I assume you will use query_posts on your page to retrieve the posts. For the random loop, use a query similar to this:
$args = array(
'orderby' => 'rand',
'posts_per_page' => 5
);
query_posts($args);
if (have_posts()) . . .
This will show 5 random posts.
Edit: oops – samboll beat me to it.
i found a solution `<?php query_posts(array(
‘orderby’ => ‘rand’
));
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>`
is there a way to excude already seen posts?
and any idea on how to paginate it ?
i have something in place <?php if(function_exists('wp_pagenavi')) { wp_pagenavi(); } ?></div> but it only pagintes the mainpage not the page template i created for the random posts
the pagenavi function in integrated in the theme it looks like this
function wp_pagenavi($before = '', $after = '', $prelabel = '', $nxtlabel = '', $pages_to_show = 5, $always_show = true) {
global $request, $posts_per_page, $wpdb, $paged;
if(empty($prelabel)) {
$prelabel = '<strong>«</strong>';
}
if(empty($nxtlabel)) {
$nxtlabel = '<strong>»</strong>';
}
$half_pages_to_show = round($pages_to_show/2);
if (!is_single()) {
if(!is_category()) {
preg_match('#FROM\s(.*)\sORDER BY#siU', $request, $matches);
} else {
preg_match('#FROM\s(.*)\sGROUP BY#siU', $request, $matches);
}
$fromwhere = $matches[1];
$numposts = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT ID) FROM $fromwhere");
$max_page = ceil($numposts /$posts_per_page);
if(empty($paged)) {
$paged = 1;
}
if($max_page > 1 || $always_show) {
echo "$before <div class='Nav'><span>Page $paged of $max_page</span>";
if ($paged >= ($pages_to_show-1)) {
echo '<a href="'.get_pagenum_link().'">« First</a> ... ';
}
previous_posts_link($prelabel);
for($i = $paged - $half_pages_to_show; $i <= $paged + $half_pages_to_show; $i++) {
if ($i >= 1 && $i <= $max_page) {
if($i == $paged) {
echo "<strong class='on'>$i</strong>";
} else {
echo ' <a href="'.get_pagenum_link($i).'">'.$i.'</a> ';
}
}
}
next_posts_link($nxtlabel, $max_page);
if (($paged+$half_pages_to_show) < ($max_page)) {
echo ' ... <a href="'.get_pagenum_link($max_page).'">Last »</a>';
}
echo "<div class='NavEnd'></div></div> $after";
}
}
}
?>
