by Florian Brinkmann 4.7 (49 reviews)

Lazy Loader

Name: Lazy Loader
Rating: 4.7 (49 reviews)
Author: Florian Brinkmann

Lazy loading plugin that supports images, iFrames, video and audio elements and uses the lightweight lazysizes script. With manual modification of the …

Lazy Loader ranks #2,295 among WordPress.org plugins with 9,000+ active installations, is #281 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 4.7/5 rating from 49 reviews, and was last updated Apr 14, 2024. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.5 (Current: 7.1.4)

v8.2.0 Current Version v8.2.0

Updated 2 years ago Last Update on 14 Apr, 2024

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#281 of 6,651 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -30.6% this week No update in over a year

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Review 4.7 out of 5

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Plugin Details

Version: 8.2.0
Last Updated: Apr 14, 2024
Requires WP: 4.9.8+
Tested Up To: 6.5
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: Florian Brinkmann

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 49
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and developers who want to defer loading of media on their pages. It solves the problem of slow page loads caused by images, iFrames, video, and audio loading immediately, by lazy loading them using the lightweight lazysizes script.

Lazy loads images and picture elements
Post thumbnail lazy loading
Inline background image lazy loading
iFrame lazy loading
Video and audio element lazy loading
Native browser lazy loading support
Disable lazy loading per post
Process complete site markup

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Lazy Loader

Yes. See the following example that would generate lazy-load-ready output for the result of the not-supported wp_get_attachment_image() function: global $lazy_loader; if ( isset( $lazy_loader ) && $lazy_loader instanceof FlorianBrinkmann\LazyLoadResponsiveImages\Plugin ) { echo $lazy_loader->filter_markup( wp_get_attachment_image( 1261 ) ); } To make it happen, you need to pass the markup that contains the image (or images) to $lazy_loader->filter_markup(). The if statement ensures that the Lazy Loader object is there and that it is an object of the correct class.

Important: If you modify or remove the inline styles, also the style that shows the loading spinner is affected. So if you remove the styles or modify them without adding back the spinner styles, the spinner option will not work. I created a Gist with the spinner styles – just add them to your modification to make it work. To disable or modify the plugin’s inline styles (except the style that hides the img.lazyload elements when JS is disabled, so only the noscript version is displayed) you can use the lazy_load_responsive_images_inline_styles filter. For example, to remove the inline styles, use the following code: add_filter( 'lazy_load_responsive_images_inline_styles', function () { return ''; } ); If you want to modify it, you can do that like in the following code block (remember to include the opening and closing style tags for additions/replacements). The code modifies the duration of the fade-in-effect: add_filter( 'lazy_load_responsive_images_inline_styles', function ( $default_styles ) { $default_styles = sprintf( '%s <style>:root { --lazy-loader-animation-duration: 600ms; }</style>', $default_styles ); return $default_styles; } ); The CSS from the example are the default styles that are used by the plugin (without the loading spinner styles). The display: block for .lazyload is important for the aspectratio plugin option.

There is a textarea in the plugin settings where you can insert custom settings for the lazysizes config.