Title: Sort ideas randomly
Last modified: June 7, 2023

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# Sort ideas randomly

 *  Resolved [Rics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rics/)
 * (@rics)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-ideas-randomly/)
 * Can I display the ideas in the front end randomly sorted?
    -  This topic was modified 3 years ago by [Rics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rics/).
    -  This topic was modified 3 years ago by [Rics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rics/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Northern Beaches Websites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/northernbeacheswebsites/)
 * (@northernbeacheswebsites)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-ideas-randomly/#post-16802272)
 * Hi [@rics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rics/),
 * That’s a great question. We don’t have a standard way of doing this now and this
   is the first request we have had for this.
 * But I can tell you how you could do this if you were open to customising/forking
   the plugin. In the file: plugins/ideapush/inc/shortcode/idea-list-items.php
 * just before line 263, you can put in:
 * $args[‘meta_key’] = ”;
 * $args[‘orderby’] = ‘rand’;
 * That should display the ideas in a random order. You would need to update or 
   hide the ordering labels on the frontend though with CSS or javascript. If I 
   get more requests, I will consider adding this as a standard feature. It should
   be noted that pro users also get priority in terms of feature requests. Thanks
   [@rics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rics/),
 *  Thread Starter [Rics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rics/)
 * (@rics)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-ideas-randomly/#post-16804670)
 * The company I work for is purchasing the PRO version in the next few days. We
   have been using the free version to gather ideas, as expected, but I want to 
   use the plugin in a completely different way for another purpose.
 * For that, I have already hidden the voting system, and it would also be great
   to randomize the ideas for people to read on the frontend.
 * Users… always corrupting the use of software! hahahahahaha
   Thanks for the code..
   Will try that!
 *  Plugin Author [Northern Beaches Websites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/northernbeacheswebsites/)
 * (@northernbeacheswebsites)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-ideas-randomly/#post-16805322)
 * No worries, all good 🙂

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