Image Placeholders
Displays placeholders based on an image's dominant color while the image is loading.
3.5(2 reviews)
·70K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Image Placeholders is a WordPress images plugin with 70K+ active installations and a 3.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 393K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.6+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 13% this week. Top alternative: Autoptimize.
3.5/52 reviews
70K+active installs
393K+total downloads
3 yearssince 2023
Overview
This plugin determines and stores the dominant color for newly uploaded images in the media library within WordPress and then uses it to create a placeholder background of that color in the frontend, visible until the image is loaded.
This plugin was formerly known as Dominant Color Images.
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works exactly as advertised
by Fabian Kaegy·1 year ago
This is such a nice enhancement for any site!
does nothing
by audioscavenger·1 year ago·1 reply
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
Download Trends
Today: 340Yesterday: 541This week: 3KPeriod total: 152K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.6+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.2
89.1%
v1.1
9.6%
v1.0
1.2%
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Changelog
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