Block "catalog/product_list_random" shows no products in CMS

Question

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?

Answer 1

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