Best random post plugins for WordPress
The most popular random post plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Random Post Plugin leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Random Post for Widget (1K+) and Random Posts and Pages Widget (1K+). All 13 plugins tagged “random post” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 random post plugins
- 1.
Random Post PluginThe most installed random post plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 20 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Random Post for Widget1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 3.
Random Posts and Pages Widget1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 6 months ago.
- 4.
Random Post on Refresh500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Random300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 6.
Vi Random Post Widget100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Infinite Scroll Random Post90+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Random Post Date60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 9.
Post of the Day20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 10.
Simplicy Random Post10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
All 13 plugins tagged “random post”
Random Post Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:4#4,027by Christoph1 year ago
Automatically redirect to your latest, oldest, random, or other post through a custom URL
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Random Post for Widget
Down in the last 7 days:31#6,271by Shashi Dhar Kumar3 years ago
This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your sidebar. You can exclude certain posts by ID.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Random Posts and Pages Widget
Down in the last 7 days:49#6,624by Ays Pro6 months ago
The main advantage of this widget is random movement of random links and every time they are changing.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Random Post on Refresh
Down in the last 7 days:11#9,132by Micah Wood1 year ago
Show a random post on every page load.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Random
Up in the last 7 days:20#10,772by Scribit2 years ago
Random, a great plugin designed to insert random contents, posts and other types, into your website. Enjoy its shortcodes!
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Vi Random Post Widget
Down in the last 7 days:19#13,655by Team Startbit7 years ago
Vi Random Posts Widget plugin allows us to create a custom random or category posts list as a widget. It gives you a list of random posts via shortcod …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Infinite Scroll Random Post
Up in the last 7 days:47#16,901by Gero Nikolov1 year ago
This plugin will implement AJAX loading (Infinite Scroll) for the article pages. The next article will be loaded when the user gets to the bottom of e …
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Random Post Date
Up in the last 7 days:268#19,664by Joseph Adediji1 year ago
A simple plugin that changes the date of your posts to any random date in the past or future, with an option to exclude some posts.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post of the Day
#28,011by mdavison15 years ago
Plugin to display a random post from a particular category.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simplicy Random Post
#29,595by fred9114 years ago
Simplicy Random Post is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display random items in your sidebar, you can choose the month and year of publication o …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Random Post Loader
Up in the last 7 days:4,202#40,639by Farsad Fakhim12 years ago
This is a simple plugin to add a widget to your website that loads random post(s) for you. :)
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sticky Recent Random Posts
Up in the last 7 days:5,220#41,489by mahavirnahata10 years ago
Sticky Recent Random Posts Plugin lets user to add sticky bar at bottom.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Load Random Post
Down in the last 7 days:409#48,258by appsoln8 years ago
Load Random Post plugin loads any one post of any post type randomly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day