Four Nodes

<p>Simple plugin to display random posts on your wordpress blog. Plugin provides a widget to display random posts in sidebar.<br />
Also comes with a shortcode [randomposts] to include on pages.</p>
<ul>
<li>Easy to install</li>
<li>Picks Random Posts</li>
<li>Ability to select from specific category</li>
<li>Limit number of posts</li>
<li>Shortcode support</li>
</ul>


FourNodes Random Post

Displays Random wordpress posts in a sidebar widget. Also, provides shortcode to display random posts on pages.

mkerstner

<p>A simple plugin for rendering random post previews in a list view using shortcode.<br />
Supports various options to customize output to your needs.</p>
<h4>Supported shortcode options</h4>
<ol>
<li>header: , whether to output header text (default=)</li>
<li>show_featured_image: , whether to output featured post image (default=TRUE)</li>
<li>featured_image_height: , height of featured image in px (default=100)</li>
<li>preview_text_chars: , amount of chars to be displayed for preview text (default=200)</li>
<li>container_css_class: , CSS class of outer container (default=articles-preview-container)</li>
<li>container_article_css_class: , CSS class of article containe (default=article-preview)</li>
<li>append_css_clear: , whether to append a CSS clear container (default=TRUE)</li>
<li>container_left_width: , px or % (default=65%)</li>
<li>container_right_width: , px or % (default=30%)</li>
</ol>


Simple Random Posts Shortcode

A simple plugin for rendering random post previews in a list view using shortcode.

FourNodes Random Post vs Simple Random Posts Shortcode