Title: Random Posts from Category Author: Stephanie Leary Published: August 6, 2009 Last modified: April 22, 2016 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/random-posts-from-category.svg) # Random Posts from Category By [Stephanie Leary](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sillybean/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/random-posts-from-category.1.30.zip) * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/random-posts-from-category/#description) * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/random-posts-from-category/#reviews) * [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/random-posts-from-category/#installation) * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/random-posts-from-category/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-posts-from-category/) ## Description This widget will list random posts from a chosen category. You can choose how many posts to display, and whether to show the excerpt or the full content in addition to the post title. You may also link the widget title to the category archive if you like. ### Translations Belorussian (be_BY) by [FatCow](http://fatcow.com). Romanian (ro_RO) by Web Geek Science ([Web Hosting Geeks) If you would like to send me a translation, please write to me through [my contact page](http://sillybean.net/about/contact/). Let me know which plugin you’ve translated and how you would like to be credited. I will write you back so you can attach the files in your reply. ## Screenshots * [[ * The widget ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin directory to `/wp-content/plugins/` 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress Go to Appearance → Widgets to add widgets to your sidebar in widget-ready themes. ## FAQ Known bugs Some dropdown menus are not displaying correctly after widget options have been saved. This appears to be affecting many widgets, not just this one. This will be fixed as soon as we figure out what’s happening! In the meantime, simply refreshing the widget page in your browser will knock the menus back into shape. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f418d46643aeda715c1eb8f7805fcd0e87ea63bdd7f6cc675e5b23c0d5a4fa0d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works, but…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-but-62/)󠁿 [Bobthearch](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bobthearch/) April 30, 2018 Adds huge “Random Posts” text to top of widget with no way to remove. [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-posts-from-category/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Random Posts from Category” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Stephanie Leary ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sillybean/) [Translate “Random Posts from Category” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/random-posts-from-category) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/random-posts-from-category/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/random-posts-from-category/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/random-posts-from-category/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/random-posts-from-category/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.16 * Romanian (ro_RO) translation by Web Geek Science ([Web Hosting Geeks ) #### 1.15 * Fixed an HTML problem with linked titles. (Thanks, Anthony Eden!) #### 1.14 * Added options to display content or excerpt without the title (November 5, 2010) #### 1.13 * Fixed a bug where the dropdown would turn into plain text after saving options.( November 18, 2009) #### 1.12 * Belorussian (be_BY) translation by [FatCow](http://fatcow.com). (November 15, 2009) #### 1.11 * Fixed a bug with the dropdown options (November 14, 2009) #### 1.1 * Internationalization improvements (November 13, 2009)\ #### 1.0 * First release (August 6, 2009) ## Meta * Version **1.30** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **200+** * WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.5.33** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/random-posts-from-category/) * Tags * [posts](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)[random](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/random/) [widget](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/random-posts-from-category/advanced/) ## Ratings 4 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-posts-from-category/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-posts-from-category/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-posts-from-category/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-posts-from-category/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-posts-from-category/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-posts-from-category/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-posts-from-category/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Stephanie Leary ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sillybean/) ## Support Got something to say? 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