Karl-Heinz Klug

Takes a random quote, picture or adcode from a text file and displays it anywhere in a WordPress Blog Template. To display the content, use <?php randomcontent();> anywhere in the template.
The data is stored in the file random.dat one line per content block (see sample). You can use text, html, adsense code, whatverver you want. Chmod the random.dat file to 777.

Bibs Random Content

Takes a random quote, picture or adcode from a text file and displays it anywhere in a WordPress Template

petitnuage

This widget displays titles and links to the latest posts of a custom list of third party RSS feeds. It is useful for people who want to follow third party feeds updates on their own blog. It is also useful for blog networks where each blog can promote the latest posts of other blogs of the network.
Features list:
<ul>
<li>Customizable title.</li>
<li>Customizable introduction displayed before the recently updated feeds list.</li>
<li>Customizable number of maximum posts displayed from the same source.</li>
<li>Customizable number of maximum posts displayed in total.</li>
<li>Localized economy and market share news feeds supplied by default for immediate use (many thanks to <a href="http://www.labourseenaction.fr/" title="La bourse en action" rel="nofollow ugc">Bourse en ligne</a> for both English and French original news feeds).</li>
</ul>
Languages supported:
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>French</li>
</ul>
The plugin uses WordPress standard localization functions for localization. So, adding support for new languages (including the list of default RSS feeds, separated by “!”) should be straightforward.

Simple RSS Feeds Widget

This widget displays links to the latest posts of a custom list of third party RSS feeds.

Bibs Random Content vs Simple RSS Feeds Widget