Jeremy Green

<p>This plugin allows you to display random content anywhere on your site using a shortcode or widget. You can group your random content together, allowing you to display different content in multiple locations throughout your site.</p>
<p>The content is added via a custom post type, so you have full access to the tinyMCE editor. This allows you to easily add images, text, and links to your random content.</p>
<h4>Using a widget</h4>
<ol>
<li>Navigate to Appearance->Widgets and add the Random Content widget to a sidebar.</li>
<li>Select a group from the dropdown. If you don’t create a group, the widget will use all entries.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Using a shortcode</h4>
<p>Place the shortcode <code>[random_content]</code> anywhere on a post or page.</p>
<p>To choose entries from a specific group, add the <code>group_id</code> parameter. For example, <code>[random_content group_id="64"]</code>.</p>
<p>To specify the number of posts to show, add the <code>num_posts</code> parameter. For example, <code>[random_content group_id="13" num_posts="3"]</code>.</p>


Random Content

Randomly display any content anywhere on your site.

RobMarsh

<p>Random Posts displays a list of randomly chosen posts. The output can be customised in <a href="http://rmarsh.com/plugins/post-options/" rel="nofollow ugc">many</a> ways.</p>
<p>This plugin <strong>requires</strong> the latest version of the <em>Post-Plugin Library:</em> <a href="https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/post-plugin-library.zip" rel="nofollow ugc">download it now</a>.</p>
<h3>Version History</h3>
<ul>
<li>2.6.2.0
<ul>
<li>new {imagealt} output tag — rather like {imagesrc}</li>
<li>{excerpt} can now trim to whole sentences</li>
<li>content filter can now take parameter string</li>
<li>widget can now take parameter string</li>
<li>output can be appended to posts & feeds</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.6.1.0
<ul>
<li>the current post can be marked manually</li>
<li>widgets now honour the option to show no output if list is empty</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.6.0.1
<ul>
<li>bug fix: installation code was failing on some systems</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.6.0.0
<ul>
<li>version bump to indicate compatibility with WP 2.6</li>
<li>fix to really include attachments</li>
<li>new parameter for {imagesrc} to append a suffix to the image name, e.g. to get the thumbnail for attachments</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.11
<ul>
<li>new option to include attachments</li>
<li>{php} tag now accepts nested tags</li>
<li>new output tag {authorurl} — permalink to archive of author’s posts</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.10
<ul>
<li>fix for page selection in old versions of WP</li>
<li>made omit current post try harder to find current post ID</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.9
<ul>
<li>new option to match the current post’s author</li>
<li>extended options for snippet and excerpt output tags</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0.7
<ul>
<li>new option to show by status, i.e., published/private/draft/future</li>
<li>{categorynames} and {categorylinks} apply ‘single_cat_name’ filter</li>
<li>fixes bug in WP pre-2.2 causing installation to fail</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5.0
<ul>
<li>{image} has new post, link, and default parameters</li>
<li>new {imagesrc} tag</li>
<li>fix to empty category bug</li>
<li>excluded posts bug fix</li>
<li>fix for intermittent bug with ‘omit current post’ option</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b26
<ul>
<li>reverted thumbnail serving (speed)</li>
<li>fix current post after extra query</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b25
<ul>
<li>option to sort output, group templates</li>
<li>removed ‘trim_before’ option added more logical ‘divider’</li>
<li>{date:raw}, {commentdate:raw}, etc.</li>
<li>fix for {image} resizing when  and not </li>
<li>{image} now serves real thumbnails</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b24
<ul>
<li>fix for recursive replacement by content filter</li>
<li>fix to {gravatar} to allow for ‘identicon’ etc.</li>
<li>fix to {commenter} to allow trimming</li>
<li>fix a warning in safe mode</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b23
<ul>
<li>new option to filter on custom fields</li>
<li>nested braces in {if}; condition now taggable</li>
<li>improved bug report feature</li>
<li>better way to omit user comments</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b22
<ul>
<li>fixes for tag bugs</li>
<li>show_pages option can now show only pages</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b19
<ul>
<li>fix for content replacement filter</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b18
<ul>
<li>fix output filter bug</li>
<li>new conditional tag {if:condition:yes:no}</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b16
<ul>
<li>fix for {php}</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b15
<ul>
<li>fix bugs, add ‘included posts’ setting</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b14
<ul>
<li>fix file-encoding, installation error, etc.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>2.5b11
<ul>
<li>some widget fixes</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>2.5b9</p>
<ul>
<li>clarifying installation instructions</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://rmarsh.com/plugins/random-posts/" rel="nofollow ugc">previous versions</a></p>
</li>
</ul>


Random Content vs Random Posts