About this plugin
Dummy Text Generator is a lightweight WordPress plugin that lets you insert Lorem Ipsum placeholder text and dummy images into any post, page, or widget using simple shortcodes.
Perfect for theme developers, designers, and content editors who need realistic-looking placeholder content while building or testing a WordPress site.
Features:
- 📝 Insert Lorem Ipsum paragraphs with [dummy-text]
- 🔢 Control how many paragraphs to output with the count attribute
- 🖼️ Insert responsive placeholder images with [dummy-image]
- 📐 Set custom image width and height per shortcode
- 🎨 Choose your preferred image service (Lorem Picsum, Via Placeholder, Placehold.co)
- ⚙️ Configurable defaults via a clean Settings page (Settings → Dummy Text Generator)
- 🧱 Output style option: plain paragraphs or HTML <p> tags
Shortcodes:
[dummy-text]
Outputs the default number of Lorem Ipsum paragraphs (set in Settings).
[dummy-text count="5"]
Outputs exactly 5 Lorem Ipsum paragraphs. Accepts any value from 1 to 20.
[dummy-image]
Inserts a placeholder image at your default width and height.
[dummy-image width="600" height="300"]
Inserts a placeholder image at a custom size.
[dummy-image width="800" height="450" seed="42" alt="My placeholder" class="my-class"]
Full control: fixed photo seed (Picsum), custom alt text, and a CSS class.
Image Services:
- Lorem Picsum (default) — Beautiful real photography from picsum.photos
- Via Placeholder — Simple solid-colour blocks from via.placeholder.com
- Placehold.co — Clean labelled placeholders from placehold.co