• I’m trying to get a random image from a page (not a post), however, it keeps giving me the same page each time to pull the image from.

    $current_id = get_the_ID();//id for page/post we are on
    echo 'current_id=' . $current_id . '<hr>';//DEBUG
    
    $args = array('post_type' => 'page', 'numberposts' => 1, 'orderby' => 'rand', 'exclude' => $current_id, 'post_parent' => 11);//only pull pages under id-11 "ARTWORK" since it is where we put all the pages with images we would need
    	$rand_posts = get_posts($args);
    	var_dump($rand_posts);//gets same page each time! its not random :(
    
    	foreach($rand_posts as $post)
    	{
    
    		$parent = get_the_ID();
    		echo 'parent=' . $parent . '<hr>';//DEBUG
    		$args = array('post_type' => 'attachment', 'numberposts' => 1, 'orderby' => 'rand', 'post_parent' => $parent);
    		$attachments = get_posts($args);
    
    		if ($attachments)
    		{
    			echo '<div class="sidebar">';
    
    			foreach ($attachments as $attachment)
    			{
    				setup_postdata($attachment);
    				//the_attachment_link($attachment->ID, false);
    				echo '<a href="' . get_permalink($parent) . '">';
    				echo wp_get_attachment_image($attachment->ID, 'sidebar');
    				echo get_the_title($parent);
    				echo '</a>';
    			}
    
    			echo '</div><!--.sidebar-->';
    		}
    		else
    		{
    			//need backup content
    		}
    	}//end foreach
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