by WordPress Performance Team 5 (1 reviews)

Image Prioritizer

Name: Image Prioritizer
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: WordPress Performance Team

Prioritizes the loading of images and videos based on how they appear to actual visitors: adds fetchpriority, preloads, lazy-loads, and sets sizes.

Image Prioritizer ranks #821 among WordPress.org plugins with 40,000+ active installations, is #98 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Aug 26, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v1.0.0-beta4 Current Version v1.0.0-beta4

Updated 2 months ago Last Update on 26 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 19 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#98 of 6,651 in Media Top 1% by installs Downloads -19.2% this week

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#821

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Active Installs

40K+

-17.5%

KW Avg Position

20.5

0.7 worse

Downloads

354.6K

+32 today

Support Resolved

100%

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100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (1 reviews)

Next Milestone 50K

Total Progress 75.9%

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0

1 reviews

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.0-beta4
Last Updated: Aug 26, 2026
Requires WP: 6.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: WordPress Performance Team

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 1
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to improve image and video loading performance without manual configuration. It automatically detects which images and videos are important for visitors (like LCP elements) and applies fetchpriority, preloading, and lazy-loading accordingly based on real visitor metrics.

Adds fetchpriority=high preload links
Detects LCP images and videos
Supports IMG, PICTURE, and background-images
Lazy loads CSS background images
Lazy loads VIDEO tags
Sets sizes=auto on IMG tags
Reduces video poster image size
Requires Optimization Detective plugin

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Image Prioritizer

Feedback is encouraged and much appreciated, especially since this plugin may contain future WordPress core features. If you have suggestions or requests for new features, you can submit them as an issue in the WordPress Performance Team's GitHub repository. If you need help with troubleshooting or have a question about the plugin, please create a new topic on our support forum.

The Performance team and WordPress community take security bugs seriously. We appreciate your efforts to responsibly disclose your findings, and will make every effort to acknowledge your contributions. To report a security issue, please visit the WordPress HackerOne program.

Contributions are always welcome! Learn more about how to get involved in the Core Performance Team Handbook. The plugin source code is located in the WordPress/performance repo on GitHub.