Aline of the code snippet to the number you want postsperpage 5 Because making a mistake in the functions.php file can break your site its only recommended for users with some technical expertise. If youre a beginner then youll be better off using a plugin to create a display of random posts on your site. Display Random Posts in WordPress Using a Plugin The Advanced Random Posts Widget plugin provides two different options for adding a list of random posts to your WordPress site. You can use the widget to add the list to your sidebar or you can use the shortcode to add the list anywhere on your site. Lets take a closer look at each option below.  Once installed the Advanced Random Posts Widget plugin adds a widget to your WordPress dashboard.

After clicking on Appearance Widgets youll see a widget labeled Random Posts. Drag and drop it into your sidebar. Random Posts Widget being dragged to sidebar in WordPress dashboard Source In your sidebar you can click on the widget Digital Marketing Service to expand its settings. Youll see six tabs General Posts Taxonomy Thumbnail Extras and Custom CSS. Clicking through these tabs youll see a range of customization options. You can include image thumbnails and customize their size and alignment. You can also include excerpts and customize their lengths. Below you can see a random post display that includes thumbnails and excerpts. a frontend display of random posts. 



Hat includes thumbnails and excerpts Source While one of the main benefits of displaying random posts is to promote as much of your content as possible you may have some exceptions. Posts dedicated to your companys biggest conference for example might not be the best fit for this display. With the Advanced Random Posts Widget thats no problem. You can configure the widgets settings to only display posts from specific categories or tags in the Taxonomy tab. If you have coding knowledge you can even add custom CSS.