Stephanie Leary

<p>This widget will list random posts from a chosen category. You can choose how many posts to display, and whether to show the excerpt or the full content in addition to the post title. You may also link the widget title to the category archive if you like.</p>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<p>Belorussian (be_BY) by <a href="http://fatcow.com" rel="nofollow ugc">FatCow</a>.<br />
Romanian (ro_RO) by Web Geek Science (<a href="http://webhostinggeeks.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Web<br />
Hosting Geeks</a>)</p>
<p>If you would like to send me a translation, please write to me through <a href="http://sillybean.net/about/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">my contact page</a>. Let me know which plugin you’ve translated and how you would like to be credited. I will write you back so you can attach the files in your reply.</p>


Random Posts from Category

A widget that lists random posts from a chosen category.

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.

Random Posts from Category vs Simple Random Posts Shortcode