WP images lazy loading
by Derick Payne · Performance
WordPress optimization plugin that enables jQuery image lazy loading.
44 health vs 66 average across 778 Performance plugins
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 4.5.33, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3725 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
26
now · peak 74
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-08-29 200+ → 100+ down after 541 days in tier
- 2023-03-07 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-03-04 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-03-02 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-03-01 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-28 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-27 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-26 300+ → 200+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Autoptimize 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - O Optimize Images Resizing 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
- S Specify Missing Image Dimensions 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- T TinyPNG for WordPress 200+ installs · 3.2★ · 2 shared tags F
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LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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