Title: Random order for Posts
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Random order for Posts

 *  Resolved [WPSpeak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devplus/)
 * (@devplus)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-order-for-posts/)
 * Hi,
 * Is it possible to have random order for the posts?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * (@billerickson)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-order-for-posts/#post-3358968)
 * Yes, if you use [display-posts orderby=”RAND”].
 * Note that some hosts (like WPEngine) disable random ordering of posts so they
   can cache the output.
 *  Thread Starter [WPSpeak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devplus/)
 * (@devplus)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-order-for-posts/#post-3359048)
 * Thanks Bill, just noticed you’ve replied to my question.

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