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  • Mike Doble
    (Private)  September 14, 2018 at 9:14 pm #188499

    When I choose to display results in a random order in either infinity scroll or normal pagination I am getting duplicate results. This happens with the default template and with my own custom one. Does this not work properly?

    Trevor Moderator
    (Private)  September 17, 2018 at 10:56 am #188540

    Whilst it appears an odd thing to do, WordPress places a random assortment of posts on each page. So, yes, the same post can appear on multiple pages. With some incredibly complex coding it can be ‘fixed’ to work how you would expect it to.

    I think this user may have succeeded:

    https://support.searchandfilter.com/forums/topic/multiple-forms-on-one-page-search-analytics/

    Pedro Rivera
    (Private)  September 18, 2018 at 5:52 pm #188746

    Mike and Trevor, I’m facing exactly the same issue. The code provided on the link didn’t work for me 🙁

    Trevor Moderator
    (Private)  September 19, 2018 at 6:57 am #188763

    Pedro. Sadly, the other user’s code is very complex and well outside the scope of our support. The WordPress random sort order is what it is, and not something we can change.

    Pedro Rivera
    (Private)  September 20, 2018 at 2:00 pm #188920

    Oh, that’s really sad.

    It would be polite to warn users that “WordPress random sort order is what it is” on the screen where we choose the random order and the plugin won’t handle it as expected, avoiding frustrated customers.

    Trevor Moderator
    (Private)  September 20, 2018 at 2:39 pm #188937

    We are working on V3 of our plugin, and that includes the UI, so I will be sure to make a note about that.

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