This lorem ipsum generator produces placeholder text in the amount you ask for, counted in paragraphs, sentences or words, from 1 to 100. Choose the unit and the amount, press Generate, and the text appears in the output box with a word count and a Copy Text button. Three paragraphs are generated automatically when the page loads, and everything runs in your browser.
How to use the lorem ipsum generator
- Pick Paragraphs, Sentences or Words in the Generate menu.
- Enter a number from 1 to 100 in Amount.
- Leave Start with "Lorem ipsum…" ticked, as it is by default, or untick it. It only makes a difference in word mode.
- Tick Include HTML tags if you want each paragraph wrapped in <p> tags, ready to drop into a page template.
- Press Generate, check the word count under the output, then press Copy Text.
How the lorem ipsum text is put together
The generator walks through the 69 words of the standard lorem ipsum passage, from "lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" to "id est laborum", in the same order every time and always starting from the top. Sentence mode cuts that stream into sentences of 8 to 15 words, each beginning with a capital letter and ending with a period, and joins them with spaces into a single block. Paragraph mode groups those sentences into paragraphs of 4 to 8 sentences with a blank line between them. Word mode returns the words as they come, with no punctuation.
Because every run starts from the top of the list, the first sentence always opens with the same eight words. With Include HTML tags ticked, a paragraph run begins like this:
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit ...</p>
<p>...</p>Example in word mode
Settings: Words, Amount 12, Start with Lorem ipsum unticked.
lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit sed do eiusmod temporFiller text by word or character count
Word mode has no random element, so the same settings always give the same output. That makes it the mode to use when a design or form needs placeholder text of a known size. With Start with Lorem ipsum unticked, the length including spaces is fixed:
| Words | Characters, with spaces |
|---|---|
| 25 | 149 |
| 50 | 313 |
| 100 | 632 |
The lorem ipsum generator has no character mode, so for a target such as 160 or 500 characters, generate a few more words than you need and trim the result in the character counter. The guide on how many words fit in 1,000 characters explains why the ratio changes from one kind of text to another.
Typical uses
Designers fill wireframes and mockups with it while the real copy is still being written. Front-end developers paste paragraphs into templates to see how a column copes with long content, and use word mode for button labels and headings. Word mode output has no capitals beyond the optional opening Lorem ipsum, so the case converter can turn it into Title Case for heading placeholders. It also works as filler when seeding a test database or a CMS with sample posts.
If you write page drafts in Markdown, paste a few paragraphs into the Markdown preview to check how headings and lists sit around body text. More tools for drafts are in the writing tools category.
Limits
- With only 69 words in the list, anything longer repeats the same sequence, and "lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" comes round again every 69 words.
- There are no commas or other punctuation apart from the period at the end of each sentence, so the text looks more uniform than real copy.
- The HTML option only affects paragraph mode. Sentences and words always come out as plain text.
- Amounts above 100 are reduced to 100, and a blank or zero amount becomes 3.
- The text uses only plain English letters, so it won't show how a layout copes with accented letters, long compound words or right-to-left scripts. Paste real sample text in those languages to test that.
