Random posts in sidebar
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Hi. Based on the get_posts() documentation on the Codex, I’m trying to create a simple sidebar widget to list 5 random posts from the blog’s archives. My code is as follows:
function widget_from_the_archives($args) { extract($args); ?> <?php echo $before_widget; ?> <?php echo $before_title . "From the archives" . $after_title; ?> <ul> <?php $rand_posts = get_posts("numberposts=5&orderby=rand"); foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) : setup_postdata($post); ?> <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li> <?php endforeach; ?> </ul> <?php echo $after_widget; ?> <?php }
Problem is, this code selects the same post 5 times. Am I doing something wrong? The code seems pretty straightforward, but it’s not working for me. Please let me know if I’m missing something obvious.
Thanks in advance,
Richa Avasthi
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