Title: Random post order
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Random post order

 *  Resolved [pshero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshero/)
 * (@pshero)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-post-order-2/)
 * Hey Gang!
    I just need a bit of PHP help. On my site [PSHERO.com](http://pshero.com)
   I’d like to be able to randomize the order in which posts are displayed. That
   way visitors to my homepage will be presented with lessons that maybe they haven’t
   seen before. I’m crap at writing my own PHP and have searched all over for a 
   code snippet that would do the trick but to no avail. I’m sure this isn’t rocket
   science, all I want to do is randomize the posts.
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-post-order-2/#post-1028182)
 * Hi
 * I’ve not tried this myself but give it a shot.
 * In your index.php, add this before the WP loop
 * `<?php query_posts($query_string . '&orderby=rand') ?>`
 *  Thread Starter [pshero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshero/)
 * (@pshero)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-post-order-2/#post-1028259)
 * STVWLF, Thanks a million, that did the trick perfectly!
 *  [staceyk18](https://wordpress.org/support/users/staceyk18/)
 * (@staceyk18)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-post-order-2/#post-1028407)
 * Fantastic! Been searching for this everywhere!!! 🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [staceyk18](https://wordpress.org/support/users/staceyk18/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-post-order-2/#post-1028407)
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