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Dummy Text Generator

by Md. Naeem Ahmed Opu

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Description

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
  1. Download the plugin zip file.
  2. Go to Plugins Add New Upload Plugin in your WordPress dashboard.
  3. Upload dummy-text-generator.zip and click Install Now.
  4. Click Activate Plugin.
  5. Go to Settings Dummy Text Generator to configure your defaults.
  6. Add [dummy-text] or [dummy-image] to any post or page.

Manual installation:

  1. Upload the dummy-text-generator folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
  2. Activate the plugin via the Plugins menu in WordPress.
What shortcodes are available?

Two shortcodes are included:

  • [dummy-text] — inserts Lorem Ipsum text paragraphs
  • [dummy-image] — inserts a responsive placeholder image

Can I control the number of paragraphs?

Yes. Use the count attribute: [dummy-text count="4"]. You can also set a global default in Settings Dummy Text Generator.

Can I control the image size?

Yes. Use width and height attributes: [dummy-image width="1200" height="600"]. Global defaults can be set in the plugin settings page.

Which image services are supported?

Lorem Picsum (real photos), Via Placeholder (solid blocks), and Placehold.co (labelled placeholders). Switch between them in the Settings page — no shortcode changes needed.

Is this plugin compatible with the Block Editor (Gutenberg)?

Yes. Add a Shortcode block and paste in [dummy-text] or [dummy-image] — it works exactly the same as in the Classic Editor.

Will this plugin slow down my site?

No. The plugin has no front-end scripts or stylesheets. All output is static HTML generated at render time.

Does What It Says

By kenlyle on January 13, 2022

Generates more text than necessary. Would be great if the author could add some options for word count.

Awesome!

By ferdousoly on August 9, 2019

Very handy time-saving tool!

3.0

  • NEW: [dummy-image] shortcode with width, height, seed, alt, and class attributes
  • NEW: count attribute on [dummy-text] to control paragraph output
  • NEW: Support for three placeholder image services (Picsum, Via Placeholder, Placehold.co)
  • NEW: Text output style option — plain text or <p>-wrapped HTML
  • NEW: Admin Settings page (Settings Dummy Text Generator) for global defaults
  • IMPROVED: Plugin structure hardened with ABSPATH check and input sanitisation

2.2

  • Initial public release with basic [dummy-text] shortcode
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