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a3 Lazy Load · Version history

a3 Lazy Load changelog and version history

Latest version
2.7.9
Jul 8, 2026 (4 months ago)
Releases
64
since 2014
In the last year
4
about one every 73 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8

Releases each year

  • 20141 release
  • 201512 releases
  • 20163 releases
  • 20174 releases
  • 20189 releases
  • 20193 releases
  • 202012 releases
  • 20215 releases
  • 20225 releases
  • 20232 releases
  • 20241 release
  • 20254 releases
  • 20263 releases

20263 releases

  1. a3 Lazy Load 2.7.9Latest

    • This release contains an important security fix – please update right away.
    • Security – Hardened the admin settings AJAX handler and tightened outbound API requests.

  2. a3 Lazy Load 2.7.8

    • This release contains an important security fix – please update right away.
    • Security – Fixed a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue.

  3. a3 Lazy Load 2.7.7

    • This maintenance release has compatibility with WordPress 7.0 and a small improvement for sites that use WP Rocket.
    • Tweak – Tested for compatibility with WordPress 7.0
    • Tweak – Lazy load works more reliably when WP Rocket is active on your site
    • Tweak – Admin LESS compiler and settings screen brought in line with our other plugins for smoother use on current PHP.
    • Tweak – Clearer premium-feature wording on admin pages and tidier support and upgrade links.

20254 releases

  1. a3 Lazy Load 2.7.6

    • This release has a security hardening patch and compatibility with WordPress 6.8.3 – please upgrade now.
    • Tweak – Tested for compatibility with WordPress 6.8.3
    • Security – Fixed HTML attribute injection vulnerability

  2. a3 Lazy Load 2.7.5

    • This maintenance release has 1 bug fix
    • Fix – Make the _load_textdomain_just_in_time is called correctly

  3. a3 Lazy Load 2.7.4

    • This maintenance release has 1 bug fix and compatibility with WordPress 6.8.1
    • Tweak – Tested for compatibility with WordPress 6.8.1
    • Security – Escape all variable before output

  4. a3 Lazy Load 2.7.3

    • This release has various tweaks for compatibility with WordPress 6.6
    • Tweak – Tested for compatibility with WordPress 6.6

20241 release

  1. a3 Lazy Load 2.7.2

    • This release has a fix for conflict with WordPress expand on click feature in the image block.
    • Fix – Update lazy load work compatibility with Expand on Click feature from core image block

20232 releases

  1. a3 Lazy Load 2.7.1

    • This maintenance release has plugin framework updates for compatibility with PHP 8.1 onwards, plus compatibility with WordPress 6.4.1
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 6.4.1
    • Framework – Set parameter number of preg_match function from null to 0 for compatibility with PHP 8.1 onwards
    • Framework – Validate empty before call trim for option value

  2. a3 Lazy Load 2.7.0

    • This feature release removes the fontawesome lib and replaces icons with SVGs plus adds Default Topography option to font controls.
    • Feature – Convert icon from font awesome to SVG
    • Feature – Update styling for new SVG icons
    • Plugin Framework – Update typography control from plugin framework to add support for Default value
    • Plugin Framework – Default value will get fonts set in the theme.
    • Plugin Framework – Change generate typography style for change on typography control
    • Plugin Framework – Remove fontawesome lib

20225 releases

  1. a3 Lazy Load 2.6.1

    • This maintenance release has a security vulnerability patch, please run this update.
    • Security – This release has a patch for a security vulnerability identified by Wordfence scan

  2. a3 Lazy Load 2.6.0

    • This release adds the option to switch OFF WordPress Core Lazy Load.
    • Feature – Add Option to completely disable WordPress Core Lazy Load.
    • Tweak – Add the new option switch to the Lazy Load Activation option box.
    • Tweak – Updated the plugins description to include the new option to disable WordPress Core Lazy Load.

