{"id":71635,"date":"2017-07-12T05:32:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T05:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/dummy-text-generator\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:02:10","slug":"dummy-text-generator","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/sa.wordpress.org\/plugins\/dummy-text-generator\/","author":15013475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"3.0","stable_tag":"trunk","tested":"6.9.4","requires":"5.0","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Dummy Text Generator","header_author":"Md. Naeem Ahmed Opu","header_description":"This is a simple wordpress Dummy Text plugin. 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Accepts any value from 1 to 20.<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[dummy-image]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>Inserts a placeholder image at your default width and height.<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[dummy-image width=\"600\" height=\"300\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>Inserts a placeholder image at a custom size.<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[dummy-image width=\"800\" height=\"450\" seed=\"42\" alt=\"My placeholder\" class=\"my-class\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>Full control: fixed photo seed (Picsum), custom alt text, and a CSS class.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Image Services:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lorem Picsum<\/strong> <em>(default)<\/em> \u2014 Beautiful real photography from picsum.photos<\/li>\n<li><strong>Via Placeholder<\/strong> \u2014 Simple solid-colour blocks from via.placeholder.com<\/li>\n<li><strong>Placehold.co<\/strong> \u2014 Clean labelled placeholders from placehold.co<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Download the plugin zip file.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Plugins \u2192 Add New \u2192 Upload Plugin<\/strong> in your WordPress dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Upload <code>dummy-text-generator.zip<\/code> and click <strong>Install Now<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Activate Plugin<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings \u2192 Dummy Text Generator<\/strong> to configure your defaults.<\/li>\n<li>Add <code>[dummy-text]<\/code> or <code>[dummy-image]<\/code> to any post or page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p><strong>Manual installation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the <code>dummy-text-generator<\/code> folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin via the <strong>Plugins<\/strong> menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"what%20shortcodes%20are%20available%3F\"><h3>What shortcodes are available?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Two shortcodes are included:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>[dummy-text]<\/code> \u2014 inserts Lorem Ipsum text paragraphs<\/li>\n<li><code>[dummy-image]<\/code> \u2014 inserts a responsive placeholder image<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20control%20the%20number%20of%20paragraphs%3F\"><h3>Can I control the number of paragraphs?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Use the <code>count<\/code> attribute: <code>[dummy-text count=\"4\"]<\/code>. You can also set a global default in <strong>Settings \u2192 Dummy Text Generator<\/strong>.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20control%20the%20image%20size%3F\"><h3>Can I control the image size?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Use <code>width<\/code> and <code>height<\/code> attributes: <code>[dummy-image width=\"1200\" height=\"600\"]<\/code>. Global defaults can be set in the plugin settings page.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"which%20image%20services%20are%20supported%3F\"><h3>Which image services are supported?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Lorem Picsum (real photos), Via Placeholder (solid blocks), and Placehold.co (labelled placeholders). Switch between them in the Settings page \u2014 no shortcode changes needed.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"is%20this%20plugin%20compatible%20with%20the%20block%20editor%20%28gutenberg%29%3F\"><h3>Is this plugin compatible with the Block Editor (Gutenberg)?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Add a <strong>Shortcode block<\/strong> and paste in <code>[dummy-text]<\/code> or <code>[dummy-image]<\/code> \u2014 it works exactly the same as in the Classic Editor.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20this%20plugin%20slow%20down%20my%20site%3F\"><h3>Will this plugin slow down my site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The plugin has no front-end scripts or stylesheets. 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