by WP Media 4.2 (139 reviews)

LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes

Name: LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes
Rating: 4.2 (139 reviews)
Author: WP Media

The best free lazy load plugin for WordPress. Lazy load images, videos, and iframes to improve performance and Core Web Vitals scores.

LazyLoad Plugin ranks #403 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #33 of 6,299 in the Media category, a 4.2/5 rating from 139 reviews, and was last updated Oct 17, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1)

v2.4.0 Current Version v2.4.0

Updated 10 months ago Last Update on 17 Oct, 2025

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#33 of 6,299 in Media Top 1% by installs

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#403

+1 this week

Active Installs

100K+

-22.5%

KW Avg Position

4.4

0.4 better

Downloads

1.7M

+918 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

84%

Review 4.2 out of 5

4.2 (139 reviews)

Next Milestone 200K

Total Progress 34.6%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.2

139 reviews

Overall 84%

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.4.0
Last Updated: Oct 17, 2025
Requires WP: 4.9+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: 7.3 or higher
Author: WP Media

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.2
Reviews: 139
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 who want to speed up page loading by lazy loading media. It defers loading of images, videos, and iframes until they are visible to the user, reducing initial load time and improving Core Web Vitals scores.

Lazy load images
Lazy load videos
Lazy load iframes
Lazy load post content images
Lazy load widget text images
Lazy load thumbnails and avatars
Replace YouTube iframes with preview thumbnail
No jQuery dependency

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes

To use native lazyload on browsers supporting this feature, you need to use the following line: add_filter( 'rocket_use_native_lazyload', '__return_true' ); Browsers that do not support native lazyload will use the JS-based solution as before.

You can use the do_rocket_lazyload filter. Here is an example to put in functions.php files that disable lazyload on posts: add_action( 'wp', 'deactivate_rocket_lazyload_on_single' ); function deactivate_rocket_lazyload_on_single() { if ( is_single() ) { add_filter( 'do_rocket_lazyload', '__return_false' ); } }

Simply add a data-no-lazy="1" property in you img or iframe tag. You can also use the filters rocket_lazyload_excluded_attributes or rocket_lazyload_excluded_src to exclude specific patterns. For iframes, the filter is rocket_lazyload_iframe_excluded_patterns.

You can use the rocket_lazyload_threshold filter. Code sample: function rocket_lazyload_custom_threshold( $threshold ) { return 100; } add_filter( 'rocket_lazyload_threshold', 'rocket_lazyload_custom_threshold' ); I use plugin X and my images don't show anymore Some plugins are not compatible without lazy loading. Please open a support thread, and we will see how we can solve the issue by excluding lazy loading for this plugin.

The plugin will automatically lazy load background-images set with a style attribute to a div element: <div style="background-image: url(image.jpg);"> You can also apply it manually. The element you want to apply lazy load on must have this specific markup: <div class="rocket-lazyload" data-bg="url(../img/image.jpg)"></div> The element must have the class rocket-lazyload, and a data-bg attribute, which value is the CSS url for the image.

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