Based on the original Random Redirect, this plugin enables efficient, easy random redirection to a post. Supports setting a category for all random re …
As of April 2026, Better Random Redirect is a WordPress post plugin with 700 active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 26K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.
Based on the original Random Redirect, this plugin enables efficient, easy random redirection to a post. Supports setting a category for all random redirects, shortcodes to generate URLs that can override the default category, and setting your own redirector URL. Designed to scale to handle high-traffic websites with thousands of posts by using a more efficient strategy than most other redirection plugins employ.
Based on the original Random Redirect by Matt Mullenweg https://wordpress.org/plugins/random-redirect/
Special thanks to Tim Green for providing additional quality assurance testing on the popular rattle.com website.
| WordPress | 3.0.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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