[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41350: Support for random order in WP_Term_Query::query()

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#41350: Support for random order in WP_Term_Query::query()
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 Reporter:  camthor                              |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request                      |  SergeyBiryukov
 Priority:  normal                               |      Status:  closed
Component:  Taxonomy                             |   Milestone:
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:  4.8
 Keywords:  good-first-bug has-patch has-unit-   |  Resolution:  wontfix
  tests                                          |     Focuses:
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Comment (by bretterer):

 @johnbillion I disagree with the closing of this ticket.  Not because I
 wrote the patch, but because of the consistency.

 My suggestion here is that this does get included, but in the core WP
 Query class (or where appropriate) we add some functionality that most
 hosting providers and look for `ORDER BY rand()` and replace it if the
 explicit option to enable `rand()` is enabled.

 This allows us to have a place to educate users of the issues with
 `rand()` if they are unaware and have to specifically state they are ok
 with the server killing usage of it.

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