Stephanie Leary

This widget will list random posts from a chosen category. You can choose how many posts to display, and whether to show the excerpt or the full content in addition to the post title. You may also link the widget title to the category archive if you like.
<h3>Translations</h3>
Belorussian (be_BY) by <a href="http://fatcow.com" rel="nofollow ugc">FatCow</a>. 
Romanian (ro_RO) by Web Geek Science (<a href="http://webhostinggeeks.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Web 
Hosting Geeks</a>)
If you would like to send me a translation, please write to me through <a href="http://sillybean.net/about/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">my contact page</a>. Let me know which plugin you’ve translated and how you would like to be credited. I will write you back so you can attach the files in your reply.

Random Posts from Category

A widget that lists random posts from a chosen category.

littlejon

LJ Random or Recent is a WordPress plugin/widget that allows you to display a list of Random or Recent posts depending of the type of pages that is being displayed. This plugin can also assist your site for SEO by digging up and making your older content relevant.
The idea was taken from the iNove theme which by default has a similar setup in the sidebar, I just wanted a little bit more functionality plus the ability to put the widget anywhere on the page with any theme.

LJ Random Or Recent

LJ Random or Recent is a Wordpress widget that will display a list of Random or Recent posts depending of the type of pages that is being displayed.

Random Posts from Category vs LJ Random Or Recent