Lazy Load images, videos, iframes and more using Lazy Load XT.
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Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
600+
≈650 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “iframe”, “image” and “lazy load” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
50 health vs 62 average across 3,286 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.0%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 30.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,320 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, well behind 6.8.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3905 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.4.34; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 27 reviews, smoothed to 4.35★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3905 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| lazy load xt your tag | #4 | #3 | 0 |
| iframe your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| lazy load your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “iframe”, “image” and “lazy load” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 165 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
10.7y ago
latest release · v0.5.3 · 22 Feb 2016
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ idanka9.6y ago
The best, But its (real) mobile browser is very slow loading youtube video. desktop responsive browser mode, there is no slowdown.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ justraveling9.8y ago
We’ve been trying all the available plugins and this performed best together with Rocket Lazy Load. It brings down significantly the page loading time and doesn’t break the design. Just a bit too lazy on mobile.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AlgerieDeals9.8y ago
Instant improvement on pingdom.com
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ matteo raggi10.1y ago
I tryed others and htis is the best of the wp lazy loads, probably also outside WP 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ advantagen10.2y ago
This plugin made my site obviously laggy, and increased my load times by 2 seconds
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ stevygee198710.3y ago
I just had to add get_lazyloadxt_html() to the gallery output, after that it worked perfectly! Much better than the Lazy Load plugin, which stopped working with WP 4.4!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ NUCUTA10.3y ago
See this image http://i.imgur.com/PzOIDGI.png It’s my main page’s slider, it loads blank when installing this plugin When the page loads at the first time without any cache, it loads with the browser’s default font, then suddenly changed into the site’s font. Not just the images in “not seen parts”, but also images in the view port load blank. I would say this plugin has a huge potential, but at the moment, as it’s not updated, it doesn’t function as it advertises despite having 5/5 reviews.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hillers5410.6y ago
Got to give this one the big 5 out of 5. My old lazy load plugin loaded my images very slowly but this plugin is lightning fast. Thanks for a great plugin guys.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions YouTube, Vimeo.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 369 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "media" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-14 700+ → 600+ down after 158 days in tier
- 2025-11-07 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-06 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-05 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-04 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-03 800+ → 700+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-10-29 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-28 800+ → 700+ down after 2 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).
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Replace Image 8K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C - N Nav Menu Images 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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