Description
Placeholders adds 14 customizable Gutenberg blocks for standard advertising sizes. Perfect for wireframing, prototyping, or reserving space for future ad placements in your WordPress site.
Features:
- 14 standard IAB ad sizes
- Customizable background and text colors
- Support for wide and full alignment
- Responsive design
- Clean, minimal styling
- Shows dimensions and ad name
- Grouped in dedicated “Placeholders” category
Available Block Sizes:
- Leaderboard – 728×90px
- Medium Rectangle – 300×250px
- Wide Skyscraper – 160×600px
- Mobile Banner – 320×50px
- Billboard – 970×250px
- Large Rectangle – 336×280px
- Half Page – 300×600px
- Small Square – 200×200px
- Square – 250×250px
- Small Rectangle – 180×150px
- Vertical Rectangle – 240×400px
- Large Leaderboard – 970×90px
- Portrait – 300×1050px
- Netboard – 580×400px
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/placeholdersdirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- In the block editor, search for any ad size (e.g., “Leaderboard”) in the inserter.
- The blocks will appear in the “Placeholders” category.
FAQ
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How do I use these blocks?
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- Open any post or page in the block editor
- Click the ‘+’ button to add a new block
- Search for an ad size (e.g., “leaderboard”, “medium rectangle”)
- Insert the block and customize colors using the block settings panel
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Can I customize the colors?
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Yes! Each block supports background and text color customization through the block settings panel.
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Can these blocks be used for actual ads?
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These blocks are designed as placeholders for wireframing and layout design. For actual ad serving, you would need to use an ad management plugin or service.
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Are these blocks responsive?
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Yes, the blocks are responsive and work well on different screen sizes. You can also use the alignment options (wide/full) to control their display.
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Contributors & Developers
“Placeholders” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.2
- Fix asset generation script to use rsvg-convert for proper gradient rendering
- Regenerate icons and banners with correct gradient colors
1.0.1
- Add WordPress.org plugin assets (icons and banners)
- WordPress.org approved release
1.0.0
- Initial release
- 14 ad placeholder blocks
- Color customization support
- Alignment support
- Custom “Placeholders” block category