by Hot Themes 4.9 (9 reviews)

Hot Random Image

Name: Hot Random Image
Rating: 4.9 (9 reviews)
Author: Hot Themes

Hot Random Image is a basic widget that shows a randomly picked image from a selected folder where images are stored.

Hot Random Image ranks #4,376 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #694 of 8,299 in the Customization category, a 4.9/5 rating from 9 reviews, and was last updated Dec 3, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.0.2)

v1.9.3 Current Version v1.9.3

Updated 7 months ago Last Update on 03 Dec, 2025

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#694 of 8,299 in Customization Top 10% by installs

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#4,376

+3 this week

Active Installs

2K+

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KW Avg Position

151

3 better

Downloads

50.1K

+6 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

98%

Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (9 reviews)

Next Milestone 3K

Total Progress 97.2%

2K+ 3K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.9

9 reviews

Overall 98%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 day ago

May 21, 2025

Hot Random Image [hot-random-image] < 1.9.3

CVE-2025-4405 · Fixed in v1.9.3
May 21, 2025

Hot Random Image [hot-random-image] < 1.9.3

CVE-2025-4419 · Fixed in v1.9.3
Mar 25, 2024

Hot Random Image [hot-random-image] < 1.8.2

CVE-2024-29796 · Fixed in v1.8.2

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.9.3
Last Updated: Dec 03, 2025
Requires WP: 3.9+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: Hot Themes

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 9
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display images from a folder in a random, rotating fashion. It solves the problem of manually managing image display by automatically picking and rotating images from a selected folder, with optional linking and responsive sizing.

Random image selection
Folder-based image source
Rotation of selected images
Linkable images
Optional alt text
Custom image dimensions
Responsive website support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Hot Random Image

Make sure that the Hot Random Image plugin is installed and active. Edit your page/post and when inserting a new block, search for "random image". Click on the icon to add the block. Set block parameters per your requirements.

If you want to add shortcode inside your posts, use this format [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).

Go to Appearance > Widgets and drop Hot Random Image widget into any widget position. Then open it to see the widget options. Enter folder where your images are uploaded, relative to your WordPress installation. In example "wp-content/uploads/2024/01".

Make sure you entered a valid folder where your images are uploaded. It should be relative to your WordPress root folder.

Your website probably uses cache. Therefore, the same (cached) image is always displayed. Make sure that the page where the plugin in published is not cached.