Title: Random Post Link
Author: scribu
Published: <strong>04 November 2009</strong>
Last modified: 13 Setember 2012

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Random Post Link

 By [scribu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribu/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/random-post-link.zip)

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## Description

Unlike the [Random Redirect](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/random-redirect/)
plugin, this plugin makes sure that a user will not see the same post twice.

It does this by storing a cookie containing a list of single posts that the user
has seen. It then checks that list before redirecting.

#### Usage

Just put this line anywhere in your theme where you want the link to appear.

    ```
    <?php random_post_link(); ?>
    ```

You can specify the text you want on the link like so:

    ```
    <?php random_post_link('Feeling lucky'); ?>
    ```

Links: [Plugin News](http://scribu.net/wordpress/random-post-link) | [Author’s Site](http://scribu.net)

## FAQ

  “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CLASS…” Help!

Make sure your host is running PHP 5. Add this line to wp-config.php to check:

    ```
    var_dump(PHP_VERSION);
    ```

  What happens when there are no more posts?

If a user has seen all the available posts, the plugin will clear the list and redirect
to a random post.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Random Post Link” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ scribu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribu/)

[Translate “Random Post Link” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/random-post-link)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/random-post-link/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/random-post-link/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/random-post-link/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/random-post-link/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * handle case when a user has seen all posts

#### 1.0

 * initial release
 * [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/random-post-link/rpl-1-0.html)

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **50+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.0.5**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/random-post-link/)
 * Tags
 * [button](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/button/)[redirect](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirect/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/random-post-link/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ scribu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribu/)

## Support

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