Title: Bacon Ipsum
Author: Chris McCoy
Published: <strong>September 11, 2014</strong>
Last modified: October 11, 2018

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Bacon Ipsum

 By [Chris McCoy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fristopher/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bacon-ipsum.zip)

 * [Details](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/bacon-ipsum/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/bacon-ipsum/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/bacon-ipsum/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/bacon-ipsum/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bacon-ipsum/)

## Description

The Bacon Ipsum Plugin lets you Generate Bacon Ipsum Text for your WordPress site,
and also lets you Insert Meaty Images into your posts.

#### Bacon Ipsum Generator

The Generator is pretty straight forward, Simply goto a post or page, or any other
post type and click the
 Bacon Ipsum Button next to the Add Media Button.

Select each option you wish and click Generate Bacon

#### Bacon Mockup

You can either use the Generator or Simply Add the [bacon_mockup] shortcode to a
post or page

#### Parameters, all are optional

[bacon_mockup]

 * width : Width of the Bacon Image. Default is 300
 * height : Height of the Bacon Image. Default is 200
 * alt : The alt tag for the image. Default is Yummy Bacon!
 * class : css class for the image (incase you want to style it yourself). Default
   is baconthumb
 * tag : pick a custom image based on a tag as listed on the [Bacon Mockup Tag Page](http://baconmockup.com/attribution/)

#### Complete Tag List for Reference

 * bacon
 * bacon-eggs
 * bacon2
 * beef
 * brisket
 * corned-beef
 * drumstick
 * drumstick2
 * family-style-bbq
 * flank-steak
 * hamburger
 * pastrami
 * pork-ribs
 * pulled-pork
 * ribeye
 * ribeye2
 * ribeyes-and-bacon
 * ribs-of-beef
 * salami
 * sausage
 * sausage2
 * sirloin
 * wing-rib
 * random

See the List at [Bacon Mockup](http://baconmockup.com/attribution/)

#### Bacon Love Widget

Show your love for Bacon Ipsum by adding a Widget to a widget area with a cool animated
banner.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Bacon Ipsum Generator
 * [[
 * Bacon Mockup Shortcode Generator
 * [[
 * Bacon Love Widget
 * [[
 * Bacon Love Widget Output
 * [[
 * Bacon Ipsum and Bacon Mockup Output
 * [[
 * Bacon Ipsum and Bacon Mockup Post Box Example

## Installation

 1. Upload the bacon-ipsum directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.

## FAQ

  What are shortcodes?

Shortcode, a shortcut to code, makes it easy to add funtionality to a page or post.
When a page with a shortcode is saved, WordPress execute the linked code and embeds
the output in the page.

  What is the Point of this Plugin?

This plugin is an easy way to fill your posts with Dummy Text, and Do not want your
average simple Lorem Ipsum text.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Bacon Ipsum” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Chris McCoy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fristopher/)

[Translate “Bacon Ipsum” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bacon-ipsum)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bacon-ipsum/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bacon-ipsum/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bacon-ipsum/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bacon-ipsum/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.4

 * Fixed Depreciated function for PHP 7.X use in Bacon Widget

#### 2.3

 * Fixed Added Paragraph Insertion

#### 2.2

 * Fixed Bug When No Tag is Selected

#### 2.1

 * Added Tag Option to Bacon Mockup Shortcode

#### 2.0

 * Complete rewrite of plugin, including a Handy Shortcode for Meaty Images and 
   Bacon Text Generator

#### 1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **2.4**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **80+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bacon-ipsum/)
 * Tags
 * [dummy text](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dummy-text/)[ipsum](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ipsum/)
   [lorem](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lorem/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/bacon-ipsum/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Chris McCoy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fristopher/)

## Support

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