Open you theme’s functions.php file and add the below code or you can also add the below code if you are using any site-specific plugin.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 | function wpb_rand_posts() { $args = array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'orderby' => 'rand', 'posts_per_page' => 5, ); $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) { $string .= '<ul>'; while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) { $the_query->the_post(); $string .= '<li><a href="'. get_permalink() .'">'. get_the_title() .'</a></li>'; } $string .= '</ul>'; /* Restore original Post Data */ wp_reset_postdata(); } else { $string .= 'no posts found'; } return $string; } add_shortcode('wpb-random-posts','wpb_rand_posts'); add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode'); |
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