by itthinx 5 (2 reviews)

Lazy Widget Loader

Name: Lazy Widget Loader
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)
Author: itthinx

Lazy Widget Loader provides lazy loading for widgets to improve page loading. Use on slow widgets with content from Facebook, Twitter, AdSense ...

Lazy Widget Loader ranks #15,316 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #190 of 1,123 in the Advertising category, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Aug 3, 2013. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.6 (Current: 7.1.4)

v1.2.8 Current Version v1.2.8

Updated 13 years ago Last Update on 03 Aug, 2013

Refreshed 6 days ago Last Refreshed on

#190 of 1,123 in Advertising Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.8
Last Updated: Aug 03, 2013
Requires WP: 3.0+
Tested Up To: 3.6
PHP Version: N/A
Author: itthinx

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners using widgets that load slow external content, such as Facebook, Twitter, or AdSense widgets. It solves the problem by deferring the loading of chosen widget content until after the main page content has displayed.

Lazy loading for widgets
Per-widget selection of lazy loading
Optional throbber display while loading
Facebook widget support
Twitter widget support
AdSense widget support
Itthinx LazyLoader integration
Lithuanian translation

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Lazy Widget Loader

The term lazy loading (also lazy acquisition) refers to a technique that postpones loading (acquisition) of an object (content, resources, ...) until it is really needed. In our case, this means that we still have to get the content that is to be displayed in the widget, but we postpone its acquisition until the latest possible moment, so that its possibly negative impact on loading the rest of the page is minimized.

by those contents in slow widgets that take more time to load. Note that lazy loading is often understood as to retrieve resources when they come into view, for example if you have an image at the bottom of your page and you want to make sure that this image is not loaded, unless the viewer scrolls down to where that image should appear. But that is not this plugin's strategy; if you want to be able to load content on sight, take a look at the Itthinx LazyLoader.

Yes. Go to the Widgets section under the Appearance menu and check Lazy Loading on those widgets that tend to slow down your page.

Yes you do if you want to. Go to the Widgets section under the Appearance menu and check Throbber on those widgets that should show one. Of course, for this to happen, you must also check the Lazy Loading option. Also note that in this case the minimum height of a widget will be set to the height of the throbber or the height given in the appropriate field, whichever is greater.

It improves the way widgets are loaded, especially those that take a while to load. It does not make your pages load faster. So if you have one widget that appears in, say, the middle of a page and this widget really takes a looong time to load, then your entire page will take ... looong to load because whatever is displayed in that particular widget takes quite a while to show up. Now here is why you would want to use this plugin. In the case of said widget, you would activate the Lazy Loading option for it. After that, what you should see is that first your page renders, after that, the content of your slow widget will appear as well. The result of that is: your page renders within a reasonable time and the content of the slow widget(s) is displayed when available, without slowing down the visualization of your entire page.

Yes. You can activate lazy loading for any active widget.

No! Widgets handled by Lazy Widget Loader will be shown after everything on the page has been loaded, including images etc. So widgets that load normally should NOT be loaded using Lazy Widget Loader. Only those that really can slow down page rendering should be loaded using Lazy Widget Loader. Help! ... this is the right place to ask for help.

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