f7da5465e853bc5f34504779a255ff04878b09e12f954fc64e49c742445f8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[welcome surprise of Random](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/welcome-surprise-of-random/)󠁿 [rijthoven](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rijthoven/) February 8, 2025 1 reply I just want to say , that I am very happy with the quality of the plugin that add pleasant surprise to my website and its viewers . next to that I am very happy with the service of Scribit , Thank you so much. Rien. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b67b55ef44c601c2f220986f0743ae923fd111c00fd86bba201a2cb92b393b8f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-16546/)󠁿 [skorupak](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skorupak/) November 8, 2024 1 reply Very great plugin. Thanks. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdef2434ee9e36b381278a1418b33d456d9e9076fef6da669ec1ad348e4916ae? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very nice Plug-in](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-nice-plug-in-23/)󠁿 [Brian Grover](https://profiles.wordpress.org/daboo2u2/) September 20, 2024 1 reply Random is almost exactly what I need. I can make it work by using page or post IDs but it’s pretty laborious. Load content by category or tag would be a really useful additional feature. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3f6d8e7774f4d2e492d38417326e83ffce2dfd51984286c8abededd81e73cbe9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Wikipedia style!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wikipedia-style/)󠁿 [Scribit](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribit/) March 10, 2021 This plugin give to your website the possibility to get random content for specific posts types. You can use to give to your visitors random posts, or random woocommerce products for your clients. Very useful in my opinion. [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Random” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Scribit ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribit/) “Random” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/random/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Random” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/random) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/random/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/random/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/random/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/random/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.3 * Removed deprecated warnings for PHP >= 8.2 * WordPress 6.6.2 compatibility * Imporoved escaping * Minor graphic changes #### 1.2 * Add new parameter to include only some posts from random results (by IDs) * Setting inputs additional clean #### 1.1.1 * WordPress 6.3.2 compatibility * Translation corrected #### 1.1 * WordPress 6.3.1 compatibility * Add new parameter to exclude some posts from random results (by IDs) * URLs escaped * Corrected URLs for multisite installations #### 1.0.3 * WordPress 5.8 compatibility * Restyling of about page #### 1.0.2 * Correction in URL type shortcode #### 1.0.0 * First plugin version ## Meta * Version **1.3** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **300+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.6.5** * PHP version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/random/) and [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/random/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/random) * Tags * [casual](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/casual/)[random](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/random/) [random content](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/random-content/)[random post](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/random-post/) [Random Posts](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/random-posts/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/random/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 4 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Scribit ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribit/) ## Support Got something to say? 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