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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. |
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. |
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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=20240627 }}