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Advanced Random Posts
Display random posts from selected categories or current category or all posts with thumbnail images (optional).
The facts
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 28 Nov 2017
- Added
- Nov 2008
- Requires WP
- 2.8
- Tested up to
- WP 2.8.4
- Downloads
- 53,234
Our analysis
AI-assistedAdvanced Random Posts is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display your posts randomly, optionally including thumbnail images. You can select posts from specific categories, the current category, or all posts, depending on where your visitors are on your site.
The plugin provides options for customising the widget's title, the number of posts displayed, excerpt length, and thumbnail image dimensions. It is suitable for users looking to enhance their site's content visibility through random post displays.
Best for: This plugin suits WordPress users looking to add random post displays to their site.
What it does well
- ✓Displays posts randomly with optional thumbnails
- ✓Can select posts from specific or current categories
- ✓Customisable widget options for titles and display settings
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in November 2017
- •Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.4
- •Directory score is low at 39/100
Verdict
Advanced Random Posts offers basic functionality for displaying random posts, but its outdated status may limit compatibility with newer WordPress versions.
From the developer
yakuphan's own description of Advanced Random Posts, lightly tidied.
Advanced Random Posts Widget displays your posts by selecting randomly with thumbnail images (optional). It gets posts from selected categories or current category or all posts. When your visitors are at home, it gets posts from all posts or selected category. If you set ‘Get posts from current category’, when visitors see single post, widget lists posts in the same category of single post or when visitors click a category link, it gets posts from current category.
Notice: Version 2.2+ requires at least 2.8.
Supported Languages
- English
- Turkish
- Russian – Thanks Fatcow
Options
Widget’s options allow you to change your random posts list displaying.
Title:
Your random posts widget’s title on your sidebar.
Number of posts to show:
How many posts to display
Excerpt length (letters)
You know that
Thumbnail Custom Field Name
If you want to display the thumbnail of your posts via a custom field, write its name.
Height – Width
Images size.
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