How to Display Random Posts in WordPress

Due to the natural structure of blogs, articles end up being buried down once they get old. Most new users join and pick up from the moment they join, and they never bother going back to one of your good posts. One of the easiest way to give a new life to your older posts is by displaying them in the sidebar. In this tutorial, we will share how you can display random posts in your WordPress.

All you have to do is open your sidebar.php, or any other file you like to add it in and paste the following code:

<li><h2>Random Post</h2>
<ul>
<?php $posts = get_posts('orderby=rand&numberposts=5'); foreach($posts as $post) { ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
</li>
<?php } ?>
</ul>
</li>

You can customize the styling around it. If you want to display more than 5 posts, simply change the number 5 to the number of your choice.