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What Is Placeholder.com?

*Placeholder.com generates custom placeholder images on the fly, like

these examples:-*

Contents [hide <#>]

* 1 What Is Placeholder.com? <#What_Is_Placeholdercom>

* 2 How To Use Our Placeholders <#How_To_Use_Our_Placeholders>
* 3 How To Set Image Size <#How_To_Set_Image_Size>
* 4 How To Set Image Formats <#How_To_Set_Image_Formats>
* 5 How To Set Custom Text <#How_To_Set_Custom_Text>
* 6 How To Set Background & Text Color <#How_To_Set_Background_Text_Color>
o 6.1 Popular Hex Color Codes <#Popular_Hex_Color_Codes>
* 7 New! WEBP Support <#NewnbspWEBP_Support>
* 8 New! HTTPS Support <#New_HTTPS_Support>
* 9 NEW! Placeholder Logos, Text & Banners Ads
<#NEW_Placeholder_Logos_Text_Banners_Ads>
* 10 Any Questions? <#Any_Questions>

How To Use Our Placeholders

Just specify the image size after our URL

/(https://via.placeholder.com/) /and you’ll get a placeholder image. So
the image URL should look this:-

|https://via.placeholder.com*/150*|

You can use the images in your HTML or CSS, like this:

|<a href="https://placeholder.com"><img
src="https://via.placeholder.com/150"></a>|

/(Be sure to check out our HTML & CSS tutorials at HTML.com
<https://html.com/>, our sister site, if you’re rusty)/

There are a few simple rules <https://placeholder.com/rules/> before you

use them.

How To Set Image Size

Specify the width first, then height. Height is optional: if no height

is specified, your placeholder image will be a square. So this example…
|https://via.placeholder.com//150/|

…generates a 150 pixel square dummy image:-

Square placeholder image 300px

/*NB:* Size must be the first folder specified in the URL/

How To Set Image Formats

Image format is optional – the default is a .GIF. You can use the
following image file extensions…

* .GIF
* .JPG
* .JPEG
* .PNG

Adding an image file extension will render the image in the correct
format. JPG & JPEG are identical. The image extension can go at the end
of any option in the URL, like this:-
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* https://via.placeholder.com/300*.png*/09f/fff
* https://via.placeholder.com/300/09f*.png*/fff
* https://via.placeholder.com/300/09f/fff*.png*

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How To Set Custom Text

You can specify text for your image by using a query string at the /very
end/ of the URL.

So this URL…

|https://via.placeholder.com/728x90.png*?
text=Visit+WhoIsHostingThis.com+Buyers+Guide*|

…produces this 728×90 sized image /(ie, leaderboard ad dimensions)/:-

WhoIsHostingThis.com Placeholder Image

<https://www.whoishostingthis.com/best-web-hosting/>

Text is optional. The default is the image dimensions in pixels. You can
use A-Z characters, upper or lowercase, numbers, and most symbols.
Spaces are specified with a plus sign (+). For example…

|https://via.placeholder.com/468x60*?text=Visit+Blogging.com+Now*|

…will produces this placeholder banner ad

<https://placeholder.com/banners-ads/> plus the text /(complete with
spaces)/:-

Placeholder Image with text sample <https://blogging.com/>

/(PS. Looking for dummy text? We now have lorem ipsum

<https://placeholder.com/text/lorem-ipsum/> & more placeholder text
<https://placeholder.com/text/> to download)./

How To Set Background & Text Color

By default, text is black and the background grey.

Colors are represented as hex codes after the dummy image dimensions.
For example, #FF0000 is red. Colors /must/ follow the dimensions. So
this image URL…

|https://via.placeholder.com/150*/0000FF/808080 *?Text=Digital.com|
|https://via.placeholder.com/150*/FF0000/FFFFFF*?Text=Down.com|
|https://via.placeholder.com/150*/FFFF00/000000*?Text=WebsiteBuilders.com|
|https://via.placeholder.com/150/000000/FFFFFF/?text=IPaddress.net|

…produces images in the shape of 125×125 button ad

<https://placeholder.com/banners-ads/>:-

<https://digital.com/web-hosting/> <https://down.com/web-hosting/>
<https://websitebuilders.com/> <https://ipaddress.net/>

The first color is always the background color, and the second color is
the text color.

Popular Hex Color Codes

* White – FFFFFF
* Black – 000000
* Red – FF0000
* Blue – 0000FF
* Yellow – FFFFFF
* Green – 008000

*New!* WEBP Support

In January 2019, we added support for Google’s new WEBP image format
<https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/>.

*New!* HTTPS Support

SSL is a big deal for any webmaster in 2018. Your placeholder images
will work with or without HTTPS…
|
*http://*via.placeholder.com/300
*https://*via.placeholder.com/300
|

…called from HTTP or HTTPS domains.

 *NEW!* Placeholder Logos, Text & Banners Ads

*
o *Placeholder Logos <https://placeholder.com/logos/>* – Free logo
mockups to download
o *Placeholder Text <https://placeholder.com/text/>* – Free
placeholder text <https://placeholder.com/text/>
o *Placeholder Banner Ads <https://placeholder.com/banner-ads/>* –
Dummy banner ads in common IAB dimensions

Any Questions?

We’ve got answers. Please see our frequently asked questions

<https://placeholder.com/faq/> page.

About Us

*Placeholder.com* is a free image placeholder service for web designers,

serving billions and billions <https://placeholder.com/about/> of images
each year.

You can specify image size & format /(.GIF, .JPG, .PNG, .WEBP)/,
background color & text color, as well as the text.

*Learn how <https://placeholder.com/>* and be sure to follow *the golden

rules <https://placeholder.com/rules/>*.

Placeholder.com <https://placeholder.com/> is a free image placeholder

service for web designers, serving billions of images per year.

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