My “create your own theme” project is still in progress, in fact to date, i’ve come out with more than three design but nothing is remarkable yet. Creating a theme, as I experienced it is not very difficult . But getting the result that can satisfy me is one difficult task. The “project” still ongoing, but don’t know until when. for the time being, current theme is here to stay.

On the other side, i’ve create a tiny plugin to display entries randomly on the sidebar or virtually anywhere you like. This plugin inspired by chronosight random entry feature. I searched for built-in function but to my disappointment, it only shows chronologically. I don’t really know why I didn’t search for it in the first place, I just assume that it’s doesn’t exist, there are dozens similar plug-in already available. And making a simple plug-in for wp is not difficult at all, may be that’s why. Since I already created it, might as well I share it with everyone. Installation and usage is very simple.

Step 1: Download the file
Step 2: Copy/upload to plug-in directory
Step 3: Activate it
Step 4: Copy the following code to your desired location:

<ul class=”random-links”>
<?php ss_random_entries(); ?>
</ul>

The options you have is:

ss_random_entries($num_posts = 10, $excerpt_length = 100, $prefix = “<li>”, $postfix = “</li>”)

The live example is on my sidebar

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