diff --git a/src/Integrations/Divi/Compose/Placeholders.php b/src/Integrations/Divi/Compose/Placeholders.php
index 606bc8f..ece50e0 100644
--- a/src/Integrations/Divi/Compose/Placeholders.php
+++ b/src/Integrations/Divi/Compose/Placeholders.php
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
 /**
  * Translates the placeholders of spec §5.4 into Divi's $variable(…)$ syntax:
  * {{color:primary|<Name>|gcid-…}}, {{var:<Name>|gvid-…}}, {{font:heading|body}},
- * {{post:title|…}}, {{field:<meta_key>}}, {{link:<ID>}} (internal link, URL fields only – E13a).
+ * {{post:title|…}}, {{field:<meta_key>}}, {{link:<ID>}} (internal link, URL fields only – E13a),
+ * {{loop:<option>}} (a loop option without "loop_", ruling X4 – whether the node sits in a loop of the
+ * option's kind VariableRef checks against the composition's LoopScope, not this class).
  * A placeholder must be the whole value (D9); unknown names fail with the list of existing ones,
  * labels two entries share fail with their IDs (ruling S13a, DesignSystem::colorIdFor/variableFor).
  * The result is still checked by VariableRef wherever it is written. Pure PHP.
@@ -32,16 +34,64 @@ final class Placeholders
         'tags' => 'post_tags',
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * {{loop:<key>}} => Divi loop option (Divi 5.15.1, DynamicContentOption*.php): the key is the option without
+     * "loop_". The meta key options (loop_*_meta_key_manual_custom_field) are missing on purpose – they need the
+     * meta key as a setting, so only the full form can write them.
+     */
+    public const LOOP = [
+        'post_title' => 'loop_post_title',
+        'post_excerpt' => 'loop_post_excerpt',
+        'post_date' => 'loop_post_date',
+        'post_modified_date' => 'loop_post_modified_date',
+        'post_author' => 'loop_post_author',
+        'post_author_bio' => 'loop_post_author_bio',
+        'post_author_profile_picture' => 'loop_post_author_profile_picture',
+        'post_comment_count' => 'loop_post_comment_count',
+        'post_featured_image' => 'loop_post_featured_image',
+        'post_id' => 'loop_post_id',
+        'post_link' => 'loop_post_link',
+        'post_terms' => 'loop_post_terms',
+        'term_name' => 'loop_term_name',
+        'term_description' => 'loop_term_description',
+        'term_count' => 'loop_term_count',
+        'term_permalink' => 'loop_term_permalink',
+        'term_taxonomy' => 'loop_term_taxonomy',
+        'term_featured_image' => 'loop_term_featured_image',
+        'user_name' => 'loop_user_name',
+        'user_username' => 'loop_user_username',
+        'user_email' => 'loop_user_email',
+        'user_avatar' => 'loop_user_avatar',
+        'user_description' => 'loop_user_description',
+        'user_url' => 'loop_user_url',
+        'menu_text' => 'loop_menu_text',
+        'menu_link' => 'loop_menu_link',
+        'menu_menu_order' => 'loop_menu_menu_order',
+        'menu_attr_title' => 'loop_menu_attr_title',
+        'menu_classes' => 'loop_menu_classes',
+        'menu_xfn' => 'loop_menu_xfn',
+        'menu_description' => 'loop_menu_description',
+    ];
+
     /** Dynamic content that is text and takes before/after settings. */
     private const TEXT_SETTINGS = [
         'post_title', 'post_excerpt', 'post_date', 'post_modified_date', 'post_author', 'post_categories', 'post_tags',
     ];
 
-    private const PATTERN = '/^\{\{\s*(color|var|font|post|field|link)\s*:\s*([^{}]+?)\s*\}\}$/';
+    private const PATTERN = '/^\{\{\s*(color|var|font|post|field|link|loop)\s*:\s*([^{}]+?)\s*\}\}$/';
 
-    /** @param LinkTargets|null $links Entries {{link:…}} may point to; without them every link fails. */
-    public function __construct(private DesignSystem $design, private ?LinkTargets $links = null)
-    {
+    /**
+     * @param LinkTargets|null                     $links      Entries {{link:…}} may point to; without them every
+     *                                                         link fails.
+     * @param array<string, array<string, string>> $loopFields Loop options of the composition's loop scope
+     *                                                         (DynamicContentMap::loopFields): {{loop:…}} writes
+     *                                                         before/after only for options that have them.
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        private DesignSystem $design,
+        private ?LinkTargets $links = null,
+        private array $loopFields = []
+    ) {
     }
 
     /**
@@ -55,7 +105,7 @@ final class Placeholders
             if (str_contains($value, '{{')) {
                 throw new InvalidArgumentException(
                     'Platzhalter müssen allein im Wert stehen, z. B. "{{color:primary}}" (bekannt: color, var, font, '
-                        . 'post, field, link).'
+                        . 'post, field, link, loop).'
                 );
             }
 
