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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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{{note|This example requires the [[mw:Extension:ParserFunctions|ParserFunctions]] extension and <code>[[mw:Extension:ParserFunctions|$wgPFEnableStringFunctions]]</code> set to "true" (enabled) in order to function correctly; on Miraheze, ParserFunctions is already installed, the latter setting can be found and enabled in [[meta:ManageWiki|ManageWiki]].}} |
{{note|This example requires the [[mw:Extension:ParserFunctions|ParserFunctions]] extension, and it also requires <code>[[mw:Extension:ParserFunctions|$wgPFEnableStringFunctions]]</code> to be set to "true" (enabled) in order to function correctly; on Miraheze, ParserFunctions is already installed, the latter setting can be found and enabled in [[meta:ManageWiki|ManageWiki]].}} |
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Revision as of 22:02, 11 April 2022
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 }}