Get random post in Wordpress

Question

How do I get a random post in Wordpress?

I would like to display a button on a page that, when pressed, goes to a random post from the blog. I don\'t want a random post

Answer 1

I found this post which gave me desired results...

Here's a solution copy/pasted from the wpbeginner blog post. No copyright infringement intended.

Just add the following code to the functions.php file:

add_action('init','random_add_rewrite');
function random_add_rewrite() {
   global $wp;
   $wp->add_query_var('random');
   add_rewrite_rule('random/?$', 'index.php?random=1', 'top');
}

add_action('template_redirect','random_template');
function random_template() {
   if (get_query_var('random') == 1) {
           $posts = get_posts('post_type=post&orderby=rand&numberposts=1');
           foreach($posts as $post) {
                   $link = get_permalink($post);
           }
           wp_redirect($link,307);
           exit;
   }
}

Use mydomain.com/random/ as your href for your button that leads to the random post.

Thanks everyone who contributed for your help...

Cheers!