by Joel James 4.7 (28 reviews)

Lazy Load for Comments

Name: Lazy Load for Comments
Rating: 4.7 (28 reviews)
Author: Joel James

Speed up your posts by lazy-loading the WordPress comments on scroll or click. Works with classic and block themes.

Lazy Load for Comments ranks #4,779 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #170 of 2,817 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.7/5 rating from 28 reviews, and was last updated Jul 24, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7

v2.0.1 Current Version v2.0.1

Updated 3 days ago Last Update on 24 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#170 of 2,817 in Discussion & Community Top 10% by installs Actively maintained

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Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (28 reviews)

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Keyword	Position	Change	Type	Updated
lazyload comments	1	—	Tag	1 day ago
lazy load	19	—	Tag	1 day ago
Page Speed	30	—	Tag	1 day ago
comments	30	—	Tag	1 day ago

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.0.1
Last Updated: Jul 24, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Joel James

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 28
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Lazy Load for Comments

Yes. The plugin detects whether the active theme is a block theme and either swaps the classic comments_template() output or replaces the rendered core/comments block, whichever applies.

Yes. The placeholder rendered server-side is plain HTML, so full-page caches can cache it safely. The actual comments are fetched from a public REST endpoint, which is also cache-friendly.

Open Comments → Lazy Load and pick one of On scroll, On button click or Disabled on the Settings tab.

The button text, the style (inherit your theme's style or use the plugin's built-in style) and extra CSS classes can all be set under Load Button on the Settings tab.

No — this plugin only handles the default WordPress comments. Third-party comment systems (Disqus, Jetpack Comments, etc.) replace the comment area entirely, so there is nothing for this plugin to lazy-load.

Use the lazy_load_for_comments_can_lazy_load filter: add_filter( 'lazy_load_for_comments_can_lazy_load', function ( $can ) { if ( is_page( 'contact' ) ) { return false; } return $can; } );

Yes. By default the plugin detects search-engine crawlers from the User-Agent and serves them the original (inline) comments markup, so indexing is not affected. You can turn this behaviour off on the Settings tab if you'd rather always lazy-load.

The official documentation covers most setups. For everything else, the free WordPress.org support forum is the best place to start.