Christoph

Redirect your visitors to
<ul>
<li>a random post</li>
<li>your last (latest) post</li>
<li>your first (oldest) post</li>
<li>the previous or next post</li>
<li>or a combination of conditions, for example a random post among your last 10 posts, or the latest post from at least 3 months ago, or the latest post of a specific author.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://chattymango.com/redirect-url-to-post/?pk_campaign=rutp&pk_kwd=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Features</a> | <a href="https://documentation.chattymango.com/documentation/redirect-url-to-post/getting-started-redirect-url-to-post/examples-wordpress-redirects-to-posts/?pk_campaign=rutp&pk_kwd=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Examples</a> | <a href="https://documentation.chattymango.com/documentation/redirect-url-to-post/?pk_campaign=rutp&pk_kwd=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a> | <a href="https://chattymango.com/?redirect_to=latest&cat=9&pk_campaign=rutp&pk_kwd=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Latest Development Blog Post</a>
<h4>A magic URL takes you to the right post</h4>
This plugin provides a URL (link) that takes you directly to a post in single-post view. This post is determined by the query parameter ?redirect_to= and optional others.
While the URL remains the same, its target changes depending on the available posts at the time when somebody enters it. That means you can use the same static URL in a menu, with a button or in a newsletter and the plugin finds out the correct target.
Simply enter the URL of your WordPress site into your browser and add ?redirect_to=… to the end.
Possible values for redirect_to are:
<ul>
<li>last or latest – The URL will redirect to the last (latest) post.</li>
<li>first or oldest – The URL will redirect to the first (oldest) post.</li>
<li>random – The URL will redirect to a random post.</li>
<li>prev or previous – The URL will redirect to the previous post (by date).</li>
<li>next – The URL will redirect to the next post (by date).</li>
<li>custom – The post will be determined according to the mandatory parameter orderby and the optional parameter order.</li>
</ul>
You can also limit the scope of considered posts by additional filter parameters, such as &s=searchaword or &cat=2, or use an offset to go to the second latest or to the post before the previous. The parameter random combined with count and bias lets you pick the latest (or oldest) posts with a different probability than the rest.
<h4>Caching</h4>
The plugin offers <a href="https://documentation.chattymango.com/documentation/redirect-url-to-post/getting-started-redirect-url-to-post/other-parameters/?pk_campaign=rutp&pk_kwd=readme#Caching" title="plugin website" rel="nofollow ugc">caching of database results</a>.
<h4>Settings and Parameters</h4>
There is no settings page in the backend. You configure the plugin entirely through the query parameters in the URL.
Please find more information about parameters and troubleshooting <a href="https://documentation.chattymango.com/documentation/redirect-url-to-post/?pk_campaign=rutp&pk_kwd=readme" title="plugin website" rel="nofollow ugc">on the plugin website</a>.
<h4>Examples for URLs</h4>
Note: Replace “http://www.example.com/” with your own website location. Spaces are written as “%20”.
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=latest – redirects to the latest post
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=random&pk_campaign=random – redirects to a random post and tracks the visit
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=prev – redirects to the previous post
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=random&each_once=rewind – redirects to a random post, avoiding duplicates, and then starts over again
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=prev&offset=1 – redirects to the post before the previous post
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=random&count=10 – redirects to a random post among the 10 latest posts
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=random&count=10&bias=80 – redirects to a random post. The plugin picks one from the latest 10 with a probability of 80% and from the rest with a probability of 20%
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=random&count=10&offset=1 – redirects to a random post among the 10 posts that come after the latest
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=random&after=1%20month%20ago – redirects to a random post among the posts that are not older than 1 month
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=latest&exclude=4,7 – redirects to the latest post, excluding the posts with the IDs 4 and 7
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=latest&offset=1 – redirects to the second latest post
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=custom&orderby=comment_count&order=DESC – redirects to the post with the most comments
http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=latest&s=iaido&default_redirect_to=12&cache=200 – redirects to the latest post that contains the word ‘iaido’ or, if nothing can be found, to the page or post with the ID 12; use a cache with a 200 second lifetime
<h4>Button</h4>
The plugin also provides a shortcode [redirect_to_post_button] to create a simple button. Some <a href="https://documentation.chattymango.com/documentation/redirect-url-to-post/getting-started-redirect-url-to-post/redirect-button/?pk_campaign=rutp&pk_kwd=readme#Shortcode_to_create_button" title="shortcodes" rel="nofollow ugc">parameters</a> are available.
A button that links to a random post is a great way to increase your visitors’ on-site engagement and therefore your SEO ranking!
<iframe loading="lazy" title="How to Redirect Users to a Random Post in WordPress" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-7kTnkBVpDA?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
(video by WPBeginner)
If you find this plugin useful, please give it a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirect-url-to-post/reviews/?filter=5" title="reviews" rel="ugc">5-star rating</a>. Thank you!

Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to Post

The plugin is easy to use and Works great. The developer provides super fast replies to support questions.

Works Great!

Automatically redirect to your latest, oldest, random, or other post through a custom URL

newbiesup

WP Random Button is a custom random post plugin for WordPress which is helpful to increase click throughs to posts and so much more.
<h4>Why <a>WP Random Button plugin</a></h4>
<ul>
<li>Easy to Use</li>
<li>Lightweight</li>
<li>Shortcode included</li>
<li>Custom Widget included</li>
<li>Custom Button Text</li>
<li>Ajax Powered</li>
<li>Cookies support</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to display the Button</h4>
<ul>
<li>Insert shortcode <code>[wp_random_button]</code> to individual post or page. If you want to change the button text, just add a ‘text’ attribute to the shortcode, like <code>[wp_random_button text="I am feeling lucky"]</code>. If you want to display/exclude posts from selected categories, just input cat IDs to ‘cat’ or ‘nocat’ attribute, like `[wp_random_button cat=”1,2″, nocat=”3″], separate multiple IDs by comma'(,)’.</li>
<li>Or you can use the custom widget. Go to <code>WP-Admin -> Appearance -> Widgets</code> and drag the <code>WP Random Button</code> widget to any widget area you want</li>
</ul>
<h4>Support</h4>
We will do our best to provide support through the WordPress forums. However, all plugin support is provided in our helpdesk. If you have not registered yet, you can do so here: <a href="http://ptheme.com/members/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://ptheme.com/members/</a>.
<h4>Feedback</h4>
If you like this plugin, then please leave us a good rating and review. Consider following us on <a href="https://twitter.com/pthemecom" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pthemecom" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook</a>

WP Random Button

Create an elegant button to display a random post in a popup window, increasing click throughs to posts and so much more.

Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to Post vs WP Random Button