Extension:Random In Category

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Random In Category Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page
Description	Direct the user to a random page in a specified category
Author(s)	Victor Vasiliev (VasilievVVtalk)
Latest version	2.2.0 (2019-04-04)
MediaWiki	1.25+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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The Random In Category extension allows you to direct the user to a random page in a specified category.

Usage

Very similarly to Special:Random, you can specify a category name as a parameter to the page. Thus, Special:RandomInCategory/Foo or Special:RandomPageInCategory/Foo (MW ≥ MW 1.22) will get you a page from the "Foo" category.

Comparison to Core

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.22

In MediaWiki 1.22, a Special:RandomInCategory feature was added to core. The core version gives much more biased results than this extension (However, it has much less performance overhead). Versions of this extension for MediaWiki 1.22 and greater change the name that this extension provides from Special:RandomInCategory to Special:RandomPageInCategory to prevent conflict with the core feature.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted RandomInCategory folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/RandomInCategory
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'RandomInCategory' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.