How to Display Random Content on Your WordPress Site

Random Content plugin main page.

When my client asked about a new page on their WordPress website, a page that would display random content in two sections of the page, I had a number of questions about what they envisioned.

  • What were the goals for the two sections?
  • Was the content already available?
  • Was the content images? Graphs? Videos? Text?
  • Would the content be a mix of text and imagery?
  • Would each piece of content link to another post or page on the client’s site? Or to an external site?
  • What was the expected behavior for the two sections of content?

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Photo of the Week: Common Gallinule

gray and brown marsh bird wades along the edge of the Lake Erie marsh looking for food.

Check out those green legs of the Common Gallinule! It’s been over 20 years since I saw my first Common Gallinule, but I’ve only seen their long green legs in the past two years. The unexpected leg color always makes me smile. I remember the first time I saw a Common Gallinule, in the mid… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Common Gallinule

July 17, 2020: Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn about getting UX writing right in your microcopy, find out what to expect in WordPress 5.5, discover how to add a backdrop filter effect with CSS, and more. Continue reading July 17, 2020: Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News