Magento2 – Block ‘catalog/product_list_random’ Shows No Products in CMS

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I'm using Magento 2.0.2.

I want to display a random collection of products from the catalog on my home page. In the CMS for my home page, i use the following code:

<p>{{block type="catalog/product_list_random" template="catalog/product/list.phtml" num_products="12"}}</p>

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<p>{{widget type="Magento\CatalogWidget\Block\Product\ProductsList" products_count="4" template="product/widget/content/grid.phtml" conditions_encoded="a:1:[i:1;a:4:[s:4:`type`;s:50:`Magento|CatalogWidget|Model|Rule|Condition|Combine`;s:10:`aggregator`;s:3:`all`;s:5:`value`;s:1:`1`;s:9:`new_child`;s:0:``;]]"}}</p>

The product_list_random block displays nothing, but the widget displays products just as I would expect.

Why does the block render nothing at all? How can I display a collection of random products on the home page?

Best Answer

You have to use the attribute class instead of type. Magento 2 got rid of class aliases such as core/template or core/text_list

{{block class="Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\ProductList\Random" template="product/list.phtml" num_products="12"}}

This will work

Related Solutions

CMS Block Widgets – Individual Product Templates

There's a widget for that! In your CMS page,

{{widget type="catalog/product_widget_link"
         anchor_text="[Optional: CUSTOM LINK TEXT]"
         template="catalog/product/widget/link/link_block.phtml"
         id_path="product/223552"}}

Then customize app/design/frontend/base/default/template/catalog/product/widget/link/link_block.phtml. I use something like this:

<?php

$_product = $this->getProduct();
$_image = '';
$_price = '$' . money_format('%n', $_product->getFinalPrice());

if ($_product) {
    $_image = Mage::helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'thumbnail')
        ->keepAspectRatio(true)
        ->keepFrame(true)
        ->resize(115,115)
        ->__toString();
}
?>
<div class="item">
    <a <?php echo $this->getLinkAttributes() ?>>
        <img src="<?php echo $_image; ?>" alt="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($this->getAnchorText()); ?>" style="border:0" />
        <?php echo nl2br($this->htmlEscape($this->getAnchorText())); ?><br />
        <b><?php echo $_price; ?></b>
    </a>
</div>

Magento 1.9 – Product List by Category in CMS Page

For Magento 1.9.2.x, You need to create permission for 'catalog/product_list' block from 'System->Permissions->Blocks'

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CMS Block Widgets – Individual Product Templates

Magento 1.9 – Product List by Category in CMS Page

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