Matt Rude

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 single and multi site modes. As a Site Admin, you may activate this plugin across all the sites on your install.
This Plugin is fully translated into the following languages:
<ul>
<li>Arabic</li>
<li>Czech</li>
<li>Finnish</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>Danish</li>
<li>Dutch</li>
<li>German</li>
<li>Indonesian</li>
<li>Italian</li>
<li>Portuguese</li>
<li>Russian</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
</ul>
If you would like to help translating this plugin, or you see a problem with the current translation, please see my <a href="http://translate.mattrude.com/projects/random-image-block" rel="nofollow ugc">Translation</a> page, and/or <a href="http://mattrude.com/contact-me/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact me</a>.

Random Image Block

A small plugin that will display a random image from your native WordPress photo galley or in-beaded images.

Lentil

If you use Gallery2 in an external (non WPG2) installation, you may want to display images using the Gallery2 Image Block module. If so, this is the widget for you. Options described in the <a href="http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery2:Modules:imageblock" rel="nofollow ugc">Gallery 2 Image Block</a> documentation are included, but not all have been tested. Your mileage may vary.
User configuration of Image Block options is available through the Widget configuration panel. Blank (empty) options use the Gallery2 defaults.
Note: The widget is written using <a href="http://www.php.net/curl" rel="nofollow ugc">lib_curl()</a> to avoid url_fopen issues.
For more information, see the <a href="http://www.theschierers.net/blog/g2-imageblock-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin page</a>.

External Gallery2 Image Block Plugin

Widget to display a Gallery 2 (not WPG2!) Image Block in Wordpress sidebar

Random Image Block vs External Gallery2 Image Block Plugin