What is it?

The stunningly obviously named Random SimpleGal Image displays a random image from your SimpleGal install anywhere on your page – I’m using it in the sidebar, but you could put it in post content or anywhere else that takes your fancy.

Installation

• First, make sure you’re running the latest version of SimpleGal.
• Download and extract the zip file and upload random-simplegal-image.php to your wp-content/plugins directory.
• Activate the plugin in your control panel.
• Edit the appropriate template file – sidebar.php, for instance – and insert <?php random_sg_image() ?> where you’d like to display a random image.
• By default, the plugin will fetch images from any gallery. You can optionally specify just one gallery to choose from; for example, <?php random_sg_image('foo') ?> would display random images from the foo gallery.
• That’s it!

New!

Customise the placement of the random image and include and exclude galleries with a whitelist and blacklist with the new Random SimpleGal Image widget.

Separate whitelist/blacklist entries with a comma, and use * for wildcards.

Requires the Widget plugin from Automattic and a compatible theme.

Discuss

You can discuss any problems or post suggestions for future upgrades to Random SimpleGal Image – or any of my other plugins – on the mailing list available here. Come join in!

Changelog

2006-01-20: Initial Release. Parsing of image/gallery meta data will come soon.