diff --git a/admin/templates/directory/general.php b/admin/templates/directory/general.php
index 5e6f1cc5..00e560a3 100644
--- a/admin/templates/directory/general.php
+++ b/admin/templates/directory/general.php
@@ -6,55 +6,55 @@
 			//print "'$k' => '" . $v[0] . "',<br />";
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	$show_these_users = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_um_show_these_users', true );
 	if ( $show_these_users ) {
 		$show_these_users = implode("\n", str_replace("\r", "", $show_these_users));
 	}
-	
+
 ?>
 
 <div class="um-admin-metabox">
 
 	<div class="">
-	
+
 		<input type="hidden" name="_um_mode" id="_um_mode" value="directory" />
-	
+
 		<p>
 			<label class="um-admin-half"><?php _e('User Roles to Display','ultimatemember'); ?> <?php $this->tooltip('If you do not want to show all members, select only user roles to appear in this directory'); ?></label>
 			<span class="um-admin-half">
-			
+
 				<select multiple="multiple" name="_um_roles[]" id="_um_roles" class="umaf-selectjs" style="width: 300px">
 					<?php foreach($ultimatemember->query->get_roles() as $key => $value) { ?>
 					<option value="<?php echo $key; ?>" <?php selected($key, $ultimatemember->query->get_meta_value('_um_roles', $key ) ); ?>><?php echo $value; ?></option>
-					<?php } ?>	
+					<?php } ?>
 				</select>
-				
+
 			</span>
 		</p><div class="um-admin-clear"></div>
-		
+
 		<p>
 			<label class="um-admin-half"><?php _e('Only show members who have uploaded a profile photo','ultimatemember'); ?><?php $this->tooltip('If \'Use Gravatars\' as profile photo is enabled, this option is ignored'); ?></label>
 			<span class="um-admin-half">
-			
+
 				<?php $this->ui_on_off('_um_has_profile_photo'); ?>
-				
+
 			</span>
 		</p><div class="um-admin-clear"></div>
 
 		<p>
 			<label class="um-admin-half"><?php _e('Only show members who have uploaded a cover photo','ultimatemember'); ?></label>
 			<span class="um-admin-half">
-			
+
 				<?php $this->ui_on_off('_um_has_cover_photo'); ?>
-				
+
 			</span>
 		</p><div class="um-admin-clear"></div>
-		
+
 		<p>
 			<label class="um-admin-half"><?php _e('Sort users by','ultimatemember'); ?> <?php $this->tooltip('Sort users by a specific parameter in the directory'); ?></label>
 			<span class="um-admin-half">
-			
+
 				<select name="_um_sortby" id="_um_sortby" class="umaf-selectjs um-adm-conditional" style="width: 300px" data-cond1='other' data-cond1-show='custom-field'>
 					<option value="user_registered_desc" <?php selected('user_registered_desc', $ultimatemember->query->get_meta_value('_um_sortby') ); ?>><?php _e('New users first','ultimatemember'); ?></option>
 					<option value="user_registered_asc" <?php selected('user_registered_asc', $ultimatemember->query->get_meta_value('_um_sortby') ); ?>><?php _e('Old users first','ultimatemember'); ?></option>
@@ -62,35 +62,36 @@
 					<option value="display_name" <?php selected('display_name', $ultimatemember->query->get_meta_value('_um_sortby') ); ?>><?php _e('Display Name','ultimatemember'); ?></option>
 					<option value="first_name" <?php selected('first_name', $ultimatemember->query->get_meta_value('_um_sortby') ); ?>><?php _e('First Name','ultimatemember'); ?></option>
 					<option value="last_name" <?php selected('last_name', $ultimatemember->query->get_meta_value('_um_sortby') ); ?>><?php _e('Last Name','ultimatemember'); ?></option>
+					<option value="random" <?php selected('random', $ultimatemember->query->get_meta_value('_um_sortby') ); ?>><?php _e('Random','ultimatemember'); ?></option>
 					<option value="other" <?php selected('other', $ultimatemember->query->get_meta_value('_um_sortby') ); ?>><?php _e('Other (custom field)','ultimatemember'); ?></option>
 					<?php do_action('um_admin_directory_sort_users_select', '_um_sortby'); ?>
 				</select>
-				
+
 			</span>
 		</p><div class="um-admin-clear"></div>
-		
+
 		<p class="custom-field">
 			<label class="um-admin-half"><?php _e('Meta key','ultimatemember'); ?> <?php $this->tooltip('To sort by a custom field, enter the meta key of field here'); ?></label>
 			<span class="um-admin-half">
-			
+
 				<input type="text" name="_um_sortby_custom" id="_um_sortby_custom" value="<?php echo $ultimatemember->query->get_meta_value('_um_sortby_custom', null, 'na' ); ?>" />
-				
+
 			</span>
 		</p><div class="um-admin-clear"></div>
-		
+
 		<p>
 			<label class="um-admin-half"><?php _e('Only show specific users (Enter one username per line)','ultimatemember'); ?></label>
 			<span class="um-admin-half">
-			
+
 				<textarea name="_um_show_these_users" id="_um_show_these_users"><?php echo $show_these_users; ?></textarea>
-				
+
 			</span>
 		</p><div class="um-admin-clear"></div>
-		
+
 		<?php do_action('um_admin_extend_directory_options_general', $this); ?>
-		
+
 	</div>
-	
+
 	<div class="um-admin-clear"></div>
-	
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+
+</div>
diff --git a/core/um-filters-members.php b/core/um-filters-members.php
index 3ea22aa0..62c777a4 100644
--- a/core/um-filters-members.php
+++ b/core/um-filters-members.php
@@ -235,6 +235,17 @@
 		return $query_args;
 	}
 
+	/***
+	***	@sorting random
+	***/
+	add_filter('pre_user_query', function($query) {
+	   if($query->query_vars["orderby"] == 'random') {
+	       $query->query_orderby = 'ORDER by RAND()';
+	   }
+
+	   return $query;
+	});
+
 	/***
 	***	@hook in the member results array
 	***/