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.

Niraj Shah

This simple shortcode plugin allows you to list posts as a bulleted list linking to the full article. You can limit 
the list to posts from a specific category and you can select the number of posts to show. The <code>order</code> and 
 orderby options lets you sort the list too.
Usage is simple. Create a page or post and use the code <code>[showposts category="2" num="4"]</code> – this will show 
all 4 posts from category 2. Another example <code>[showposts category="1" num="-1" orderby="date" order="DESC"]</code> 
shows all the posts from category 1 ordered by the date (newest post first).
By default, only 5 posts are shown (unless you use the <code>num</code> option) and sorting in by date (oldest to newest).
<h3>Example</h3>
You can see two examples of the code working at the following links:
<ul>
<li>https://www.xtremeps3.com/ps5-firmware-history/</li>
<li>https://www.xtremeps3.com/firmware-history/</li>
<li>https://www.xtremeps3.com/faqs/</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
The shortcode is <code>[showposts]</code>
You can use the following parameters to customize what is displayed (all are optional):
<pre><code>[showposts category="2" num="4" orderby="date" order="DESC"]
</code></pre>
Set <code>order</code> to one of the following:
<ul>
<li><code>author</code> – Sort by the numeric author IDs.</li>
<li><code>category</code> – Sort by the numeric category IDs.</li>
<li><code>content</code> – Sort by content.</li>
<li><code>date</code> – Sort by creation date.</li>
<li><code>ID</code> – Sort by numeric post ID.</li>
<li><code>menu_order</code> – Sort by the menu order. Only useful with pages.</li>
<li><code>mime_type</code> – Sort by MIME type. Only useful with attachments.</li>
<li><code>modified</code> – Sort by last modified date.</li>
<li><code>name</code> – Sort by stub.</li>
<li><code>parent</code> – Sort by parent ID.</li>
<li><code>password</code> – Sort by password.</li>
<li><code>rand</code> – Randomly sort results.</li>
<li><code>status</code> – Sort by status.</li>
<li><code>title</code> – Sort by title.</li>
<li>
<code>type</code> – Sort by type.
orderby can be one the following:
</li>
<li>
DESC
</li>
<li>ASC</li>
</ul>

Show Post Shortcode

Shortcode to display posts as a bulleted list. You can also use parameters order and orderby to sort the list.

random post list vs Show Post Shortcode