Title: [Plugin: WP Photo Album Plus] Load Multiple Random Images with widget function
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP Photo Album Plus] Load Multiple Random Images with widget function

 *  Resolved [eaferrari24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eaferrari24/)
 * (@eaferrari24)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-multiple-random-images-with-widget-function/)
 * Trying to get the widget function of WP Photo Album Plus to show multiple (2)
   random images but I cant figure out how to get 2 different images to show. I 
   have tried using independent variables but I have a feeling that I am forgetting
   something. :\
 * Here is the original code from the wppa_widget.php file
 * The bold lines are the ones I have attempted to duplicate, modify, etc
 *     ```
       <?php
       /* wppa_widget.php
       * Package: wp-photo-album-plus
       *
       * display the widget
       * Version 1.9.1
       */
   
       add_action('plugins_loaded', 'init_wppa_widget');
   
       function init_wppa_widget() {
       	register_sidebar_widget('Photo Album Widget', 'show_wppa_widget');
       }
   
       function show_wppa_widget($args) {
       	global $wpdb;
       	extract($args);
   
       	// get the title
       	$widget_title = get_option('wppa_widgettitle', __('Photo of the day', 'wppa'));
   
       	// get the photo  ($image)
       	switch (get_option('wppa_widget_method', '1')) {
       		case '1':	// Fixed photo
       			$id = get_option('wppa_widget_photo', '');
       			if ($id != '') {
       				$image = $wpdb->get_row($wpdb->prepare('SELECT * FROM <code>' . PHOTO_TABLE . '</code> WHERE <code>id</code> = %d LIMIT 0,1', $id), 'ARRAY_A');
       			}
       			break;
       		<strong>case '2':	// Random
       			$album = get_option('wppa_widget_album', '');
       			if ($album != '') {
       				$image = $wpdb->get_row($wpdb->prepare('SELECT * FROM <code>' . PHOTO_TABLE . '</code> WHERE <code>album</code> = %d ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 0,1', $album), 'ARRAY_A');
       			}</strong>
       			break;
       		case '3':	// Last upload
       			$album = get_option('wppa_widget_album', '');
       			if ($album != '') {
       				$image = $wpdb->get_row($wpdb->prepare('SELECT * FROM <code>' . PHOTO_TABLE . '</code> WHERE <code>album</code> = %d ORDER BY <code>id</code> DESC LIMIT 0,1', $album), 'ARRAY_A');
       			}
       			break;
       		case '4':	// Change every
       			$album = get_option('wppa_widget_album', '');
       			if ($album != '') {
       				$u = date("U"); // Seconds since 1-1-1970
       				$u /= 3600;		//  hours since
       				$u = floor($u);
       				$u /= get_option('wppa_widget_period', '168');
       				$u = floor($u);
       				$p = wppa_get_photo_count($album);
       				if (!is_numeric($p) || $p < 1) $p = '1'; // make sure we dont get overflow in the next line
       				$idn = fmod($u, $p);
       				$photos = $wpdb->get_results($wpdb->prepare('SELECT * FROM <code>' . PHOTO_TABLE . '</code> WHERE <code>album</code> = %d ' . wppa_get_photo_order($album), $album), 'ARRAY_A');
       				$i = 0;
       				foreach ($photos as $photo) {
       					if ($i == $idn) {	// found the idn'th out of p
       						$image = $photo;
       					}
       					$i++;
       				}
       			} else {
       				$image = '';
       			}
       			break;
       		case '5':	// Slideshow
       				$widget_content = __('Not implemented yet (5)');
       				$image = '';
       			break;
       		case '6':	// Scrollable
       				$widget_content = __('Not implemented yet (6)');
       				$image = '';
       			break;
       	}
   
       	// Make the HTML for current picture
       	$widget_content = '<div class="wppa-widget">';
       	if ($image) {
       		// make image url
       		$imgurl = get_bloginfo('wpurl') . '/wp-content/uploads/wppa/' . $image['id'] . '.' . $image['ext'];
   
       		// Find link page if any, if we find a title, there is a valid page to link to
       		$pid = get_option('wppa_widget_linkpage', '0');
       		$page_title = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_title FROM " . $wpdb->posts . " WHERE post_type = 'page' AND post_status = 'publish' AND ID=" . $pid);
       		<strong>if ($page_title) { 			// Yep, Linkpage found
       			$title = __('Link to', 'wppa') . ' ' . $page_title;
       			$widget_content .= '<a href="' . get_page_link($pid) . '">';
       		}
       		else {
       			$title = $widget_title;
       		}
   
       		$widget_content .= '<img src="' . $imgurl . '" style="width: ' . get_option('wppa_widget_width', '150') . 'px;" title="' . $title . '" alt="' . $title . '">';
   
       		if ($page_title) $widget_content .= '</a>';
       	}
       	else {	// No image
       		$widget_content .= __('Photo not found.');
       	}
       	$widget_content .= '</div>';</strong>
       	// Add subtitle, if any
       	switch (get_option('wppa_widget_subtitle', 'none'))
       	{
       		case 'none':
       			break;
       		case 'name':
       			if ($image && $image['name'] != '') {
       				$widget_content .= '<div class="wppa-widget-text">' . stripslashes($image['name']) . '</div>';
       			}
       			break;
       		case 'desc':
       			if ($image && $image['description'] != '') {
       				$widget_content .= '<div class="wppa-widget-text">' . stripslashes($image['description']) . '</div>';
       			}
       			break;
       	}
       	// Display the widget
       	echo $before_widget . $before_title . $widget_title . $after_title . $widget_content . $after_widget;
       }
       ?>
       ```
   
 * Any ideas or help would be awesome!
    Thanks

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 *  Thread Starter [eaferrari24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eaferrari24/)
 * (@eaferrari24)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-multiple-random-images-with-widget-function/#post-1604920)
 * Nevermind!
 * Nextgen Gallery does exactly what I wanted right outta the box!

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