@@ -70,6 +120,7 @@ final class Placeholders
             'font' => $this->font($name),
             'post' => $this->post($name),
             'link' => $this->link($name),
+            'loop' => $this->loop($name),
             default => $this->field($name),
         };
     }
@@ -154,6 +205,31 @@ final class Placeholders
         return VariableRef::serialize('content', $option, $settings);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {{loop:<key>}} → loop_<key> with empty before/after where the scope's loop fields have them, else no
+     * settings. Outside a loop or in one of another kind the option is not in those fields: the reference is
+     * written without settings and VariableRef refuses it with the loop message (ruling X5).
+     *
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    private function loop(string $name): string
+    {
+        $option = self::LOOP[strtolower($name)] ?? null;
+        if ($option === null) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                'Unbekannter Schleifen-Inhalt "%s". Vorhanden: %s. Den Namen ohne "loop_" angeben '
+                    . '(z. B. {{loop:post_date}}); Schleifen-Felder mit Meta-Schlüssel nur in der Vollform '
+                    . '(lit/divi-dynamic-sources).',
+                $name,
+                implode(', ', array_keys(self::LOOP))
+            ));
+        }
+
+        $settings = isset($this->loopFields[$option]['before']) ? ['before' => '', 'after' => ''] : [];
+
+        return VariableRef::serialize('content', $option, $settings);
+    }
+
     /**
      * {{link:<ID>}} → Divi's own internal link post_link_url_<type> with settings.post_id (F27):
      * rendered as get_permalink() at view time, so a draft target gets its pretty URL once published.
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Integrations/Divi/Compose/PlaceholdersTest.php b/tests/Unit/Integrations/Divi/Compose/PlaceholdersTest.php
index 9f1eb8c..c2f5c06 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Integrations/Divi/Compose/PlaceholdersTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Integrations/Divi/Compose/PlaceholdersTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace LIT\MCP\Tests\Unit\Integrations\Divi\Compose;
 
 use InvalidArgumentException;
+use LIT\MCP\Integrations\Divi\Compose\LoopScope;
 use LIT\MCP\Integrations\Divi\Compose\Placeholders;
 use LIT\MCP\Integrations\Divi\Compose\VariableRef;
 use LIT\MCP\Integrations\Divi\Design\DesignSystem;
@@ -15,6 +16,15 @@ use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 final class PlaceholdersTest extends TestCase
 {
+    /** Loop fields of a post loop as DynamicContentMap::loopFields() gives them (Divi 5.15.1 shapes). */
+    private const POST_LOOP_FIELDS = [
+        'loop_post_date' => [
+            'before' => 'richtext', 'after' => 'richtext', 'loop_position' => 'text',
+            'date_format' => 'select', 'custom_date_format' => 'text',
+        ],
+        'loop_post_featured_image' => ['loop_position' => 'text', 'thumbnail_size' => 'select'],
+    ];
+
     /**
      * Rows with a third value true go into a URL field (ruling P4: only the link row – URL mode
      * refuses colour references by design).
@@ -78,6 +88,10 @@ final class PlaceholdersTest extends TestCase
             'bad field key' => ['{{field:a b}}', 'Ungültiger Feldschlüssel'],
             'protected field key' => ['{{field:_edit_lock}}', 'Ungültiger Feldschlüssel'],
             'embedded' => ['Seite: {{post:title}}', 'allein im Wert'],
+            'embedded loop value' => ['Am {{loop:post_date}}', 'post, field, link, loop'],
+            'unknown loop value' => ['{{loop:views}}', 'Unbekannter Schleifen-Inhalt "views". Vorhanden: post_title,'],
+            'loop value with its prefix' => ['{{loop:loop_post_date}}', 'ohne "loop_"'],
+            'loop meta key option' => ['{{loop:post_meta_key_manual_custom_field}}', 'nur in der Vollform'],
             'link without id' => ['{{link:start}}', 'Ungültige Beitrags-ID'],
             'link to a missing post' => ['{{link:999}}', 'Eintrag 999'],
             'link without link targets' => ['{{link:0}}', 'Ungültige Beitrags-ID'],
@@ -168,4 +182,44 @@ final class PlaceholdersTest extends TestCase
 
         (new Placeholders(DiviFixtures::designSystem()))->resolve('{{link:839}}');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Ruling X4: {{loop:<option>}} names the loop option without its prefix; before/after only where the loop
+     * fields of the composition's scope give the option those settings (Divi has none on image options).
+     */
+    public function testLoopPlaceholdersNameTheLoopOption(): void
+    {
+        $placeholders = new Placeholders(DiviFixtures::designSystem(), null, self::POST_LOOP_FIELDS);
+
+        $date = $placeholders->resolve('{{ loop : Post_Date }}');
+        self::assertSame(
+            '$variable({"type":"content","value":{"name":"loop_post_date","settings":{"before":"","after":""}}})$',
+            $date
+        );
+        self::assertSame(
+            '$variable({"type":"content","value":{"name":"loop_post_featured_image","settings":{}}})$',
+            $placeholders->resolve('{{loop:post_featured_image}}')
+        );
+        // Not in the scope's fields (no loop, another kind): no settings – VariableRef names the loop problem.
+        self::assertSame(
+            '$variable({"type":"content","value":{"name":"loop_term_name","settings":{}}})$',
+            $placeholders->resolve('{{loop:term_name}}')
+        );
+
+        // What the placeholder writes passes the checker of a post loop unchanged.
+        $references = new VariableRef(
+            DiviFixtures::designSystem(),
+            DynamicContentMap::fromOptions(DiviFixtures::dynamicContentRegistry()) + self::POST_LOOP_FIELDS,
+            LoopScope::ofQueryType('post_types')
+        );
+        self::assertSame($date, $references->canonical($date, ComposeFixture::sanitizer()));
+    }
+
+    public function testEveryLoopPlaceholderNamesALoopOption(): void
+    {
+        foreach (Placeholders::LOOP as $short => $option) {
+            self::assertSame('loop_' . $short, $option);
+            self::assertStringNotContainsString('meta_key', $option, 'meta key options need settings (full form)');
+        }
+    }
 }