Modifying a .php file to display the post randomly rather than by most recent

Hi guys,

I’ve checked the Antisnews theme and it looked ok, although I’d prefer if the posts inside each of the 7 categories were random rather than ordered by most recent.

I’ve been trying to find out what to modify in this .php so that those posts are displayed randomly but can’t find the rigth place.

Any suggestion I could try and see if that achieve it?

Many thanks for any tip…

<?php $featuredcat2excerptlength=$AntisnewsOptions[$themeoptionsprefix.'_featuredcat2excerptlength'];?>
<?php if(isset($AntisnewsOptions[$themeoptionsprefix.'_featuredcat2howmany']) && !empty($AntisnewsOptions[$themeoptionsprefix.'_featuredcat2howmany'])){$featured2showmany=$AntisnewsOptions[$themeoptionsprefix.'_featuredcat2howmany'];}?>
<?php if(isset($AntisnewsOptions[$themeoptionsprefix.'_featuredcat2thumbwidth']) && !empty($AntisnewsOptions[$themeoptionsprefix.'_featuredcat2thumbwidth'])){$featuredcat2thumbnailwidth=$AntisnewsOptions[$themeoptionsprefix.'_featuredcat2thumbwidth'];}?>
<?php if(isset($AntisnewsOptions[$themeoptionsprefix.'_featuredcat2thumbheight']) && !empty($AntisnewsOptions[$themeoptionsprefix.'_featuredcat2thumbheight'])){$featuredcat2thumbnailheight=$AntisnewsOptions[$themeoptionsprefix.'_featuredcat2thumbheight'];}?>
<?php if(!isset($featuredcat2thumbnailwidth) || empty($featuredcat2thumbnailwidth)){$featuredcat2thumbnailwidth = 100;}?>
<?php if(!isset($featuredcat2thumbnailheight) || empty($featuredcat2thumbnailheight)){$featuredcat2thumbnailheight = 75;}?>
<?php global $featuredcatimageszoomcrop,$featuredcatimagesquality;?>
<?php if(!isset($featured2showmany) || empty($featured2showmany)){$featured2showmany=3;} ?>
<h2><a href="<?php echo get_category_link($featuredpostscat2);?>"><?php echo $featuredpostscatname2; ?> </a></h2>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php $featured2postquery = new WP_Query('cat='.$featuredpostscat2.'&showposts='.$featured2showmany); ?>

<?php $count=0; while($featured2postquery->have_posts()) : $featured2postquery->the_post(); ?>

	<div class="featured2">

	<?php $thecimage = get_image_for_crop($post->ID,$thumborno=1);?>
	<?php if (isset($thecimage) && !empty($thecimage)) { $thecimgloc=antisnews_crop_img($thecimage,$featuredcat2thumbnailwidth,$featuredcat2thumbnailheight,$featuredcatimagesquality,$featuredcatimageszoomcrop,$post->ID);?>
	<?php if(isset($thecimgloc) && !empty($thecimgloc)){?>
	<div class="imgstyle">
	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php _e("Permanent Link to","Antisnews");?> <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $thecimgloc;?>" width="<?php echo $featuredcat2thumbnailwidth;?>" height="<?php echo $featuredcat2thumbnailheight;?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" border="0"/>
	</div>
	<?php } else {if($AntisnewsOptions[$themeoptionsprefix.'_noimagethumbnailstate'] != 'off'){ ?>
	<?php $noimg=get_bloginfo('template_url').'/images/noimg.gif';?>
	<?php $thecimgloc=antisnews_crop_img($noimg,$featuredcat2thumbnailwidth,$featuredcat2thumbnailheight,$featuredcatimagesquality,$featuredcatimageszoomcrop,$post->ID);?>
	<div class="imgstyle">
	<img src="<?php echo $thecimgloc; ?>" width="<?php echo $featuredcat2thumbnailwidth;?>" height="<?php echo $featuredcat2thumbnailheight;?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" border="0"/>
	</div>
	<?php } } ?>
	<?php } else { if($AntisnewsOptions[$themeoptionsprefix.'_noimagethumbnailstate'] != "off"){ ?>
	<?php $noimg=get_bloginfo('template_url').'/images/noimg.gif';?>
	<?php $thecimgloc=antisnews_crop_img($noimg,$featuredcat2thumbnailwidth,$featuredcat2thumbnailheight,$featuredcatimagesquality,$featuredcatimageszoomcrop,$post->ID);?>
	<div class="imgstyle">
	<img src="<?php echo $thecimgloc;?>" width="<?php echo $featuredcat2thumbnailwidth;?>" height="<?php echo $featuredcat2thumbnailheight;?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" border="0"/>
	</div>
	<?php } } ?>

		<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title();?></a></h3>

		<?php $rcsspthec = get_the_excerpt(); ?>
		<?php if (!isset($rcsspthec) || empty($rcsspthec)){ $rcsspthec = get_the_content(); }?>
		<?php $rcsspthec = strip_tags($rcsspthec);?>
		<?php $rcsspthec = str_replace(' ',' ',$rcsspthec );?>
		<?php $rcsspthec = preg_replace( '|\[(.+?)\](.+?\[/\\1\])?|s', '', $rcsspthec );?>
		<?php if(!isset($featuredcat2excerptlength) || empty($featuredcat2excerptlength) || !is_numeric($featuredcat2excerptlength)){ $featuredcat2excerptlength=150; } ?>
		<?php if(strlen($rcsspthec) > $featuredcat2excerptlength){$rcsspthec=LimitText(trim($rcsspthec),10,$featuredcat2excerptlength,""); }?>

		<p>
		<?php echo $rcsspthec; ?>
		[<a class="morelink" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">Read More</a>]
 		</p>

	 </div>
	 <div class="clear"></div>

<?php $count++;?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>