Hot Random Image

Hot Random Image by Hot Themes is a basic plugin that shows a randomly picked image from a selected folder where images are stored. You can define a folder and the plugin will show all the images from this folder in a random order. Also, it’s possible to select only certain images from the folder that will be added in rotation. Each image can be linked. Alt text is optional. Image dimensions (width and height) can be defined in any format (pixels, percents, auto-mode…). Therefore, this plugin is appropriate for all responsive websites.

1. 01Install plugin as usually from WordPress.org repository.
2. 02Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. 03Insert the Hot Random Image block in your page or post, or insert the plugin’s shortcode, or publish the Hot Random Image widget into the available widget sidebar.
4. 04To get some images displayed, you should enter a folder where your images are stored. This can be any folder from your site.
5. 05In the plugin options, you can see other parameters that defines the widget’s output (width, height, alt text, image link). Experiment with these options to configure the plugin for your site.
6. 06The shortcode format for this block is [randomimage path="images/random" width="100%" height="auto" alt="Random image" link="https://yourwebsite.com/"] where the first parameter is folder with images (relative path from WordPress root folder), the second parameter is image width (if not set, value 100% will be used), the third parameter is image height (if not set, value auto will be used), the fourth parameter is ALT text (optional) and the fifth parameter is link of the images (optional).