by nigro.simone 4.3 (12 reviews)

Speed Up – Lazy Load

Name: Speed Up – Lazy Load
Rating: 4.3 (12 reviews)
Author: nigro.simone

Improves load speed of page and save the bandwidth.

Speed Up ranks #9,249 among WordPress.org plugins with 400+ active installations, is #1,058 of 6,333 in the Media category, a 4.3/5 rating from 12 reviews, and was last updated Jul 26, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.5 (Current: 7.1.1)

v1.0.28 Current Version v1.0.28

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 26 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,058 of 6,333 in Media Top 25% by installs Downloads -6.6% this week

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#9,249

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Active Installs

400+

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KW Avg Position

15.3

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Downloads

50.3K

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Rating

86%

Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (12 reviews)

Next Milestone 500

Total Progress 96%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3

12 reviews

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.28
Last Updated: Jul 26, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7.0.5
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: nigro.simone

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 12
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

defer offscreen images iframe lazy load lazy load lazy loading images performance

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners, though it is now obsolete since WordPress core has natively lazy-loaded images since version 5.5 and iframes since version 5.7. It previously delayed loading of below-the-fold images and iframes to speed up page load and save bandwidth, but keeping it active can now hurt Core Web Vitals (LCP) unless the site specifically needs lazy loading of CSS background images.