random category list

<?php
//display random sorted list of terms in a given taxonomy
$taxonomy = 'category';
$terms = get_terms($taxonomy);
shuffle ($terms);
//echo 'shuffled';
if ($terms) {
	foreach($terms as $term) {
		echo '<p><a href="' . get_category_link( $term->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $term->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $term->name.'</a></p> ';
	}
}
?>

thanks MichaelH ??

but how can i limit the category list because this code show all category i want show only 10 category .

Put a counter in the foreach loop.

please give me some more detail because i am newbie in wordpress ??

thanks

hello MichaelH

some counter code i searched on google but thet can’t work ??
please help

<?php
//display random sorted list of terms in a given taxonomy
$counter = 0;
$max = 5; //number of categories to display
$taxonomy = 'category';
$terms = get_terms($taxonomy);
shuffle ($terms);
//echo 'shuffled';
if ($terms) {
	foreach($terms as $term) {
		$counter++;
		if ($counter <= $max) {
	  	echo '<p><a href="' . get_category_link( $term->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $term->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $term->name.'</a></p> ';
	 	}
	}
}
?>

thank you very much Michael ??

I have problems getting this to work with custom taxonomies. The permalink won’t print, and if I change it to “get_term_link” it returns an error. Any help?

Got it! Swap out get_category_link( $term->term_id ) for get_term_link( $term, $taxonomy )