Placeholder only displays in places that require a thumbnail: headline lists, thumbnail-focused widget article bins, homepage hero and top stories
Placeholder is not placed in article lead media if no featured image, video, or gallery is selected for the story
Placeholder is not places in alert banners if an image has not been programmed for the alert
If a story is in a placement that uses a 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio thumbnail and moves to a square thumbnail placement (or vice versa), the system dynamically switches to the proper respective image to serve
Site does not slow down with load of images – they are dynamically sized to web-friendly file sizes
Placeholder images do not show up in post edit screen as the featured image