Extension:RandomImageByCategory

The RandomImageByCategory extension displays a random image from the given category or categories.

• Download and move the extracted RandomImageByCategory folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:

  cdextensions/
  gitclonehttps://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/RandomImageByCategory
  

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'RandomImageByCategory' );
  

• Yes Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Supported parameters are width, limit and categories.

Examples

<randomimagebycategory categories="Watermelons"/>

<randomimagebycategory width="200" categories="Featured Image"/>

• Extension:Random In Category — Direct the user to a random page in a specified category

• Stable extensions
• Tag extensions
• ParserFirstCallInit extensions
• GPL licensed extensions
• Extensions in Wikimedia version control
• All extensions
• Extensions included in Miraheze
• Random content extensions
• Image extensions

• Extensions without an image
• Extensions without a compatibility policy
• Extensions with manual MediaWiki version