Plugin info

Total downloads: 18,757
Active installs: 200
Total reviews: 2
Average rating: 4
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 4/22/2016 (3539 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 8/6/2009 (16 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.8
Tested up to WordPress version: 4.5.33
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 3539 days ago • 2 reviews

22/100

Is Random Posts from Category abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 3539 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.8
Tested up to: 4.5.33
Requires PHP: f

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Description

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.

Translations

Belorussian (be_BY) by FatCow.
Romanian (ro_RO) by Web Geek Science (Web
Hosting Geeks
)

If you would like to send me a translation, please write to me through my contact page. 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.

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin directory to /wp-content/plugins/
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Go to Appearance → Widgets to add widgets to your sidebar in widget-ready themes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Known bugs

Some dropdown menus are not displaying correctly after widget options have been saved. This appears to be affecting many widgets, not just this one. This will be fixed as soon as we figure out what’s happening! In the meantime, simply refreshing the widget page in your browser will knock the menus back into shape.

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Screenshots

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Changelog

1.16

1.15

  • Fixed an HTML problem with linked titles. (Thanks, Anthony Eden!)

1.14

  • Added options to display content or excerpt without the title (November 5, 2010)

1.13

  • Fixed a bug where the dropdown would turn into plain text after saving options. (November 18, 2009)

1.12

  • Belorussian (be_BY) translation by FatCow. (November 15, 2009)

1.11

  • Fixed a bug with the dropdown options (November 14, 2009)

1.1

  • Internationalization improvements (November 13, 2009)\

1.0

  • First release (August 6, 2009)