WP jQuery Lazy Load vs jQuery Image Lazy Load WP

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

jQuery Image Lazy Load WP is the safest pick: health B · 79 against 44 for WP jQuery Lazy Load, led by lower removal risk.

WP jQuery Lazy Load

by Muhammad Shoaib

Health D44

jQuery Image Lazy Load WP

by ayn

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

WP jQuery Lazy Load moved up one install band, 10+ to 20+; jQuery Image Lazy Load WP moved down one install band, 800+ to 700+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WP jQuery Lazy Load	jQuery Image Lazy Load WP
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	700–800 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	10+ → 20+ ✓	800+ → 700+
Overall health	D · 44	B · 79 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100 ✓	62/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★ ✓	3.5★
Reviews	3	14 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	72/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.9y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	31	362 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-43%	+20%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	0.5% ✓
Category	Developer Tools	Performance

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

WP jQuery Lazy LoadjQuery Image Lazy Load WP

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.