Picturefill.WP WordPress Plugin
A WordPress plugin to use picturefill.js to load responsive/retina images, mimicking the proposed HTML5 picture spec.
Note: This is an implementation of Picturefill.js version 1.2.x. For an implementation of Picturefill.js 2.x, see the master branch of the GitHub repository.
Picturefill.WP is a simple and option-less plugin to serve HDPI and responsive images on a WordPress website.
This plugin parses post and page content replacing images with a special syntax similar to the proposed syntax for the HTML5 picture element, then uses an adapted version of picturefill.js to load the appropriate image to the browser.
Considerations before installing
HDPI
high DPI
images
picturefillJS
responsive images
retina
retina images
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Usage of Picturefill.WP over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 5 to 4 — down 1 (-20%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 4 | +0 |
| June 2024 | 4 | +0 |
| May 2024 | 4 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 4 | +1 |
| March 2024 | 3 | +0 |
| February 2024 | 3 | -1 |
| January 2024 | 4 | +0 |
| December 2023 | 4 | +1 |
| November 2023 | 3 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 3 | -1 |
| September 2023 | 4 | +0 |
| August 2023 | 4 | +0 |
| July 2023 | 4 | -1 |
| June 2023 | 5 | — |
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