Title: Shortcode parameter for Random Post missing
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Shortcode parameter for Random Post missing

 *  Resolved [ssmithalignsoftcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssmithalignsoftcom/)
 * (@ssmithalignsoftcom)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-parameter-for-random-post-missing/)
 * The features list includes ‘Display by date, comment count or random’, which 
   works in the Widget, but there’s no indication of how to specify this in the 
   shortcode.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/)

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 *  Thread Starter [ssmithalignsoftcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssmithalignsoftcom/)
 * (@ssmithalignsoftcom)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-parameter-for-random-post-missing/#post-7638342)
 * After diving through the source code, the syntax is this:
 * [rpwe orderby=”rand”]

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 * Last reply from: [ssmithalignsoftcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssmithalignsoftcom/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-parameter-for-random-post-missing/#post-7638342)
 * Status: resolved