Title: Random post on carousel
Last modified: June 18, 2019

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# Random post on carousel

 *  Resolved [nadbamas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nadbamas/)
 * (@nadbamas)
 * [6 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-post-on-carousel/)
 * Hello,
 * Your motive is the best I have worked with so far. Thank you.
 * However, I would like to modify it slightly.
    By default, posts are displayed
   by date. So I would like the carousel to be something like a reminder of older
   posts. Is it possible for the carousel to display a random first post from certain
   categories? The next ones would be displayed chronologically, but the first would
   be a kind of archive reminder.

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 *  [Ryan Zook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zookcomputer/)
 * (@zookcomputer)
 * [6 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-post-on-carousel/#post-11650639)
 * You can edit the carousel settings in the theme folder, lucienne\template-parts\
   carousel.php. Line 10 is the line to tinker with (in version 0.0.6).
 * `$new_query = new WP_Query( array( 'cat' => $carousel_cat , 'showposts' => $carousel_count));`
 * You can edit it like this to randomize the posts that are selected from that 
   category:
 * `$new_query = new WP_Query( array( 'cat' => $carousel_cat , 'showposts' => $carousel_count,'
   orderby' => 'rand' ));`
 *  Thread Starter [nadbamas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nadbamas/)
 * (@nadbamas)
 * [6 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-post-on-carousel/#post-11651483)
 * Thank you 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [nadbamas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nadbamas/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-post-on-carousel/#post-11651483)
 * Status: resolved