Random Posts Widget
This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your widgetized sidebar. It supports multiple instances with WordPress 2.
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·300 active installs·Updated 12 years agoAs of April 2026, Random Posts Widget is a WordPress posts plugin with 300 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 65K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2007. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes….
0/5Rating
300active installs
65K+total downloads
19 yearssince 2007
Overview
This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your widgetized sidebar.
It supports multiple instances with WordPress 2.8 and above.
Configuration
- Widget title: the title of the widget
- List types: ul for bulleted list, p for paragraph, br for paragraph with line breaks
- Post count: Number of random posts you would like to be displayed
- Category: Only this category will be selected as the source
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.1+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
- 07-May-2007: Fixed a bug of displaying widget before and after tag
- 14-Jun-2007: Fixed a bug where pages are also selected. Now it only displays posts.
- 26-Jun-2007: Removed before and after configuration options, now taken from theme settings
- 03-Aug-2007: Overhauled entire engine to optimize queries. This has been tested on a test blog with 50,000 posts on an old machine (Pentium III 600MHz) in maximum 3 seconds. Also removed duplicated results and added catego…
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