(New) Random Posts Widget
Hi guys,
for I was missing this feature, I added it
It's a alteration of the already existing widgets of the theme.
Just add the code snippet attached in your widgets.php between
Max
P.S.: This randomness only works properly, if NO page caching plugin is enabled (There are ways, to exclude widgets from caching, but that's too much work to alter )
Regards,
Max
for I was missing this feature, I added it
It's a alteration of the already existing widgets of the theme.Just add the code snippet attached in your widgets.php between
register_widget('Apollo13_Widget_Popular_Posts');and
class Apollo13_Widget_Related_Posts extends WP_Widget {
Oh, and if you want to show only random posts of a certain category change
$r = new WP_Query(array($search_string => $__search,'post__not_in' => array($post->ID), 'posts_per_page' => $number, 'no_found_rows' => true, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'ignore_sticky_posts' => true));to
$r = new WP_Query(array($search_string => $__search,'post__not_in' => array($post->ID), 'posts_per_page' => $number, 'no_found_rows' => true, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'ignore_sticky_posts' => true, 'category_name' => 'PUT_YOUR_CATEGORY_NAME_HERE'));in the attached snippet.
Max
P.S.: This randomness only works properly, if NO page caching plugin is enabled (There are ways, to exclude widgets from caching, but that's too much work to alter
)Regards,
Max
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