A small plugin that will display a random image from your native WordPress photo galley or in-beaded images.
As of April 2026, Random Image Block is a WordPress images plugin with 90 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 16K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Autoptimize.
The Random Image Block is a small plugin that will display a random image from your native WordPress photo galley or in-beaded images.
This widget will display the thumbnail of the random image, the “caption” and the images parent posts name. You may show all pictures on your site, or limit the selection to a single category if you wish. Once installed on your site, it will fully conform to the current theme. The Widgets title is also fully configurable. Random Image Widget was designed with full internationalization in mind and can be fully translated (Any help on this would be appreciated). As of Version 0.3 this plugin works out of the box without any configuraion (assuming you have pictures on your site).
The Random Image Block plugin works with WordPress 3.0+ in both sing…
| WordPress | 2.9+ requiredTested up to 3.2.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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