Alternatives to Random Posts from Category
A widget that lists random posts from a chosen category.
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Rating: 4.0/5 (2 reviews)
Downloads: 18,967
Active installs: 200
Maintenance score: 22/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 2.8
Tested up to: 4.5.33
Requires PHP: f
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Post-Plugin Library(1)•Updated 6441d ago
The shared code library for Similar posts, Recent Posts, Random Posts, Popular Posts and Recent Comments.
10,000 installs435,168 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Random Post for Widget(3)•Updated 1161d ago
This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your sidebar. You can exclude certain posts by ID.
2,000 installs18,094 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
400 installs71,657 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Random Posts Widget(0)•Updated 4740d ago
This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your widgetized sidebar. It supports multiple instances with WordPress 2.
300 installs65,075 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Advanced Random Posts(0)•Updated 3097d ago
Display random posts from selected categories or current category or all posts with thumbnail images (optional).
300 installs52,726 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Random Posts with Thumbnails(0)•Updated 4977d ago
Puts a list of clickable random posts with their featured image in your sidebar as a widget, this list is customizable.
50 installs7,193 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Random Posts Within Date Range Widget(0)•Updated 5731d ago
Widget that displays the title(w/ link), date(optional), and excerpt(optional) of random posts within a selected date range.
40 installs9,505 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Post Randomizer(1)•Updated 5849d ago
Randomize the posts from your Home and Archive page everytime the visitor load the page
30 installs5,205 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Random Posts Widget Configurable(7)•Updated 4753d ago
Random Posts Widget provides you with a widget that displays random posts. You can set the number of random posts to be displayed.
10 installs6,145 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
LJ Random Or Recent(0)•Updated 6057d ago
LJ Random or Recent is a Wordpress widget that will display a list of Random or Recent posts depending of the type of pages that is being displayed.
10 installs2,737 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
RandomPosts Widget(0)•Updated 5184d ago
Displays random psots on the sidebar of your blog, ideal for keeping visitors on your site longer and offering more reading.
10 installs1,891 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Simple Random Posts Shortcode(1)•Updated 4154d ago
A simple plugin for rendering random post previews in a list view using shortcode.
10 installs1,479 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
AJAX Random Posts(0)•Updated 4799d ago
Displays a list of random posts using AJAX. Works with cache plugins, and highly customizable.
10 installs14,025 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Stumble! for WordPress(0)•Updated 6143d ago
Stumble! for WordPress extends WordPress to support a "random article" feature, similar to StumbleUpon's StumbleThru.
10 installs6,956 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Random Related Posts Based on Category(0)•Updated 5611d ago
This plugin allows you to list any number of related posts from the same category as the current post. You can also randomise these results.
10 installs4,836 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Sup Post Widget(0)•Updated 4014d ago
Is a plugin where you can display the number of popular posts, latest and random post with thumbnail image on your sidebar or page/post using short co …
10 installs4,208 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Ajax Random Posts(0)•Updated 5695d ago
Show your Random posts on sidebar and provide ajax auto refresh function.
10 installs3,235 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Random Post Scheduler(0)•Updated 272d ago
Plugin to schedule WordPress posts with random dates and times within a defined range.
10 installs503 downloads38/100 • Stale
Mini Quilt(0)•Updated 3971d ago
For drawing attention to your posts in the sidebar. It uses a colorful way of presenting posts (what we call quilts) as sidebar elements.
0 installs3,231 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
FourNodes Random Post(0)•Updated 2961d ago
Displays Random wordpress posts in a sidebar widget. Also, provides shortcode to display random posts on pages.
0 installs1,069 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned