To add random list of submitted posts and one random link with customized link string.
Usage
To put previous posts list randomly, you shuould just add below string at the place where you want to place it.
<pre><code><?php rpl_random_lists(); ?>
</code></pre>
And if you want to customize the list, youcan use 5 options
<pre><code><?php rpl_random_lists(num_limit,exclude,date_limit,echo,list); ?>
</code></pre>
num_limit : default value is “5” 
 set the maximum number to show in output list. 
 exclude : default value is “” 
 set the post ID which you never want to show in output list. 
 date_limit : default value is “” 
 set date limit. posts which is later than this date limit never be shown in output list. 
 the date will be evaluate by strtotime function, so available format for this option is same as strtotime function. 
 echo : default value is true 
 If set this value as true then function returns result as output as html, and set as false then function returns result as string. 
 list : default value is true 
 If set this value as true then function returns result as list style using ul and li tag, 
 and set this value as false then function returns result as string devided by \n.
To put one random link with customized title like “feeling lucky!”, you shuould just add below string at the place where you want to place it.
<pre><code><?php rpl_feelinig_lucky(); ?>
</code></pre>
And if you want to customize the list, youcan use 3 options
<pre><code><?php rpl_feelinig_lucky(text,exclude,date_limit,echo); ?>
</code></pre>
text : default value is “feeling lucky!” 
 set text string to show as hyperlink string. 
 for example in case of default the output is like this <a href="randomly-selected-url" rel="nofollow ugc">feeling lucky!</a>. 
 exclude : default value is “” 
 set the post ID which you never want to show in output list. 
 date_limit : default value is “” 
 set date limit. posts which is later than this date limit never be shown in output list. 
 the date will be evaluate by strtotime function, so available format for this option is same as strtotime function. 
 echo : default value is true 
 If set this value as true then function returns result as output as html, and set as false then function returns result as string.
Customization
The plug in provides the following CSS classes:
<pre><code>* ul.random-post-link: for rpl_random_lists function (if list is activated)
* li.random-post-link: for rpl_random_lists function (if list is activated)
* a.random-post-link: for rpl_feelinig_lucky function
</code></pre>
<h3>Contact</h3>
Suggestion, fixes, rants, congratulations, gifts et al to help[at]seunze.com

random post list

To add random list of submitted posts and one random link with customized link string.

TechWebUX

Aleksandar Urošević

Posts per Cat is a simple plugin that grab all or only selected categories from blog database, and then list recent N posts from each category, organised in 1-5 columns.
If you are interested to acquisition of plugin, please <a href="https://urosevic.net/wordpress/contact/?subject=Posts-per-Cat%20Acquisition" rel="nofollow ugc">contact us</a>.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>choose how many boxes per row will be displayed (one, two, three, four or five)</li>
<li>define number of post titles to display per category</li>
<li>define category ID’s to exclude</li>
<li>define category ID’s to include</li>
<li>toggle displaying of child categories</li>
<li>ordering boxes by category ID, title or custom (manually entered category ID’s as include list)</li>
<li>toggle displaying sticky posts</li>
<li>toggle usage of custom list CSS</li>
<li>SEO optimized permalink URI’s</li>
<li>integrate to template file, use shortcode [ppc] with options or widget</li>
<li>ready for localisation</li>
<li>template system for single post line in box defined by user in plain HTML with macro keywords for post elements</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcode options</h4>
You can use shortcode [ppc], with options below (set option in shortcode to override default settings above):
<ul>
<li><code>columns=2</code> – Number of columns (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5)</li>
<li><code>minh=0</code> – Minimal height of box (in px, set to 0 for auto)</li>
<li><code>include=category_ID's</code> – Include category (comma separated category ID’s)</li>
<li><code>exclude=category_ID's</code> – Exclude category (comma separated category ID’s)</li>
<li><code>parent=0</code> – Only top level categories (0 or 1)</li>
<li><code>order=ID</code> – Order categories by (ID, name or custom)</li>
<li><code>catonly=0</code> – Only from displayed category archive (0 or 1)</li>
<li><code>noctlink=0</code> – Do not link category name (0 or 1)</li>
<li><code>more=0</code> – Standalone link to archives (0 or 1)</li>
<li><code>moretxt="More from"</code> – Archive link prefix</li>
<li><code>posts=5</code> – Number of headlines per category block</li>
<li><code>porderby=date</code> – Order posts by date, modified, title, name, ID, author</li>
<li><code>porder=DESC</code> – Order sorting DESC or ASC</li>
<li><code>titlelen=34</code> – Headline length (in characters)</li>
<li><code>shorten=0</code> – Shorten headline (0 or 1)</li>
<li><code>commnum=0</code> – Display comment number (0 or 1)</li>
<li><code>nosticky=0</code> – Hide sticky posts (0 or 1)</li>
<li><code>excerpts=none</code> – Show excerpt (none, first or all)</li>
<li><code>content=0</code> – Use post content as excerpt (0 or 1)</li>
<li><code>excleng=100</code> – Excerpt length</li>
<li><code>thumb=0</code> – Show thumbnail with excerpt (0 or 1)</li>
<li><code>tsize=60</code> – Thumbnail size, set size in px for thumbnail width (height is same); or set in format WIDTHxHEIGHT (example 220×123); or set predefined custom image size (thumbnail, small, medium, large, full or cusotm defined)</li>
</ul>
Since version 1.4.0 you can use template to display custom formatted output (post line element). Example: 
 [ppc]
<h3><a href="%link%" rel="nofollow ugc">%title_short%</a></h3>
<pre><code>(<a href="%comments_link%">%comments_num% comments</a>)
%date% @ %time%
<a href="%author_posts_url%">%author_displayname%</a>
%thumbnail%
%excerpt% <a href="%link%">[read more]</a>
[/ppc]
</code></pre>
Supported macros:
<ul>
<li><code>%title%</code></li>
<li><code>%title_short%</code></li>
<li><code>%post_content%</code></li>
<li><code>%excerpt%</code></li>
<li><code>%thumbnail%</code></li>
<li><code>%link%</code></li>
<li><code>%comments_num%</code></li>
<li><code>%comments_link%</code></li>
<li><code>%comments_form_link%</code></li>
<li><code>%datetime%</code></li>
<li><code>%date%</code></li>
<li><code>%time%</code></li>
<li><code>%author_displayname%</code></li>
<li><code>%author_firstname%</code></li>
<li><code>%author_lastname%</code></li>
<li><code>%author_posts_url%</code></li>
</ul>

Posts per Cat

Group recent posts by category and show them inside boxes organized to columns.

random post list vs Posts per Cat