by Christoph 5 (20 reviews)

Random Post Plugin - Redirect URL to Post

Name: Random Post Plugin - Redirect URL to Post
Rating: 5.0 (20 reviews)
Author: Christoph

Automatically redirect to your latest, oldest, random, or other post through a custom URL

Random Post Plugin ranks #3,885 among WordPress.org plugins with 3,000+ active installations, is #434 of 4,933 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 5/5 rating from 20 reviews, and was last updated Jun 8, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1)

v0.25.0 Current Version v0.25.0

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 08 Jun, 2025

Refreshed 16 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#434 of 4,933 in Utilities & Tools Top 5% by installs Downloads +6.5% this week No update in over a year

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#3,885

-3 this week

Active Installs

3K+

-23.7%

KW Avg Position

54.5

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Downloads

83.6K

+3 today

Support Resolved

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100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (20 reviews)

Next Milestone 4K

Total Progress 90.4%

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Plugin Details

Version: 0.25.0
Last Updated: Jun 08, 2025
Requires WP: 4.9+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: 8.0 or higher
Author: Christoph

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 20
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to direct visitors to a specific post via a custom URL. It solves the problem of manually updating links by dynamically redirecting to posts like the latest, oldest, random, or previous/next based on configurable conditions.

Redirect to random post
Redirect to latest post
Redirect to oldest post
Redirect to previous or next post
Custom ordering via parameters
Caching of database results
Shortcode redirect button
Filter posts by author or date

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Random Post Plugin - Redirect URL to Post

The first thing you should try is to add &rutpdebug (or &rutpdebug=2 for advanced users) to the URL. This will show you more details about what is happening in the background. At the end you will see the URL of the resulting post without actually going there.

There can be only one winner. The post that would be first in the list (as determined by WP) beats all others. 3. The random parameter redirects always to the same post You probably use a caching plugin or service that also caches query strings. Try adding an exception for the string "redirect_to=". If you use Cloudflare, you can try their Page Rules.

Obviously only URLs of the WordPress blog where this plugin is installed. 5. The post cannot be found but I'm sure that it's there and that it's public The most common reason is that this post belongs to a special post type. Try the parameter "post_type", for example "post_type=product".

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