Random posts in archive.php?

  • I’ve got this in my archive.php… but how do i randomise the posts?

    <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php the_title();?>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>

    Thanks heaps!!

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  • Try changing this:

    <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

    to this:

    <?php global $query_string;
query_posts($query_string . '&orderby=rand');
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

    You should note that randomizing will interfere with pagination. Pagination really doesn’t make sense with random retrieval.

    Thread Starter Pete

    (@perthmetro)

    Thanks i’ll give it a go.

    Thread Starter Pete

    (@perthmetro)

    This worked

    <?php $posts = query_posts($query_string . '&orderby=rand'); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
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