Lazy Load WordPress Plugin
Lazy load images to improve page load times and server bandwidth. Images are loaded only when visible to the user.
Lazy load images to improve page load times. Uses jQuery.sonar to only load an image when it's visible in the viewport.
This plugin is an amalgamation of code written by the WordPress.com VIP team at Automattic, the TechCrunch 2011 Redesign team, and Jake Goldman (10up LLC).
Uses jQuery.sonar by Dave Artz (AOL).
front-end optimization
images
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Usage of Lazy Load over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 3 684 to 2 602 — down 1 082 (-29.4%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 2 602 | -196 |
| June 2024 | 2 798 | -38 |
| May 2024 | 2 836 | +32 |
| April 2024 | 2 804 | +34 |
| March 2024 | 2 770 | -5 |
| February 2024 | 2 775 | -137 |
| January 2024 | 2 912 | -52 |
| December 2023 | 2 964 | +4 |
| November 2023 | 2 960 | +25 |
| October 2023 | 2 935 | -185 |
| September 2023 | 3 120 | -344 |
| August 2023 | 3 464 | -151 |
| July 2023 | 3 615 | -69 |
| June 2023 | 3 684 | — |
Themes used with Lazy Load
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cherryframework |
| 2 | Genesis |
| 3 | Divi |
| 4 | Avada |
| 5 | Twentytwelve |
| 6 | Newspaper |
| 7 | Twentyeleven |
| 8 | Twentyfourteen |
| 9 | Enfold |
| 10 | Avada-child-theme |
| 11 | Generatepress |
| 12 | Canvas |
| 13 | Divi-child |
| 14 | X |
| 15 | Hueman |
| 16 | Salient |
| 17 | Dt-the7 |
| 18 | Responsive |
| 19 | Twentythirteen |
| 20 | Customizr |
Sites running Lazy Load
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