=== Random Posts Widget === Contributors: adywarna Donate link: http://www.romantika.name/v2/ Tags: random, posts, random posts, widget Requires at least: 2.1 Tested up to: 3.5.1 Stable tag: 2.1 This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your widgetized sidebar. It supports multiple instances with WordPress 2.8 and above. == Description == This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your widgetized sidebar. It supports multiple instances with WordPress 2.8 and above. == Installation == 1. Upload `randomposts.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/random-posts-widget` directory 1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 1. Use your 'Presentation'/'Sidebar Widgets' settings to drag and configure Or use the automatic update feature == Configuration == * Widget title: the title of the widget * List types: ul for bulleted list, p for paragraph, br for paragraph with line breaks * Post count: Number of random posts you would like to be displayed * Category: Only this category will be selected as the source == Change Log == * 07-May-2007: Fixed a bug of displaying widget before and after tag * 14-Jun-2007: Fixed a bug where pages are also selected. Now it only displays posts. * 26-Jun-2007: Removed before and after configuration options, now taken from theme settings * 03-Aug-2007: Overhauled entire engine to optimize queries. This has been tested on a test blog with 50,000 posts on an old machine (Pentium III 600MHz) in maximum 3 seconds. Also removed duplicated results and added category to choose. * 04-Aug-2007: Fixed a bug where wrong permalink was displayed * 10-Aug-2007: Fixed a bug where if 1 post count is selected an error occured * 27-Sep-2007: Added ability to detect database version (WordPress 2.3 has database changed) while maintaining backward-compatibility with 2.2.x * 30-May-2013: Use WP_Widget to allow multiple instances since WordPress 2.8, while maintaining backwards-compatibility