Description
PlaceGen is a developer and designer utility plugin that converts real images into lightweight placeholders for demos, mockups, staging environments, and marketplace previews.
Common Use Cases
- Create lightweight demo content for themes and plugins
- Replace copyrighted images before client delivery
- Generate placeholders for staging websites
- Prepare ThemeForest preview packages
- Reduce package sizes during development
Features
- Replaces JPEG, PNG, GIF, and WebP images with clean placeholders
- Displays the original image dimensions on each placeholder
- Optional overlay text drawn on every placeholder
- Configurable background and text colors
- Configurable output format (PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF)
- Customizable output ZIP filename suffix
- Preserve the original nested folder structure
- Preserve original filenames
- Non-image files inside the ZIP are left untouched
- Saved packages listed in the dashboard for easy re-download
Privacy
PlaceGen does not send data to external services. All ZIP extraction and image processing occur locally on your server.
Installation
- Upload the
placegenfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
- Navigate to PlaceGen in the admin sidebar to start using the plugin.
FAQ
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What image formats are supported?
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JPEG, PNG, GIF, and WebP files inside the uploaded ZIP are processed. All other files are left untouched.
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Are the original filenames preserved?
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Yes. The plugin always preserves original filenames — generated placeholders use the exact same name as the source file automatically.
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Is the original ZIP modified?
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No. The uploaded ZIP is extracted to a temporary directory. The originals are never modified; a new ZIP containing only placeholders is created and saved.
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Does it work with nested folders?
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Yes. The plugin recursively processes all images inside the ZIP regardless of folder depth, and the full folder structure is preserved in the output archive.
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What are the server requirements?
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The plugin requires PHP 8.0+, the GD image library (enabled by default on most hosts), and the ZipArchive PHP extension. Both are standard on virtually all WordPress-compatible hosting.
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Is there a file size limit for the uploaded ZIP?
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The plugin itself has no hard limit, but your server’s
upload_max_filesizeandpost_max_sizePHP settings apply. If large uploads fail, ask your host to increase these values or use a staging environment where you control the PHP configuration.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.