[Anonymous]

Anonymous

#8514

Hi guys,

I have been busy with exams during last few weeks. That’s why I haven’t been here for a long….

Anyway, I am trying to create a “Random post/page’ link for my site. Read few tutorials on WP and other sites on how to do it. They recommended using a custom page template with the rand function like the following and then assigning that page template to a page.

<?php

query_posts(array('orderby' => 'rand', 'showposts' => 1));

if (have_posts()) :

while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>



<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>



<?php the_content(); ?>



<?php endwhile;

endif; ?>

My question is, is there a way to create a random posts link on Graphene Child theme without creating a whole new page template? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous

#41354

function le_random_post() {

if ( isset( $_GET['random'] ) && $_GET['random'] == 1 ) {

$posts = get_posts( 'post_type=post&orderby=rand&numberposts=1' );

foreach( $posts as $post ) {

$link = get_permalink( $post );

}

wp_redirect( $link,307 );

exit;

}

}

add_action( 'template_redirect','le_random_post' );

Then add http://sanuja.com/blog/?random=1 link somewhere, like in the nav manu.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous

#41355

Wow, fast reply and it works! Thank you Prasanna for coming to my rescue.