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A simple plugin for rendering random post previews in a list view using shortcode. 
Supports various options to customize output to your needs.
<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.

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With Random plugin you can insert into your WordPress website one or more random contents coming from your posts. 
The source contents can be pages, posts or custom post types. 
You can display information in many different ways: 
* A list of post titles 
* One or more full contents or excerpts 
* Raw URLs to posts permalink

Random

This plugin give to your website the possibility to get random content for specific posts types. You can use to give to your visitors random posts, or random woocommerce products for your clients.
Very useful in my opinion.

Wikipedia style!

Random, a great plugin designed to insert random contents, posts and other types, into your website. Enjoy its shortcodes!

Simple Random Posts Shortcode vs Random