Lazy Load Optimizer

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1. ★★★★★ nickdesignz

   4.5y ago

   This tool generates also a code which adds a src to your png, this source is a 403; src="//www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201228%20294%22%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-full size-full lazyload" Source is invalid which causes many 403 errors on your site. ALSO: It’s not necessary to link to another source on a third plattform. This is just slowing down your site. Don’t install! This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by nickdesignz. This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by nickdesignz.

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2. ★★★★★ rmstm

   4.8y ago

   This plug-in will transform all your actual PNG media to WebP + automatically transform them in WebP when downloading new loud formats, in a beautiful manner. Simple in the presentation but powerful in the application. I recommend it a lot !

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3. ★★★★★ Posandu

   4.9y ago

   don’t use This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Posandu.

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4. ★★★★★ jalo399

   5.9y ago

   speed page incrase

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5. ★★★★★ kazmetika

   6.0y ago

   Works with ajax pagination. Reserve space for images and when the image appears content doesn’t move.

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6. ★★★★★ shayt

   6.1y ago

   you can change the margin, you can lazy load background images. The best.

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7. ★★★★★ Gary

   6.3y ago

   Love that you can disable loading of hidden image. However, if you want a transparent background, it load an external image 403 Forbidden. Would be better if the image was load from the server to avoid this.

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8. ★★★★★ bloup

   6.5y ago

   This plugin works well because Googlebot can crawl images when this plugin is installed in your wordpress installation. I didn’t find any other lazy loading plugin that worked and created crawlable images. I installed other lazy loading plugins and I tried the lazy loading option of WProcket but none of them allowed googlebot to crawl my images.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.4.7 Release Date: Jan 17, 2021 Compatibility with WordPress 5.6 1.4.7
2. — Version 1.4.6 Release Date: Apr 19, 2020 Update – lazysizes – v5.2.0 Compatibility with WordPress 5.4 Compatibility with WooCommerce 4.0 1.4.6
3. — Version 1.4.5 Release Date: Jul 12, 2019 Fix bug with image width 1.4.5
4. — Version 1.4.4 Release Date: Jun 29, 2019 Improved Lazy Load styles 1.4.4
5. — Version 1.4.3 Release Date: Jun 25, 2019 Improved Lazy Load styles 1.4.3
6. — Version 1.4.2 Release Date: Jun 07, 2019 Optimized styles 1.4.2

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. High · 8.1 Lazy Load Optimizer <= 1.4.7 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion ↗
   2025-07-28 CVE-2025-60074 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') Affects <= 1.4.7 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.6.1

Translated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-03-07 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-03-06 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-03-05 4K+ → 3K+ down after 3 days in tier
4. 2025-03-02 3K+ → 4K+ up after 3 days in tier
5. 2025-02-27 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2025-02-25 3K+ → 4K+ up after 3 days in tier
7. 2025-02-22 4K+ → 3K+ down after 435 days in tier
8. 2023-12-15 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• a3 Lazy Load 90K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• Smart LazyLoad – Lazy Load Images, Videos and Iframes 300+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A
• LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• LWS Optimize – All-in-One Speed Booster & Cache Tools 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Disable Lazy Load 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• A faster website! (aka defer.js) 200+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B

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Lazy Load Optimizer: 3K+ active installs, 4.4★ (24 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/lazy-load-optimizer