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.

michaelha

Adds a shortcode [wp_list_posts]. For example [wp_list_posts category=3 numberposts=7] will return an unordered list of the most recent 7 posts in the category ID 3.
<h3>Usage</h3>
This shortcode can be rendered inside a post, page or even in a widget area. Refer to the template tag https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts for input parameter.

WP List Posts Shortcode

Adds a shortcode [wp_list_posts]. For example [wp_list_posts category=3 numberposts=7] will return an unordered list of the most recent 7 posts in the …

random post list vs WP List Posts Shortcode