Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to Post

Settings and Parameters

There is no settings page in the backend. You configure the plugin entirely through the query parameters in the URL.

Please find more information about parameters and troubleshooting on the plugin website .

Examples for URLs

Note: Replace “http://www.example.com/” with your own website location. Spaces are written as “%20”.

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=latest – redirects to the latest post

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=random&pk_campaign=random – redirects to a random post and tracks the visit

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=prev – redirects to the previous post

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=random&each_once=rewind – redirects to a random post, avoiding duplicates, and then starts over again

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=prev&offset=1 – redirects to the post before the previous post

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=random&count=10 – redirects to a random post among the 10 latest posts

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=random&count=10&bias=80 – redirects to a random post. The plugin picks one from the latest 10 with a probability of 80% and from the rest with a probability of 20%

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=random&count=10&offset=1 – redirects to a random post among the 10 posts that come after the latest

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=random&after=1%20month%20ago – redirects to a random post among the posts that are not older than 1 month

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=latest&exclude=4,7 – redirects to the latest post, excluding the posts with the IDs 4 and 7

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=latest&offset=1 – redirects to the second latest post

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=custom&orderby=comment_count&order=DESC – redirects to the post with the most comments

http://www.example.com/?redirect_to=latest&s=iaido&default_redirect_to=12&cache=200 – redirects to the latest post that contains the word ‘iaido’ or, if nothing can be found, to the page or post with the ID 12; use a cache with a 200 second lifetime

Button

The plugin also provides a shortcode [redirect_to_post_button] to create a simple button. Some parameters are available.

A button that links to a random post is a great way to increase your visitors’ on-site engagement and therefore your SEO ranking !

(video by WPBeginner)

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