Random Excerpts Fader WordPress Plugin
Creates a widget that takes randomly a number of excerpts from a category of your choice and fades them in and out.
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" amount="5" length="50" duration="5000" linked="no" url="http://www.jackreichert.com/plugins/random-excerpts-fader/"]This will show 5 (amount) posts 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
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Usage of Random Excerpts Fader over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 16 to 9 — down 7 (-43.8%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 9 | -2 |
| June 2024 | 11 | +0 |
| May 2024 | 11 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 11 | +1 |
| March 2024 | 10 | +2 |
| February 2024 | 8 | -3 |
| January 2024 | 11 | -3 |
| December 2023 | 14 | +0 |
| November 2023 | 14 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 14 | -2 |
| September 2023 | 16 | -1 |
| August 2023 | 17 | +0 |
| July 2023 | 17 | +1 |
| June 2023 | 16 | — |
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