Alan Cesarini

Show Random Products has a widget that will show a random product (or products) in your store. It also has a shortcode to show the random products anywhere.
Shortcode usage:
[srp_random n=X cols=X cats=X tags=X]
where “n” is the numnber of products to show, “cols” is the number of columns. You can use “cats” to show products of certain categories (comma separated IDs). You can use “tags” to show products with certain tags (comma separated).

Show Random Products

A widget + shortcode to show random products in your store

Ady Romantika

This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your widgetized sidebar.
It supports multiple instances with WordPress 2.8 and above.
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<ul>
<li>Widget title: the title of the widget</li>
<li>List types: ul for bulleted list, p for paragraph, br for paragraph with line breaks</li>
<li>Post count: Number of random posts you would like to be displayed</li>
<li>Category: Only this category will be selected as the source</li>
</ul>

Random Posts Widget

This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your widgetized sidebar. It supports multiple instances with WordPress 2.

Show Random Products vs Random Posts Widget