Display a random quote from your collection in a sidebar using a widget
As of April 2026, BHM Random Quote is a WordPress quote plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: YITH Request a Quote for WooCommerce.
To add a quote, go to Quotes->Add New. Enter the citation (source or author) for the quote and the quote itself. You can use HTML in both the citation and the quote. For styling purposes, the post format defaults to “Quote.”
To add the widget to a sidebar, go to Appearance->Widgets and drag the Quote widget to the sidebar. Set the “Title” to the text you want to be displayed above the random quote in the sidebar.
The HTML displayed by the widget looks like this:
<div class="quote">
“the_quote”
</div>
<div class="citation">
—the_citation
</div>
<div class="all-quotes">
[<a href="quote_archive_url">View All</a>]
</div>
| WordPress | 3.3+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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