Content Forge – Generate realistic dummy content, posts, comments, users, taxonomies, and pages
Generate fake/dummy posts, pages, users, taxonomies, and comments for development and testing purposes.
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Actively maintained • Last updated 27 days ago
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Description
Content Forge is a powerful WordPress plugin designed for developers and site builders who need to quickly generate realistic dummy content for testing and development purposes. Whether you’re building a new theme, testing functionality, or demonstrating a website, Content Forge provides an easy way to populate your WordPress site with meaningful fake data.
Features
- Generate fake posts with realistic titles, content, and metadata
- Create dummy pages with hierarchical structure
- Generate test users with various roles and capabilities
- Create fake taxonomies (categories and tags)
- Generate realistic comments and comment threads
- Bulk generation capabilities for efficient testing
- Clean and intuitive admin interface
- Follows WordPress coding standards
- Translation ready
Use Cases
- Theme development and testing
- Plugin development
- Client demonstrations
- Performance testing with large datasets
- Content structure planning
- Training and educational purposes
Developer Friendly
Content Forge is built with developers in mind:
* Clean, object-oriented code structure
* Follows WordPress coding standards
* Extensible with hooks and filters
* Well-documented codebase
* PSR-4 autoloading
Developer Notes
For developers looking to extend Content Forge:
* All classes use PSR-4 autoloading
* Hooks and filters are available for customization
* Clean separation of concerns with dedicated generator classes
* Comprehensive error handling and validation
Support
For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the plugin’s support forum or contact the developer.
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/content-forgedirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- Navigate to the Content Forge menu in your WordPress admin dashboard.
- Configure your generation settings and start creating dummy content.
Frequently Asked Questions
Content Forge is designed for development and testing purposes only. While the generated content is safe, it’s recommended to use this plugin only on development, staging, or testing environments.
Yes, Content Forge provides various options to customize the generated content including post types, user roles, taxonomy terms, and content length.
Content Forge only runs when you actively generate content through the admin interface. It doesn’t affect your site’s frontend performance.
Yes, Content Forge provides bulk deletion options to easily remove all generated content when you’re done testing.
Yes, Content Forge is fully translation ready and includes a .pot file for translators.
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Screenshots
Main dashboard showing generation options
Post generation interface with customization options
User generation settings
Bulk content management tools
Changelog
1.1.0 05-12-2025
- New – Added featured image generation with placeholder support
- New – Added post excerpt generation
- Enhancement – Content formatting for both Block and Classic editors