Test Content Generator
Developing any WP plugin or theme often means needing to test it against as much of a “real site” as your development environment will allow, and if you’re adding that test data by hand, it gets pretty tedious pretty…
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Test Content Generator shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 1 year ago, and scores 34/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (20+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in over a year
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.7 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & supportDaily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Test Content Generator stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| lipsum | #3 |
| lorem ipsum | #18 |
| test content | #62 |
| test posts | >100 |
| wp-cli | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews
About Test Content Generator
From the official readme · v0.4.4Description
Developing any WP plugin or theme often means needing to test it against as much of a “real site” as your development environment will allow, and if you’re adding that test data by hand, it gets pretty tedious pretty quickly.
This plugin will let you use either WP-CLI commands, or the admin page in Tools->Content Generator to add test users, populate the Media Library with example images, an additional test custom post type and custom taxonomies, generate as many test “Lorem Ipsum” posts as you want, and then add comments to those posts.
Each of those “Lorem Ipsum” posts will be randomly tagged and categorised, and can also be assigned one of the test images as its Featured Image, as well as a variety of HTML content in addition to the usual paragraphs.
This plugin is primarily for people who need to test plugins and themes on a regular basis, but it would let anyone get a feel of how their site will look when it’s full of real content.
Workflow
All the parts of this plugin are optional, and each can be repeated as much as you want, depending on which parts of your site you want to test.
However, no individual step will “backfill” preceeding ones automatically, so if you have an empty site and you want (eg.) your test Posts to appear to have been written by different people, then you need to add the test Users first.
ie.
- Enable Custom (Post Types & Categories & Tags) before adding terms from your Taxonomies,
- Add Users before downloading Images before generating Posts before adding Comments.
WP CLI Integration
Using the plugin defaults, you can populate a test site with just the following commands:
wp plugin install test-content-generator --activate
Download and activate the plugin.wp test users --amount=20
Add 20 random Editor/Author/Contributor/Subscribers users who have registered within the last 60 days.wp test taxonomies --amount=50
Add 50 taxonomy terms split between Categories and Post Tags.wp test images --amount=10
Add 10 images of size 800×400 uploaded by any Editor/Author.wp test posts --amount=40
Add 40 Posts written within the last 60 days by any Editor/Author/Contributor, with a Featured Image and both categorised and tagged.wp test comments --amount=100
Add 100 comments to your Posts written within the last 60 days by any of the registered users.
See wp help test for more details.
Changelog
0.4.4
- Fix: Stopped creating deprecated dynamic properties for PHP 8.3
0.4.3
- Tested against 6.7.2
- Fix: Moved the translation text domain loading to later in the init
0.4.2
- Tested against 6.4.3, 6.5 and 6.6.1
- Fix: Moved the run() callback of register_setting() into the abstract class (DRY)
- Fix: Switched use of rand() to wp_rand() to stop the plugin check whining
- Fix: Added translator notes for the various placeholders
0.4.1
- Fix: Changed how some string arrays are passed via CLI to be consistent
- Fix: Uses gmdate/wp_json_encode instead of date/json_encode
0.4
- Feature: Added WP-CLI integration
0.3
- Tested against 6.4 and 6.3.2
- Feature: Added ability to fill media library from https://picsum.photos/
- Feature: Added featured images, user creation, comment creation
- Feature: Added a better settings page
- Initial public release
0.2
- Feature: Added the lipsum routines to generate posts and terms
0.1
- Original plugin – add some test posts
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FAQ
Test Content Generator: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 2, 2026
Is Test Content Generator free?
Yes. Test Content Generator is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Test Content Generator safe to use in 2026?
Test Content Generator shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 1 year ago, and scores 34/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Test Content Generator?
Test Content Generator is active on 20+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,183 times since it launched in February 2024. It was downloaded 51 times in the last 30 days.
Does Test Content Generator work with WordPress 7.1?
Test Content Generator is officially tested up to WordPress 6.7.9, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Test Content Generator need?
Test Content Generator requires PHP 8.3 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Test Content Generator last updated?
The latest version, 0.4.4, was released on April 7, 2025 (1 year ago).
Who makes Test Content Generator?
Test Content Generator is developed and maintained by keith_wp.
What are the best alternatives to Test Content Generator?
The most popular alternatives to Test Content Generator are WP-Filler (10+ installs) and WP Lipsum (10+ installs).
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