Four output formats
Paragraphs, sentences, plain word runs and list items — each with its own length control.
About LI Generator
A single tool, built properly, because the ones we kept opening were getting worse.
Why this site exists
LI Generator started as an annoyance. Anyone who builds websites for a living ends up needing placeholder text several times a week — a hero section needs a subheading, a card grid needs three descriptions of the same length, a client wants to see how a blog template breathes before a single article is written. So you search for a Lorem Ipsum generator, and you land on a page that asks you to accept a cookie banner, dismiss a newsletter pop-up, wait for a script to finish loading, and only then lets you drag a slider to pick how many paragraphs you want.
That is a lot of friction for something that should take four seconds. We built this because the task is small and the tools had stopped acting like it.
What we set out to do differently
Three decisions shaped everything on this site. First, the generator runs entirely in your browser. There is no API call, no queue, no server generating your text and sending it back — the word bank and the logic are a few kilobytes of JavaScript that load with the page. That is why results appear the instant you click, and why your text never touches anyone else's computer.
Second, the controls are visible. Paragraphs, sentences, words and list items are all first-class options, not a premium upgrade. Word count per block is a number you type, not a slider you fight with. The classic "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" opener is a checkbox, because sometimes you want the recognisable line and sometimes you want fully randomised copy for a screenshot.
Third, the output is genuinely usable. The word bank is drawn from the classical Cicero vocabulary rather than a short repeating list, sentences get proper capitalisation and commas, and the HTML tags toggle gives you markup you can paste straight into a template without cleaning it up first.
Who it is for
Web designers filling a wireframe. Front-end developers checking how a component handles two lines versus six. WordPress users building out a theme before the copy is written. Writers testing a layout for a piece that does not exist yet. Students learning HTML who need something to put between the tags. Anyone, really, who needs text-shaped text and does not want to think about it.
How the site is funded: LI Generator is free and always will be. It is supported by advertising displayed around the tool, never inside your generated output and never in front of the Generate button. If you want to know exactly what that means for your data, our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy spell it out.
Where it goes next
The plan is to keep the tool narrow and make it better rather than bolt on features nobody asked for. Ideas currently on the list include additional placeholder vocabularies, a start-from-a-heading option for full page mockups, and keyboard shortcuts for people who generate text dozens of times a day. If you have a request that would genuinely save you time, tell us about it — small tools get better when the people using them say what is missing.
What LI Generator gives you
One-click copy
Copy to your clipboard or download a .txt file. No selecting, no scrolling, no lost formatting.
Nothing leaves your browser
The generator is client-side JavaScript. Your settings and your text are never sent anywhere.