Title: Random Excerpts Fader Author: Jack Reichert Published: September 4, 2010 Last modified: February 4, 2017 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/random-excerpts-fader/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1216119) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/random-excerpts-fader/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1216119) # Random Excerpts Fader By [Jack Reichert](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jackreichert/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/random-excerpts-fader.zip) * [Details](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/random-excerpts-fader/#description) * [Reviews](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/random-excerpts-fader/#reviews) * [Installation](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/random-excerpts-fader/#installation) * [Development](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/random-excerpts-fader/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-excerpts-fader/) ## Description This plugin was developed to display excerpts from random posts in a category. jQuery is used for fading the plugin in and out. It’s a great way for displaying testimonials of clients or just giving a snapshot of content from your site. **Shortcode added as of version 1.4** The most basic use is: `[reFader]` this will use the default options. Here is an example of all the options in use [reFader title=”Random Excerpts” cat=”23″ type =”post” amount=”5″ length=”50″ duration=”5000″ linked=”no” url=”http://www.jackreichert. com/”] This will show 5 (amount) posts (type) from category #23 (cat). It will show 50 ( length) words from each post and fade out/in every 5 seconds (duration). It will not link each title to the corresponding post, but it **will** link **all** the titles to this plugins page (url). ## Installation 1. Upload the RandomExcerptsFader folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Place widget in desired place and set options there. ## FAQ Are you planning on developing this further to include thumbnails? ~~Eventually.~~ Done! Is it true that you coded the first version of this plugin live on stage at a WordCamp, with Matt in the audience? Most definitely. What about foo bar? The foo bar is not a problem here. Don’t worry about it. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Random Excerpts Fader” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jack Reichert ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jackreichert/) [Translate “Random Excerpts Fader” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/random-excerpts-fader) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/random-excerpts-fader/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/random-excerpts-fader/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/random-excerpts-fader/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/random-excerpts-fader/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.4.1 * array_merge() error #### 2.4 * Post types added. #### 2.3 * Added fallback so it shows all for circumstances when jQuery.ready() won’t work. #### 2.2 * Fixed php errors #### 2.1 * Implemented plugins_url #### 2.0 * Added featured images as an alternative to excerpts. * Fixed JS issues with excerpt height in some browsers. #### 1.4 * Added Shortcode * Cleaned up jQuery #### 1.3.1 * Opacity bug #### 1.3 * Fixed IE bugs * Rewrote the js to make it more efficient * Added fixed height option #### 1.2.7 * Tested on 3.2 RC1 * “all categories” had stopped working in this version – Fixed. #### 1.2.5 * Fixed title when not linked #### 1.2.4 * fixed linking bug (thanks to Martin). #### 1.2.3 * Switched loop to get_posts. #### 1.2.2 * Styles enqueued properly. #### 1.2 * Replaced deprecated the_content_rss() with custom function. #### 1.1 * Fix for includes. #### 1.0 * This is the first live version ## Meta * Version **2.4.1** * Last updated: **10 years ago** * Active installations: **30+** * WordPress Version: ** 3.5 or higher ** * Tested up to: **4.7.37** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/random-excerpts-fader/) * Tags: * [category](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[excerpts](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/excerpts/) [random](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/random/)[testimonials](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/testimonials/) * [Advanced View](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/random-excerpts-fader/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-excerpts-fader/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-excerpts-fader/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-excerpts-fader/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-excerpts-fader/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-excerpts-fader/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-excerpts-fader/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-excerpts-fader/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Jack Reichert ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jackreichert/) ## Support Got something to say? 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