Title: Placeholder Text
Author: neilgee
Published: <strong>September 10, 2014</strong>
Last modified: December 9, 2016

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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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# Placeholder Text

 By [neilgee](https://profiles.wordpress.org/neilgee/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/placeholder-fallback.1.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/placeholder-fallback/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/placeholder-fallback/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/placeholder-fallback/#installation)
 * [Development](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/placeholder-fallback/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/placeholder-fallback/)

## Description

This plugin adds support for placeholder text in browsers that don’t support this
HTML5 feature including Internet Explorer 6.

The plugin just activates the placeholders.js script by James Allardice http://jamesallardice.
github.io/Placeholders.js/

There is no further configuration required.

For HTML input elements use the placeholder attribute and add a value, this value
is removed when a user inputs the field. http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/add-
a-label-into-a-text-input-field-in-a-html-form/#html5

The script is 4KB and is set to load in the footer and has no library dependencies.

### Usage

Just activate the plugin which loads the script, their is no further configuration.

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin:

 1. Upload the `placeholders` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

This section describes how to install the plugin:

 1. Upload the `placeholders` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Placeholder Text” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ neilgee ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/neilgee/)

[Translate “Placeholder Text” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/placeholder-fallback)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0 * Initial release.

1.1.0 – 19th April 2015 – upgrade includes version v4.0.1 of placeholders

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.8.28**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/placeholder-fallback/)
 * Tags
 * [forms](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/forms/)[Input](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/input/)
   [placeholder](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/placeholder/)[text](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/text/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/placeholder-fallback/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ neilgee ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/neilgee/)

## Support

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