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Sometimes we want to display random post in wordpress. So How do I show random post on wordpress. Copy following code above and snippet to your wordpress theme file:

<?php query_posts(’orderby=rand&showposts=5?); ?>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<h1>

<a href=”<?php the_permalink(); ?>” title=”<?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a>

</h1>

<?php the_content(); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php endif; ?>

You can snippet code above in your wordpress theme anywhere, in Index, sidebar or on other pages. You can change showposts = 5 with a number up to how many posts are you want to show in random.

You can also add a category-id parameter if only want to display a certain category, for instance cat =1

And for the_content () Can you replace with the_excerpt () if you just want to show the excerpt only.

It’s so easy to show random post in wordpress. Good luck and have a nice blogging