get_post random and order by not working

Question

I have this code that returns list of post title as links, but when I add the 'orderby' and 'order' parameters - it returns results but 'orderby, order, rand' do not work, can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

<ul>
   <?php $post; $cat_posts = get_posts(array('numberposts' => 10, 'orderby' => 'rand', 'order' => ASC, 'category' => $disciplineCatID));
   foreach($cat_posts as $post) : ?>
   <?php $postTitle = get_the_title(); if($title != $postTitle) :?>
   <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">&rsaquo;&rsaquo; <?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
   <?php endif ;?>
   <?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

Answer 1

Why don't you try to use query_posts instead?

Something like:

$args = array(
    'orderby' => 'rand',
    'order'    => 'ASC'
);
query_posts( $args );

Answer 2

Yes, this is the correct syntax:

$args = array(
    'orderby' => 'rand',
    'order'    => 'ASC'
);
query_posts( $args );

However plugins can keep this from working properly. Try disabling ALL plugins and see if that helps. Two known plugins which keep orderby=rand from working are Post Type Order and WP_Sticky

Answer 3

try this code

<?php 
   remove_all_filters('posts_orderby');
   query_posts('orderby=rand'); 
?>

got the answer from here

http://www.reinaris.nl/wp/wordpress-random-post-order-not-working-orderbyrand/

Answer 4

You probably forgot to setup_postdata inside your foreach loop to get template tags to work.