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Random Post for Widget
v5.0Not updated in over a year
This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your sidebar. You can exclude certain posts by ID.
by Shashi Dhar Kumar · Website
postsrandomrandom postRandom Postssimple plugin
- Rank
- #6,264 24h -11 · 7d -8
- Est. installs
- 1,550 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 19K all time
- Rating
- 4.7 ★ 3 reviews
- Official installs
- 1,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 0 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- — of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 6.1.15 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
3.6 years ago
Last release
- Version
- 5.0
- Requires WP
- 4.5
- Requires PHP
- —
- On WP.org since
- 2012
About Random Post for Widget
Random Post for Widget is a WordPress plugin by Shashi Dhar Kumar, first published on WordPress.org in 2012. It has 1,000+ active installations and 19,182 downloads in total, and ranks #6,264 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 8 places. Users rate it 4.7 out of 5 across 3 reviews. Version 5.0 was released 3.6 years ago; WordPress.org flags plugins that have not been updated in over a year. It is tested up to WordPress 6.1.15 and requires WordPress 4.5 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under posts, random, random post, Random Posts and simple plugin. Plugins with a similar focus include Random Posts and Pages Widget, Random Post Plugin and Post Category Filter (WP Admin).
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