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 #4,807 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #168 of 2,885 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.7/5 rating from 28 reviews, and was last updated Aug 22, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.0.1 Current Version v2.0.1

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 22 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#168 of 2,885 in Discussion & Community Top 10% by installs Downloads -8.4% this week Actively maintained

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201.5K

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Support Resolved

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Rating

94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (28 reviews)

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.0.1
Last Updated: Aug 22, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
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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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Lazy Load for Comments is for WordPress site owners who want faster page loads on posts with active comment sections. It solves the problem of heavy comment threads slowing down page load by deferring comment loading until the visitor scrolls to or clicks to reveal them.

Lazy-load comments on scroll or click
Works with classic and block themes
Loads comments inline for search engines
Per-post cache of rendered comments
Minimum-comment-count threshold
Customisable load-button text and style
React settings page under Comments menu
No jQuery dependency

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.