Advanced Random Posts Widget

Notice

This plugin is no longer supported, please use Recent posts widget Extended instead.

This plugin will enable a custom, flexible and advanced random posts. It allows you to display a list of random posts via shortcode or widget with thumbnail, excerpt and post date, also you can display it from all or specific or multiple taxonomy.

Features Include

• Allow you to set title url.
• Display thumbnails, with customizable size and alignment.
• Display excerpt, with customizable length.
• Display from all, specific or multiple category.
• Display from all, specific or multiple tag.
• Display from all, specific or multiple taxonomy.
• Display post date.
• Display post modified date.
• Post types.
• Post status.
• Allow you to set custom css class per widget.
• Add custom html or text before and/or after random posts.
• Multiple widgets.

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Shorcode Explanation

Explanation of shortcode options:

Basic shortcode

[arpw] 

Display 10 random posts

[arpw limit="10"] 

Display with thumbnail and set the size

[arpw thumbnail="true" thumbnail_size="arpw-thumbnail"] 

Display posts based on category by id

[arpw thumbnail="true" cat="10"] 

Display portfolio post type

[arpw post_type="portfolio"] 

Here’s the full default shortcode arguments

title="" offset="" limit="5" post_type="post" post_status="publish" ignore_sticky="1" taxonomy="" cat="" tag="" thumbnail="false" thumbnail_size="arpw-thumbnail" thumbnail_align="left" excerpt="false" excerpt_length="10" date="false" date_modified="false" date_relative="false" css_class="" before="" after=""