Reply To: Post Object at random

• rhand

• December 8, 2021 at 1:32 am

Only using

<php?
function imwz_rand_posts() { 
 
$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'molecule',
    'orderby'   => 'rand',
    'posts_per_page' => 1, 
    );
 
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
$string = ''; 
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {

$string .= '<div>';
    while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
        $the_query->the_post();
        $string .= '<h3><a href="'. get_permalink() .'">'. get_the_title() .'</a></h3>';
				$string .= '<p>' . the_excerpt() . '</p>';
    }
    $string .= '</div>';
    /* Restore original Post Data */
    wp_reset_postdata();
} else {
 
$string .= 'no posts found';
}
 
return $string; 
} 

// [imwz-random-posts] shortcode
add_shortcode('imwz-random-posts','imwz_rand_posts');
add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

the paragraph part loads above all other data/blocks and not below the title inside the same shortcode block. Any ideas why?