Title: Widget Random Photo…not random..getting stuck
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Widget Random Photo…not random..getting stuck

 *  [Sierra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sierra/)
 * (@sierra)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-random-photonot-randomgetting-stuck/)
 * After the latest wordpress and nextgen updates my blog cracked. What’s crazy 
   is that the rotating widget on the index page WOULDN’T work at all..but worked
   on every other page on the blog. I changed template and the same thing happened.
   I finally couldnt take it anymore and got a freelancer to help me and he figured
   out it was SRG Clean Archives plug-in which was not allowing it to work properly.
   I had both of these plug-ins running together for years. After de-activating 
   it, it worked. Now I have to find a new option for archives. Anyway, even though
   the widget is now working, it’s not working properly. It used to randomly choose
   pictures in a natural way. One photo every refresh. Now it’s not. It’s getting
   stuck and will keep showing the same 5 photos over and over. Then after enough
   refreshes, it will show a new one..but then the other 4 same pics rotating in
   over and over. It’s not flowing like it was..out of 90 pictures it shows the 
   same ones all day. So frustrating. Any ideas how to fix this or what the problem
   might be. About to pull all my hair out!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Sierra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sierra/)
 * (@sierra)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-random-photonot-randomgetting-stuck/#post-4635030)
 * oh forgot another thing…and the slideshow widget won’t work either. 🙁 I wasn’t
   planning on using it, but seems something is way up if it does nothing but spin.
   The gallery itself is working just fine.
 *  [tizz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tizz/)
 * (@tizz)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-random-photonot-randomgetting-stuck/#post-4635038)
 * [@sierra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sierra/) Have you tried to clear
   the image cache in Miscellaneous?
 *  Thread Starter [Sierra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sierra/)
 * (@sierra)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-random-photonot-randomgetting-stuck/#post-4635149)
 * yep. still not working rotating properly. Same 4 or 5 photos..then after 100 
   times reloading another photo pops up with the same 5 photos. Never acted this
   way before the update. 🙁
 * I had the Beta version installed. The dang gallery widget is still not rotating“
   randomly”. However, my site is no longer running crazy slow like it was before.
   The newest version had it absolutely crawling.
 * Any other ideas as what to do to get this thing rotating randomly?? I really 
   like this feature! I dont want to give it up. 🙁
 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-random-photonot-randomgetting-stuck/#post-4635151)
 * [@tizz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tizz/) – Thanks!
 * [@sierra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sierra/) – We are still working
   with you on your Bug Report on this particular issue and are waiting for your
   next response so we can look closer at your site under the page.
 * – Cais.

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 * Last reply from: [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-random-photonot-randomgetting-stuck/#post-4635151)
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