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Image Placeholders

by WordPress Performance Team · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.3.0 Tested up to WP 7.1.3 PHP 7.4+

Image Placeholders has 60,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 504,798 downloads all time. It was downloaded 15,534 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on August 26, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Image Placeholders at a glance

Active installs
60,000+
Total downloads
504,798
Downloads, last 30 days
15,534
30-day growth
–
downloads vs the previous 30 days

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 7.1.3, the current release is 7.1.3
Languages
15
translated 90%+ on translate.wordpress.org, 208 locales in progress

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★
0
3★
0
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1★
0

  • 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

Download and install history

28,171 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.

Downloads per day
Image Placeholders downloads per day05001k1.5k2kSep 5Sep 28Oct 22Downloads per day
Active installs
Image Placeholders active installs025k50k75k100kSep 5Sep 28Oct 22Active installs
Rating out of 5
Image Placeholders rating01.32.53.85Sep 5Sep 28Oct 22Rating out of 5
Reviews
Image Placeholders review count00.511.52Sep 5Sep 28Oct 22Reviews

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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
7.1.3
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 October 22, 2026.

Is Image Placeholders still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 26, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Is Image Placeholders free?

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