Title: Dummy Text Shortcode
Author: Andrew Norcross
Published: <strong>January 11, 2011</strong>
Last modified: January 20, 2012

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Dummy Text Shortcode

 By [Andrew Norcross](https://profiles.wordpress.org/norcross/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/dummy-text-shortcode.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/dummy-text-shortcode/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/dummy-text-shortcode/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/dummy-text-shortcode/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/dummy-text-shortcode/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dummy-text-shortcode/)

## Description

Allows for dummy text to be placed in a post / page with the [dummy] shortcode. 
Can easily be removed when no longer needed.

### Potential Enhancements

 * Got a bug? Something look off? Hit me up.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Text displayed on a post

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Upload the ‘dummy-text-shortcode’ folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. That’s it.

## FAQ

  What does this do?

Allows you to add ‘dummy text’ with HTML markup into a post or page. Great for testing
a new layout or design. Simply place the [dummy] shortcode on the HTML tab.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Dummy Text Shortcode” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Andrew Norcross ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/norcross/)

[Translate “Dummy Text Shortcode” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/dummy-text-shortcode)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dummy-text-shortcode/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/dummy-text-shortcode/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dummy-text-shortcode/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dummy-text-shortcode/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.01

 * Added banner image and WP version number

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.01**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.3.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dummy-text-shortcode/)
 * Tags
 * [dummy content](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dummy-content/)[dummy text](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dummy-text/)
   [lorem ipsum](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lorem-ipsum/)[shortcodes](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcodes/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/dummy-text-shortcode/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Andrew Norcross ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/norcross/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dummy-text-shortcode/)

## Donate

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 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://andrewnorcross.com/donate)