Lorem Picsum Placeholder Image URL Builder

Lorem Picsum is a free service at picsum.photos that returns random placeholder photos at any size you request, handy for mockups and demos.

Add a seed or an image id. A seed uses the /seed/ path and an id uses the /id/ path, and both return the same photo on every request.

A seed maps any text you choose to a consistent random image. An image id points at one specific photo in the Picsum library by its number.

No. The two are mutually exclusive, so the image source is a single choice between Random, Seed, and Image id. Picking one clears the other, and only that path ends up in the URL.

Blur runs from 1 to 10. Values outside that range are clamped, so 0 becomes 1 and anything above 10 becomes 10. The slider in the tool only lets you choose within that range.

Yes. Choose the webp format and the builder appends a .webp extension so the service returns a WebP image. Leaving it on jpg produces the Picsum default JPEG.

Yes. Ticking both adds two query parameters to the URL, giving something like ?grayscale&blur=3. They stack, so the returned image is both desaturated and softened.

No. It only builds a URL that points at picsum.photos, and the live preview loads the picture straight from their servers. You need an internet connection for the preview, and in production the browser fetches each image from Picsum, not from this site.

Width is required and must be greater than zero; decimals are rounded to whole pixels. Height defaults to the width when you leave Square on, so you only have to set one number for a square image.