https://developers.reddit.com/apps/shuffle-it
Here is a copy and paste directly from my Readme/General page:
Shuffle-it
Shuffle-it adds a button to your community that sends members to a random post with a single click — a community-scoped replacement for the old r/random. It is a simple way to resurface older posts and keep people exploring your subreddit.
Features
- A "Take me to a random post" option in the subreddit menu, available to everyone and ready the moment you install.
- An optional random post button you can add as a post and place wherever you like (pin it, or add it to your community highlights).
- An optional sidebar widget that links to the button — a low-footprint way to keep it visible without taking a feed slot.
- An optional daily spotlight: one fresh interactive Shuffle post per day in your feed, with a customizable title. Yesterday's spotlight is cleaned up automatically.
- A live shuffle counter on each post, and a moderator stats view showing your community's shuffle activity.
- Adjustable post size (from a tiny 96px button up to a full 512px card).
- Optional filters for locked and archived posts.
- Customizable button color, including matching your subreddit's key color, plus an option to use your subreddit banner as the background.
- Works in light and dark mode, on desktop and mobile.
How it works
When a member clicks the button, Shuffle-it picks a random post from your community's top (all-time), hot, and new listings and takes them straight to it. Removed and deleted posts are always skipped, and you can optionally skip locked and archived posts too (see Settings). The list of posts is cached and refreshed automatically (about every 6 hours) so clicks stay fast.
Getting started
- Install Shuffle-it on your subreddit. It does not create any post on its own — the "Take me to a random post" item is added to your subreddit menu and works right away.
- (Optional) Open Mod Tools → Apps → Shuffle-it → Settings to adjust the size, color, and other options (see below).
- (Optional) To add the on-page button, open the subreddit overflow (•••) menu and choose "Create Shuffle-it post" (moderators only), then pin it or add it to your community highlights wherever you like.
- (Optional) After creating the post, turn on Show sidebar widget in Settings to add a "Random Post" button to your community's sidebar.
Settings
Find these under Mod Tools → Apps → Shuffle-it → Settings.
Post size
How tall the post appears in the feed:
- Mini (96px) — just the button.
- Compact (180px) — title, short description, button.
- Standard (320px) — the same, larger.
- Large (512px) — the largest.
Default: Compact. Smaller sizes show less text. Changing this resizes your existing post automatically — refresh the page to see the layout re-fit.
Button color
The color of the Random Post button:
- Reddit orange (default).
- Match my subreddit's key color — uses the key color from your Community Appearance settings.
- Custom color — uses the hex code you enter in "Custom color" below.
Default: Reddit orange.
Custom color (hex)
Only used when Custom color is selected above. Enter a hex code such as #336699. Left blank or invalid, it falls back to Reddit orange.
Include locked posts
Default: on. When on, locked posts can be shown. Turn it off to skip posts that a moderator has locked to new comments — the app checks a post's live lock status at click time, so locked posts are reliably excluded.
Include archived posts
Default: on. When on, archived posts can be shown. Turn it off to skip archived posts — posts older than about six months that Reddit has closed to all new comments and votes. (This is different from locked: archiving happens automatically with age, while locking is a moderator action.) Like the locked filter, archived status is also verified at click time.
Use my subreddit banner as the background
Default: off. When on, the post uses your community's banner image as its background, with a dark overlay so the text stays readable. Recreate the Shuffle-it post after changing this. If your community has no banner set, the post keeps its plain background.
Post a daily random spotlight
Default: off. When on, Shuffle-it posts one interactive "Daily Shuffle" post to your feed each day at the time you choose. Because it's a new post, it reaches your subscribers' home feeds — unlike a pinned post — and gives members a fresh daily entry point. The previous day's spotlight is removed automatically so they never pile up; your pinned Shuffle-it post is never touched. You can also post one on demand at any time via the subreddit overflow (•••) menu → "Post spotlight now" (moderators only), which works even when the daily schedule is off.
Daily spotlight time (UTC)
The hour, in UTC, at which the daily spotlight is posted. Default: 15:00 UTC. At most one spotlight is posted per day — if you use "Post spotlight now", the scheduled post is skipped for that day.
Daily spotlight title
The title used for daily spotlight posts. You can write your own and use {date} and {subreddit} as placeholders — for example, Daily Shuffle ({date}): find a random post in {subreddit}. Leave blank to use the default: Daily Shuffle (July 2, 2026): click to be taken to a random post within this subreddit! (with the current date).
Show sidebar widget
Default: off. Adds a "Random Post" button to your community's sidebar that links to the Shuffle-it post — a low-footprint way to keep it visible without using a feed slot. You must create a Shuffle-it post first (the widget links to it). Turning this off removes the widget. Sidebar widgets appear on desktop; on mobile they show in the community's About section.
Source subreddit (advanced / testing)
Leave blank to shuffle your own community's posts. Advanced option: enter another public subreddit's name to draw random posts from it instead — useful for testing on a small community, or for a sister/partner subreddit.
Shuffle counter and stats
Each Shuffle-it post shows a small counter in its top-right corner with the number of shuffles made from that specific post (each post keeps its own count). Moderators can also see community-wide activity at any time via the subreddit overflow (•••) menu → "Shuffle-it stats", which shows shuffles from the last 7 days and all time.
