Faker

Realistic placeholder text. Names, emails, URLs, headlines, and more.

by Cory Etzkorn

users
50K
likes
767
saves
27K
comments
29
FreeWorks inFigma DesignFigJam
Price
Free
Latest version
v5 ยท May 2, 2020
First published
Apr 19, 2020
Publisher
Cory Etzkorn
Features

What Faker does

Summarised from Cory Etzkorn's description on the Figma Community.

  • To use

    1. Select one or more objects

  • Data included

    - Names

On this page
Overview

About Faker

Faker is a free Figma plugin published by Cory Etzkorn in 2020. It works in Figma Design and FigJam and has 50,286 users and 767 likes on the Figma Community. It ranks #18 in Mock Data & Content on our lists.

In the developer's words

Quickly generate realistic placeholder text. Names, emails, URLs, headlines, and more.

To use

1. Select one or more objects

2. Open the plugin and select a placeholder text option

Any text nodes in the selection will be replaced with the Faker text of your choice.

Data included

- Names

- Addresses

- Companies

- Phone numbers

- Dates

- Lorem Ipsum

- Internet text

- Commerce text

- Finance text

- Random text

- Computer system text

- Hacker text

This plugin is based on faker.js

Changelog

What's new

Version 5 ยท released May 2, 2020

  • Updated cover art and icon.
Trust

Permissions and privacy

Network access

This plugin's manifest doesn't declare its network access, which is common for older plugins. Figma shows a warning on the Community page for plugins like this.

Extra permissions

None beyond the standard access to the file you run it in.

Read from the plugin's published manifest. Questions about data handling go to the developer's support page.

Rankings

Where Faker ranks

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FAQ

Faker FAQ

What does Faker do?

Realistic placeholder text. Names, emails, URLs, headlines, and more. It's a Figma plugin by Cory Etzkorn that runs in Figma Design and FigJam.

Is Faker free?

Yes. Faker is free to install and run from the Figma Community, with no paid tier listed.

How do I install Faker?

Open it on the Figma Community, or search for it in the Actions menu (Cmd/Ctrl + K) inside any file you can edit. See how to install Figma plugins.

What are the best alternatives to Faker?

By user count, the closest alternatives are Lorem Ipsum, Content Reel and Avatars by Dylan Feltus. Compare all of them on the best Figma plugins for mock data & content.

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