orderby=rand server resources question

[Toby Cryns]

Does anyone know if using the "orderby=rand" argument in a WP query via the new Rest API (https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-rest-api/) is less taxing on server resources than by calling it via php in a theme or plugin?

Thanks!
Toby

[Nick Ciske]

It gets passed to WP_Query as an argument so it would be the same level of load DB wise.

So either select all (cacheable) and do the randomization on the client side, or you'd need a custom endpoint that does the randomization server side (same idea, less data over the wire). 

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