Title: Random function not working
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Random function not working

 *  Resolved [Jonathan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bionicsquid/)
 * (@bionicsquid)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-function-not-working/)
 * My instance of the plugin is not responding to the randomize requirement when
   selected. The quotes are showing in numerical order when random is selected, 
   and in something like alpha order when random is turned off. Would so appreciate
   guidance on this. The site is [http://www.patientvisitredesign.com](http://www.patientvisitredesign.com)
   on the subpages. Thanks!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quotes-collection/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quotes-collection/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Srini G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srinig/)
 * (@srinig)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-function-not-working/#post-3270647)
 * If you have just two quotes, what else can you expect?
 *  Thread Starter [Jonathan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bionicsquid/)
 * (@bionicsquid)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-function-not-working/#post-3270651)
 * Actually Srini there are 20 quotes in the collection, all marked public. Can 
   you provide some help so I can get them to show up widget and randomize? Thank
   you.
 *  Plugin Author [Srini G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srinig/)
 * (@srinig)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-function-not-working/#post-3270659)
 * Do you have a value for the ‘character limit’ option? Just remove the value and
   see if all quotes show up. If the problem still persists, contact me directly
   and we’ll see what we can do to sort it out.
 *  Thread Starter [Jonathan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bionicsquid/)
 * (@bionicsquid)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-function-not-working/#post-3270664)
 * Thanks! I removed the character limit and purged caches but am still only seeing
   those two quotes. What’s the best way to contact you? My email is [jonathan@bionicsquid.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-function-not-working/jonathan@bionicsquid.com?output_format=md)
 *  Thread Starter [Jonathan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bionicsquid/)
 * (@bionicsquid)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-function-not-working/#post-3270665)
 * If I assign the tag of “all” to a quote and then tell the widget to only show
   that tag it seems to work, but assigning a tag to all quotes and setting the 
   widget to show those doesn’t seem like it solves the underlying problem. Any 
   thoughts on this?
 *  Plugin Author [Srini G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srinig/)
 * (@srinig)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-function-not-working/#post-3270666)
 * Apparently, this has to do with some MySQL configurations using the same seed
   value for `RAND()`. It’s same as the situation described at [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8077828/order-by-rand-not-working](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8077828/order-by-rand-not-working)
 * I will update the plugin shortly so that the plugin handles this situation.
 * Thanks for bringing up this issue!
 *  Thread Starter [Jonathan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bionicsquid/)
 * (@bionicsquid)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-function-not-working/#post-3270667)
 * Thanks for the excellent support Srini! Much appreciated. Great plugin!
 *  Thread Starter [Jonathan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bionicsquid/)
 * (@bionicsquid)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-function-not-working/#post-3270668)
 * Just tried to donate via PayPal but apparently accounts in India are blocked 
   from receiving payments from PayPal. If that changes please let me know as I’d
   like to donate to keep you going.

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 * Last reply from: [Jonathan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bionicsquid/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-function-not-working/#post-3270668)
 * Status: resolved