Comments on: Wordpress: Random Posts Without a Plugin http://www.astro-geek.com/2009/01/wordpress-random-posts-without-a-plugin/ Technology For Us Wed, 26 May 2010 04:04:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Post aleatorios en el index http://www.astro-geek.com/2009/01/wordpress-random-posts-without-a-plugin/comment-page-4/#comment-7456 Post aleatorios en el index Wed, 26 May 2010 04:04:59 +0000 http://www.astro-geek.com/?p=211#comment-7456 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: raja http://www.astro-geek.com/2009/01/wordpress-random-posts-without-a-plugin/comment-page-4/#comment-6922 raja Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:57:33 +0000 http://www.astro-geek.com/?p=211#comment-6922 orderby=rand was great. It has simply opened doors to some of my old posts. I am able to keep the site re-loaded with different content on refresh. Thanks for the post. orderby=rand was great. It has simply opened doors to some of my old posts. I am able to keep the site re-loaded with different content on refresh.
Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Greg lam http://www.astro-geek.com/2009/01/wordpress-random-posts-without-a-plugin/comment-page-4/#comment-6920 Greg lam Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:23:24 +0000 http://www.astro-geek.com/?p=211#comment-6920 Thanks for the tip. It worked exactly as you said. Awesome! Thanks for the tip. It worked exactly as you said. Awesome!

]]> By: Ryan Cook http://www.astro-geek.com/2009/01/wordpress-random-posts-without-a-plugin/comment-page-4/#comment-6710 Ryan Cook Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:12:41 +0000 http://www.astro-geek.com/?p=211#comment-6710 Hey, thanks for the post! It helped, although I shortened the query_posts() code to: query_posts('posts_per_page=1&cat=3&orderby=rand'); It's less markup, and also 'showposts' has been deprecated in favor of 'posts_per_page' (http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts) Hey, thanks for the post! It helped, although I shortened the query_posts() code to:
query_posts(‘posts_per_page=1&cat=3&orderby=rand’);
It’s less markup, and also ’showposts’ has been deprecated in favor of ‘posts_per_page’ (http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts)

]]> By: bayu http://www.astro-geek.com/2009/01/wordpress-random-posts-without-a-plugin/comment-page-4/#comment-6518 bayu Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:15:55 +0000 http://www.astro-geek.com/?p=211#comment-6518 but i think it's not simplier than using plugin.. .-= bayu´s last blog ..<a href="http://bayuratri.info/2010/03/menguntai-kata-awan/" rel="nofollow">Menguntai Kata Awan</a> =-. but i think it’s not simplier than using plugin..
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]]> By: retro http://www.astro-geek.com/2009/01/wordpress-random-posts-without-a-plugin/comment-page-4/#comment-5857 retro Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:22:42 +0000 http://www.astro-geek.com/?p=211#comment-5857 cool tut man, im trying to integrate javascript on random posts just for a scroll effect nd its been a bit of a troble, but jus to display random posts this more or less works perfect. cool tut man, im trying to integrate javascript on random posts just for a scroll effect nd its been a bit of a troble, but jus to display random posts this more or less works perfect.

]]> By: refulez http://www.astro-geek.com/2009/01/wordpress-random-posts-without-a-plugin/comment-page-3/#comment-5803 refulez Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:27:26 +0000 http://www.astro-geek.com/?p=211#comment-5803 is there a way not to repeat the posts is there a way not to repeat the posts

]]> By: Blogging Girl » No plugins required: things you can do in WordPress http://www.astro-geek.com/2009/01/wordpress-random-posts-without-a-plugin/comment-page-3/#comment-5778 Blogging Girl » No plugins required: things you can do in WordPress Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:25:58 +0000 http://www.astro-geek.com/?p=211#comment-5778 [...] here is Webanthology’s 12 Wordpress solutions without using plugins. A favorite of mine is random posts without a plugin. Random posts are a popular thing to display, and here’s a great way to display them without [...] [...] here is Webanthology’s 12 Wordpress solutions without using plugins. A favorite of mine is random posts without a plugin. Random posts are a popular thing to display, and here’s a great way to display them without [...]

]]> By: Thomas http://www.astro-geek.com/2009/01/wordpress-random-posts-without-a-plugin/comment-page-3/#comment-5373 Thomas Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:57:43 +0000 http://www.astro-geek.com/?p=211#comment-5373 Great Tip!  I used it on collectible-figurines.net to show 8 random posts on home page.  I removed the 'category_name' => SomeCategoryName completely to show posts from any category. But in a random order....thanks to this post! Super quick and easy hack! Great Tip!  I used it on collectible-figurines.net to show 8 random posts on home page.  I removed the
‘category_name’ => SomeCategoryName

completely to show posts from any category. But in a random order….thanks to this post! Super quick and easy hack!

]]> By: CSS Web Gallery http://www.astro-geek.com/2009/01/wordpress-random-posts-without-a-plugin/comment-page-3/#comment-5274 CSS Web Gallery Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:38:35 +0000 http://www.astro-geek.com/?p=211#comment-5274 So simple, yet so effective. Of course, problems do occur when you try to use this for one loop over multiple pages using the &paged= option of the query. If anyone has a solution for this please let me know! So simple, yet so effective. Of course, problems do occur when you try to use this for one loop over multiple pages using the &paged= option of the query. If anyone has a solution for this please let me know!

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