The Free Image Placeholder Service Favoured By
Designers
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):-
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 plus the text (complete with spaces):-
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:-
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
In January 2019, we added support for Google’s new
WEBP image format.
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.