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Random Excerpts Fader

Creates a widget that takes randomly a number of excerpts from a category of your choice and fades them in and out.

By Jack Reichert·Random·Free
5(2 reviews)
·40 active installs·Updated 9 years ago
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As of April 2026, Random Excerpts Fader is a WordPress random plugin with 40 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to….

5/52 reviews
40active installs
6.8K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010

Overview

This plugin was developed to display excerpts from random posts in a category. jQuery is used for fading the plugin in and out. It’s a great way for displaying testimonials of clients or just giving a snapshot of content from your site.

Shortcode added as of version 1.4

The most basic use is: [reFader] this will use the default options.
Here is an example of all the options in use
[reFader title=”Random Excerpts” cat=”23″ type=”post” amount=”5″ length=”50″ duration=”5000″ linked=”no” url=”http://www.jackreichert.com/”]

This will show 5 (amount) posts (type) from category #23 (cat). It will show 50 (length) words from each post and fade out/in every 5 seconds (duration). It will not li…

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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
5 ★
2
4 ★
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3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.4.1

  • array_merge() error
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Jack ReichertJack Reichert
Plugin Info
Version
2.4.1
Last Updated
Feb 4, 2017
WP Requires
3.5+
Tested Up To
4.7.33
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
40
Downloads
6.8K+
Added
Sep 4, 2010
Business
Free

Tags

randomcategoryexcerptstestimonials

Developer

J
Jack Reichert
6 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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