[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58412: Allowing rand orderby value for post query params

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#58412: Allowing rand orderby value for post query params
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 Reporter:  vrishabhsk              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:
Component:  REST API                |     Version:  4.7
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  dev-feedback has-patch  |     Focuses:  performance
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Changes (by TimothyBlynJacobs):

 * status:  new => closed
 * focuses:  rest-api => performance
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * version:  trunk => 4.7
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 Hi @vrishabhsk,

 Thanks for the ticket and welcome to trac!

 The REST API intentionally does not support `orderby` of `rand` due to
 performance issues and it breaks caching guarantees, see #38693.

 The REST API is very extensible, so plugins can easily add support for it
 if they'd like to: https://felipeelia.dev/wordpress-rest-api-enable-
 random-order-of-posts-list/

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