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Image Placeholders

by WordPress Performance Team · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.3.0 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.4+

Image Placeholders has 60,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 477,567 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 26, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Image Placeholders at a glance

Active installs
60,000+
Total downloads
477,567
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Image Placeholders well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1

Image Placeholders reviews and ratings

2 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
3.5 out of 5

2 reviews

5★
1
4★
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1★
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  • Works exactly as advertised

    This is such a nice enhancement for any site!

    Fabian Kaegy

  • does nothing

    does not break the site, but all placeholders are grey. color detection does not work. I host WP docker latest myself with nginx and imageick + gd + webp + AVIF so yeah i think my setup is not in cause

    audioscavenger

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Details

Displays placeholders based on an image's dominant color while the image is loading.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • dominant color
  • images
  • performance

More from WordPress Performance Team

Version
1.3.0
Last updated
Aug 26, 2026
First published
Oct 16, 2023
Requires WordPress
6.9
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free, community plugin

Image Placeholders FAQ

How many active installs does Image Placeholders have?

WordPress.org reports 60,000+ active installs for Image Placeholders as of September 7, 2026.

Is Image Placeholders still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 26, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is Image Placeholders free?

Image Placeholders is free and listed as a community plugin on WordPress.org, with no commercial upgrade.