Title: Random submenu order
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Random submenu order

 *  Resolved [EksonValdez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eksonvaldez/)
 * (@eksonvaldez)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-submenu-order/)
 * Hi,
    We’d like, on a specific submenu, make every items appear in a different
   order each time the page is loaded. I’ve search in plugins but didn’t found what
   I need. Can someone point me in the right direction ? Didn’t find where to look
   in nav-menu-template.php
 * Thanks

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 *  [Dabliu Pee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dabliupee/)
 * (@dabliupee)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-submenu-order/#post-7498210)
 * Its possible with JQuery
 * Can you please share your link
 *  Thread Starter [EksonValdez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eksonvaldez/)
 * (@eksonvaldez)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-submenu-order/#post-7498414)
 * Hey, thank you.
    Here it is : [http://one-day-communication.fr/mhvprovence/](http://one-day-communication.fr/mhvprovence/)
 * It is in the “Les Maisons d’Hôtes” submenu.
    There is only two items for now 
   for testing purposes but the number of items will increase to about 20-25. (I
   will probably change the look for a mega menu).
 * Your interest for my problem is very appreciated.
 *  Thread Starter [EksonValdez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eksonvaldez/)
 * (@eksonvaldez)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-submenu-order/#post-7498519)
 * Ok solved with JQuery.
    Thanks Dabliu Pee
 * Here’s the code, added to functions.php of my child theme. Probably not the most
   clean solution, but i’m not a code expert, if someone have an enhanced version,
   please share 🙂
 * >  add_action(‘wp_head’,’random_ul’);
   >  function random_ul() { ?>
   > <script>
   >  jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $(‘.sub-menu’).each(function(){//
   > get current ul var $ul = $(this); // get array of list items in current ul 
   > var $liArr = $ul.children(‘li’); // sort array of list items in current ul 
   > randomly $liArr.sort(function(a,b){ // Get a random number between 0 and 10
   > var temp = parseInt( Math.random()*10 ); // Get 1 or 0, whether temp is odd
   > or even var isOddOrEven = temp%2; // Get +1 or -1, whether temp greater or 
   > smaller than 5 var isPosOrNeg = temp>5 ? 1 : -1; // Return -1, 0, or +1 return(
   > isOddOrEven*isPosOrNeg ); }) // append list items to ul .appendTo($ul); });});
   > </script> <?php }
 *  Thread Starter [EksonValdez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eksonvaldez/)
 * (@eksonvaldez)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-submenu-order/#post-7498527)
 * Better script, always in function.php
    I put a “random” class on the parent il.
   The problem : it mix all the li.random even if it is in several ul Can be solved
   by adding different classes
 * >  <script>
   >  jQuery(document).ready(function($){ var $x = $(“li.random ul li”);
   > Array.prototype.sort.call($x, function() { return Math.random() < 0.5; }); 
   > $x.each(function(i, li) { $(“li.random ul”).append(li); }); }); </script>
 * [Source](http://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/11948/randomize-a-jquery-object-list)

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 * [random order](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/random-order/)
 * [submenu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/submenu/)

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 * Last reply from: [EksonValdez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eksonvaldez/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-submenu-order/#post-7498527)
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