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Advanced Random Posts

Display random posts from selected categories or current category or all posts with thumbnail images (optional).

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Tested up to WordPress 2.8
Current version2.3
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 2.8
Minimum stackWP 2.8 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update28 Nov 20178y ago
Active installations200Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Advanced Random Posts version 2.3 as active, updated 8y ago and tested up to WordPress 2.8.

Overview

About this plugin

Advanced Random Posts Widget displays your posts by selecting randomly with thumbnail images (optional). It gets posts from selected categories or current category or all posts. When your visitors are at home, it gets posts from all posts or selected category.

If you set ‘Get posts from current category’, when visitors see single post, widget lists posts in the same category of single post or when visitors click a category link, it gets posts from current category.

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Supported Languages

  • English
  • Turkish
  • Russian – Thanks Fatcow

Options

Widget’s options allow you to change your random posts list displaying.

Title:

Your random posts widget’s title on your sidebar.

Number of posts to show:

How many posts to display

Excerpt length (letters)

You know that

Thumbnail Custom Field Name

If you want to display the thumbnail of your posts via a custom field, write its name.

Height – Width

Images size.

Get first image of post

If you don’t want to use custom field, plugin will get first image from your post content.

Get first attached image of post

Plugin gets first attached image of post.

Default image

If post has no image, plugin display this image. png

Notice: If you use three options, plugin uses custom field image firstly. If the post has no custom field, it gets first image from content. At last it gets first attached image.

I suggest not to use “Get first image of post” for performance. It queries much more.

Categories

Plugin gets posts in these categories. )

Get posts from current category:

Posts will be get from current category (single post’s category or current category).

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • category posts
  • random posts
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 2.8

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 2.8.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to2.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 2.8 · PHP not listed
Update activity28 Nov 20178y ago

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