WP-Lipsum is a simple plugin for generating dummy text for your WordPress site.
As of April 2026, WP Lipsum is a WordPress lipsum plugin with 10 active installations and a 1/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Dummynator.
WP-Lipsum includes a collection of template fragments representing lots of common page types, from simple lorem ipsum paragraphs to demos of the WP comment system, and more. It works via a simple shortcode or template tag.
[lipsum]
This outputs the basic content block. You can edit this in wp-lipsum/templates/basic.php.
[lipsum template=aux]
This outputs the auxilary lipsum page, with tables, definition lists, and more. You can edit this in templates/aux.php.
[lipsum repeat=4]
This outputs 4 simple paragphs of lorem ipsum text. You can edit the text in templates/p.php.
[lipsum template=ol repeat=3]
This loads the ordered list template and displays it 3 times.
[lipsum t=ol r=3]
You can also use “t” and “r” as parameter shortcuts.
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| WordPress | 3.3.2+ requiredTested up to 3.3.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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