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by Ady Romantika 1 (0 reviews)

Random Posts Widget

This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your widgetized sidebar. It supports multiple instances with WordPress 2.

Random Posts Widget ranks #11,170 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, is #1,524 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated May 30, 2013. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.5 (Current: 7.1.4)
v2.1 Current Version v2.1
Updated 13 years ago Last Update on 30 May, 2013
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#1,524 of 8,848 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Random Posts Widget. Checked 3 months ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to showcase random posts in their sidebar. It solves the problem of manually curating sidebar content by automatically pulling random posts based on configurable settings.

  • Displays random posts widget
  • Supports multiple widget instances
  • Bulleted list display option
  • Paragraph list display option
  • Paragraph with line breaks option
  • Configurable post count
  • Category-based post filtering

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Random Posts Widget

Random Posts Widget has 200+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Random Posts Widget is developed by Ady Romantika and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Random Posts Widget requires WordPress 2.1 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 3.5.
Random Posts Widget has been downloaded 65,030+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Random Posts Widget is 2.1. It was last updated on May 30, 2013.
Yes. Random Posts Widget is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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