Randomly Load an Item from a Custom Mod

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I’ve been searching and searching, but can’t find the solution, or I’m not looking in the right place or using the right keywords.

Is it possible to have a custom module of say 50 items, just output 1 randomly? I’m not talking about the order. On page load, go to [module] and randomly display one item (which happens to be an image if that helps).

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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The random parameter will work in this case along with a limit of 1.

For example:

{% component source: "Portfolio", layout: "List", random: "true", limit: "1", type: "module" %}

Documentation for more info:
Component Type: Module (Custom Modules)

NOTE:
When testing this on your site and refreshing the page, the random result is stored in a Liquid cache for around 10 seconds. So refreshing the page within 10 sec will return the same item (this is for performance reasons).

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Great, thank you. That is what I started with, but didn’t know about the 10-second refresh. So when testing, it was stuck on the same record every time, so I thought I was doing something wrong.

Thanks again!

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Thank you Adam! Once again you have helped me in a situation where I was stuck scratching my head. I needed something similar to select a page title background image at random from a Custom Module and adding limit: “1” did the trick. I could not figure out why all of the Custom Modules were showing in the background image parameter :person_facepalming: Anyways, I know this is an old post but thank you!

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