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This will list pages from [[:Category:Fruit examples]], a random count of 3, with the random seed set to a new value every day. Using this on your homepage, you could present a stable set of random articles for one day and switch to another set every day.
{{note|This example requires the [[mw:Extension:ParserFunctions|ParserFunctions]] extension, and it also requires <code>[[mw:Extension:ParserFunctions|$wgPFEnableStringFunctions]]</code> to be set to "true" (enabled) in order to function correctly; on Miraheze, ParserFunctions is already installed
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Latest revision as of 22:43, 31 March 2023
Example
This will list pages from Category:Fruit examples, a random count of 3, with the random seed set to a new value every day. Using this on your homepage, you could present a stable set of random articles for one day and switch to another set every day.
{{#dpl: |category=Fruit examples |randomcount=3 |randomseed={{#time:Ymd}} }}
Result
{{#dpl: |category=Fruit examples |randomcount=3 |randomseed=20240704 }}