PlaceHodor
Substitute/replace missing images by a default image. The plugin will (try to) display/generate the good size (width and height) of the missing image.
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Maintenance score
Stale • Last updated 198 days ago • 3 reviews
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Description
Substitute / replace missing images by a default image.
The plugin will (try to) display / generate the good size (width and height) of the image missing.
You can choose to replace the image by one picture uploaded in the Placehodor settings page.
Or you can choose to replace the images missing by images from the placeholder webservices “Placehold.co”, “Picsum.photos” or “Doodleipsum.com”.
You can contact me :
- My blog: https://xuxu.fr
- My Twitter account: https://twitter.com/xuxu
Short Description
Substitute/replace missing images by a default image.
The plugin will (try to) display/generate the good size (width and height) of the image missing.
Installation
- Extract and upload the directory
placehodorto the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Check if Permalink setting is not set on “Plain”
Frequently Asked Questions
Wait for it.
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Screenshots

You have 3 modes of substitution available : Solo / Placeholder.com / Picsum.photos

Upload the image that will substitute the images missing

This image will substitute the images missing

Use the webservice "Placeholder.com" (options: text, text color, background color)

Use the webservice "Picsum.photos" (options: normal, grayscale, blur)

Before PlaceHodor set

After PlaceHodor set

Activate a default thumbnail for the posts

A default post thumbnail is set
Changelog
1.4.0
- Make it works on multi site WordPress with sub directory
1.3.4
- Fix get substitute image
1.3.3.2
- Try fix description plugin length
1.3.3.1
- Support .gif in solo mode
- Fix description plugin length
1.3.3
- Add DoodleIpsum.com service
- Add random var to try set / get random image each service call
1.3.2
- Fix select font display
1.3.1
- Update description and tags
- Clean old scripts
1.3.0
- Replace external service down (placeholder.com by placehold.co)
- Remove external service down (placeimg.com)
1.2.0
- Replace image broken from external source
1.1.0
- Can display a random post thumbnail if this option is activated
- Debug display random thumbnail
- Code Rework
1.0.0
- Hello world!
- first Release.