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Random Off

WordPress plugin that disables the /random/ redirect added in WordPress 7.2.

by Enrique Chavez · github.com/tmeister/wp-random-off · website

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/tmeister/wp-random-off/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/tmeister/wp-random-off ↗

Disables the /random/ redirect that WordPress 7.2 adds to your site.

Why

WordPress 7.2 adds a /random/ URL that sends visitors to a random piece of content on your site. If you'd rather not have it, this plugin turns it off.

There are no settings. Activate the plugin to disable the redirect, and deactivate it to bring the core behavior back.

How it works

The whole plugin is one filter:

add_filter( 'wp_enable_random_content_redirect', '__return_false' );

It stores no data, adds no database tables, and makes no external requests.

Installation

From WordPress.org

  1. In your admin, go to Plugins → Add New and search for "Random Off".
  2. Click Install Now, then Activate.

From this repo

cd wp-content/plugins
git clone https://github.com/Tmeister/wp-random-off.git random-off

Then activate Random Off on the Plugins screen. You can also do it with WP-CLI:

wp plugin activate random-off

Without the plugin

If you'd rather not install a plugin, add the same filter to a must-use plugin or to your theme's functions.php:

add_filter( 'wp_enable_random_content_redirect', '__return_false' );

Requirements

  • WordPress 7.2 or later
  • PHP 7.4 or later

Changelog

1.0.0

  • Initial release.

License

GPLv2 or later.

Made by Enrique Chavez.