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[Resolved] MediaPress – Media List shortcode randomisation

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    Richard Strong on July 15, 2020 at 11:44 pm #31761

    Hello,

    I understand the orderby parameter functions in the media list shortcode and have used it successfully, but it doesn’t seem to randomise entries.

    Could I get an example of how this is used / written?

    Thanks

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    Brajesh Singh on July 17, 2020 at 11:54 am #31778

    Hi Richard,
    Please try using

    

orderby = 'random'

    That should do it.

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Richard Strong on July 17, 2020 at 11:35 pm #31809

    Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to work. I tried different variations: orderby=random, orderby=’random’, orderby=”random” and none of them worked.

    orderby=modified (as an example) does but not the random option.

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    Richard Strong on July 18, 2020 at 12:00 am #31810

    I had a quick google and a different variation that someone suggested does work: orderby=rand.

    So orderby=random is incorrect, at least on my installation.

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    Brajesh Singh on July 18, 2020 at 3:53 am #31812

    Hi Richard,
    yes, ‘rand’ is the correct value.
    https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#order-orderby-parameters

    I was mistaken by our internal docs. Need to update that.

    Regards
    Brajesh

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