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I created a custom post type named predic, I’m trying to get within one of this post other four random posts from the same custom post type. I used this code, but I keep getting the same post I’m in 4 times.

<ul>
<?php
$rand_posts = get_posts('numberposts=4&orderby=rand');
foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) :
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

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You need to include setup_postdata($post); in your foreach line. Here's some great demo code from the codex, adopted to fit your query:

<ul>
<?php
global $post;
$tmp_post = $post;
$myposts = get_posts( 'post_type=predic&numberposts=4&orderby=rand' );
foreach( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
    <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php $post = $tmp_post; ?>
</ul>

Note that we're also resetting $post back to the current post, so we don't break other functionality.

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  • I had to add a definition of te post type and it worked like a charm, thanks for your help <ul> <?php global $post; $args = array( 'post_type' => 'predicadores', 'numberposts' => 4, 'orderby' => 'rand'); $tmp_post = $post; $myposts = get_posts( $args ); foreach( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata($post); ?> <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li> <?php endforeach; ?> <?php $post = $tmp_post; ?> </ul>
    – ciro
    Nov 29, 2012 at 16:09
  • Great! I updated my answer to avoid confusion for future visitors. Nov 29, 2012 at 17:31

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