Randomizing Post Links Outside of Loop – No Author or Date

The key to this is covered on the get_posts codex page: Access all post data using the setup_postdata function:

foreach ( $rand_posts as $post ) :  setup_postdata($post);

Regarding the_date, see the note about multiple instances on a page:

SPECIAL NOTE: When there are multiple posts on a page published under the SAME DAY, the_date() only displays the date for the first post (that is, the first instance of the_date()). To repeat the date for posts published under the same day, you should use the Template Tag the_time() or get_the_date() (since 3.0) with a date-specific format string.

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