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lazysizes

High performance and SEO friendly lazy loader for images, iframes and more. Many features, like low-res Blurhash placeholders and image fade-in

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Tested up to WordPress 5.5
Current version1.3.3
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 5.5
Minimum stackWP 3.9 · PHP 5.6
Directory statusactive
Last directory update13 Aug 20206y ago
Active installations600Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 6 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records lazysizes version 1.3.3 as active, updated 6y ago and tested up to WordPress 5.5.

Overview

About this plugin

lazysizes is a WordPress plugin for the high performance, SEO-friendly and auto-triggering lazyloader with the same name. Support includes images (including responsive images with srcset and the picture tag), iframes, scripts/widgets and much more. It also prioritizes resources by differentiating between crucial in view and near view elements to make perceived performance even faster.

Additionally, you can add low-res/blurry placeholder images using the Blurhash algorithm.

This plugin works by loading the lazysizes script and replacing the src and srcset attributes with data-src and data-srcset on the front end of a WordPress site. When a post or page is loaded, the lazysizes javascript will load the images, iframes etc. dynamically when needed.

All you need to do is to enable the plugin, and possibly tweak a few settings to your liking.

Thanks to aFarkas and contributors for making the lazysizes library possible, and for letting me use the same name.

Also thanks to dbhynds who made the Lazy Load XT plugin, which this plugin is based on.

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Plugin tags

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  • lazy load
  • blurhash
  • image
  • lazysizes
  • performance
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 5.5

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 5.5.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to5.5
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.9 · PHP 5.6
Update activity13 Aug 20206y ago

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