Display random posts from featured category slideshow

  • Resolved sofielyr

    (@sofielyr)


    16 years ago

    Hi fellow wordpressers!

    I am trying to solve an issue with my featured category slideshow in wordpress. I want the featured to show five posts from the “featured” category (in the slideshow) in random order.

    This is the code that I have that displays five posts but always in the same order…

    <?php
	$tmp_query = $wp_query;
	query_posts('showposts=5&cat=' . get_cat_ID(dp_settings('featured')));	if (have_posts()) :
	while (have_posts()) : the_post();
	?>

    I want to add something that makes the five posts show in a totally random order…

    Hope you can help me!

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  • Thread Starter sofielyr

    (@sofielyr)

    16 years ago

    Is there no-one who can help me with this? Please i beg you!!!

    Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    16 years ago

    Sure, try this..

    <?php
	$tmp_query = $wp_query;
	query_posts( array( 'orderby' => 'rand' , 'posts_per_page' => 5 , 'category__in' => array( get_cat_ID(dp_settings('featured') ) ) ) );
	if (have_posts()) :
	while (have_posts()) : the_post();
?>

    Thread Starter sofielyr

    (@sofielyr)

    16 years ago

    Yey!! Thanks so much!! It worked wonderfully!

    Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    16 years ago

    You’re welcome.. 🙂

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