Best random posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular random posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Random Post for Widget leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Random Posts and Pages Widget (1K+) and Random Posts (300+). All 16 plugins tagged “Random Posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 random posts plugins
- 1.
Random Post for WidgetThe most installed random posts plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 2.
Random Posts and Pages Widget1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 6 months ago.
- 3.
Random Posts300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.2.
- 4.
Random300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 5.
Random Posts Widget200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 6.
Advanced Random Posts200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.4.
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Random Post with ajax30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 8.
Random Related Posts20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 9.
ERRP10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.
Random Post Inserter10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 16 plugins tagged “Random Posts”
Random Post for Widget
Down in the last 7 days:21#6,263by 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:52#6,620by 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 Posts
Up in the last 7 days:3#10,372by RobMarsh9 years ago
Displays a list of random posts.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Random
Down in the last 7 days:4#10,804by 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
Random Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:98#11,263by Ady Romantika13 years ago
This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your widgetized sidebar. It supports multiple instances with WordPress 2.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Random Posts
Down in the last 7 days:24#11,754by yakuphan9 years ago
Display random posts from selected categories or current category or all posts with thumbnail images (optional).
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Random Post with ajax
#24,943by sadegh33336 years ago
Combining beauty and efficiency to display random posts
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Random Related Posts
Down in the last 7 days:237#28,228by ray.viljoen15 years ago
A simple sidebar widget to include a custom number of posts from the same category as the current post.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ERRP
Down in the last 7 days:4,032#29,132by BCodeCraft1 year ago
Boost user engagement and SEO with intelligent related and random post suggestions. Simple, clean, and performance-optimized.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Random Post Inserter
Down in the last 7 days:572#31,840by DIZE TECH IT SOLUTIONS1 year ago
Easily insert random post suggestions into your blog content. Great for bloggers who want to increase post engagement with flexible placement options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Random Posts Widget Configurable
#41,962by tlorders13 years ago
Random Posts Widget provides you with a widget that displays random posts. You can set the number of random posts to be displayed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.9(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SB Random Posts Widget
#45,514by Hung Trang Si2 years ago
Simple way display random posts in your blogroll
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fancy Posts Widget
Up in the last 7 days:197#45,967by Mazinger13 years ago
Another posts widget plugin
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Popular Comment Tag Widget
Down in the last 7 days:6,619#47,647by Md Abunaser Khan8 years ago
Provides flexible and advanced recent posts. Display it via shortcode or widget with thumbnails, post excerpt, taxonomy and more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Filtered Blogs with Ajax Pagination
Down in the last 7 days:17,192#72,655by Shubham Sharma11 months ago
Display blog posts with AJAX pagination, filters, and custom styles using shortcodes. Create multiple post blocks easily from the admin panel.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day