  3. a3 Lazy Load 2.5.1

    • This maintenance release fixes a critical error when updating the plugin settings
    • Fix – Add missed $ to _POST constant from textarea control type

  4. a3 Lazy Load 2.5.0

    • This release is for compatibility with WordPress major version 6.0 plus includes various tweaks to harden the plugins security.
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 6.0
    • Framework – Upgrade Plugin Framework to version 2.6.0
    • Security – Various code hardening tweaks.
    • Security – Escape all $-variable
    • Security – Sanitize all $_REQUEST, $_GET, $_POST
    • Security – Apply wp_unslash before sanitize

  5. a3 Lazy Load 2.4.9

    • This is a maintenance release for compatibility with WordPress major version 5.9
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.9
    • Framework – Update a3rev Plugin Framework to version 2.5.0

20215 releases

  1. a3 Lazy Load 2.4.8

    • This maintenance release has check for compatibility with PHP 8.x
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with PHP 8.x

  2. a3 Lazy Load 2.4.7

    • This maintenance release has code tweaks for WordPress 5.8 compatibility plus Security hardening.
    • Tweak – Test for lazy load work correctly with new WebP extension that WordPress 5.8 support
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.8
    • Security – Add more variable, options and html escaping
    • Security – Get variable via name instead of use extract

  3. a3 Lazy Load 2.4.6

    • This maintenance release has code tweaks to resolve conflicts with third party plugs that use data-src and data-poster attributes, plus compatibility with WordPress 5.7.2
    • Tweak – Check if data-src attribute exists on image tags, if so, then lazy load placeholder image for src attribute
    • Tweak – Check if data-poster attribute exists on video tags, if so, then lazy load placeholder image for poster attribute
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.7.2

  4. a3 Lazy Load 2.4.5

    • This maintenance release updates 23 deprecated jQuery functions for compatibility with the latest version of jQuery in WordPress 5.7
    • Tweak – Update JavaScript on plugin framework for compatibility with latest version of jQuery and resolve PHP warning event shorthand is deprecated.
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .change( handler ) with .on( ‘change’, handler )
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .change() with .trigger(‘change’)
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .focus( handler ) with .on( ‘focus’, handler )
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .focus() with .trigger(‘focus’)
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .click( handler ) with .on( ‘click’, handler )
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .click() with .trigger(‘click’)
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .select( handler ) with .on( ‘select’, handler )
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .select() with .trigger(‘select’)
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .blur( handler ) with .on( ‘blur’, handler )
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .blur() with .trigger(‘blur’)
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .resize( handler ) with .on( ‘resize’, handler )
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .submit( handler ) with .on( ‘submit’, handler )
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .scroll( handler ) with .on( ‘scroll’, handler )
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .mousedown( handler ) with .on( ‘mousedown’, handler )
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .mouseover( handler ) with .on( ‘mouseover’, handler )
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .mouseout( handler ) with .on( ‘mouseout’, handler )
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .keydown( handler ) with .on( ‘keydown’, handler )
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .attr(‘disabled’, ‘disabled’) with .prop(‘disabled’, true)
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .removeAttr(‘disabled’) with .prop(‘disabled’, false)
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .attr(‘selected’, ‘selected’) with .prop(‘selected’, true)
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .removeAttr(‘selected’) with .prop(‘selected’, false)
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .attr(‘checked’, ‘checked’) with .prop(‘checked’, true)
    • Tweak – Replace deprecated .removeAttr(‘checked’) with .prop(‘checked’, false)

  5. a3 Lazy Load 2.4.4

    • This maintenance release is for compatibility with WordPress 5.7
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.7
    • Tweak – Tweak for compatibility with WordPress 5.7 iframes lazy load feature
    • Tweak – Update the plugins description

202012 releases

  1. a3 Lazy Load 2.4.3

    • This is an important maintenance release that updates our scripts for compatibility with the latest version of jQuery released in WordPress 5.6
    • Tweak – Update JavaScript on plugin framework for work compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace .bind( event, handler ) by .on( event, handler ) for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace :eq() Selector by .eq() for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace .error() by .on( “error” ) for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace :first Selector by .first() for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace :gt(0) Selector by .slice(1) for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Remove jQuery.browser for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace jQuery.isArray() by Array.isArray() for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace jQuery.isFunction(x) by typeof x === “function” for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace jQuery.isNumeric(x) by typeof x === “number” for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace jQuery.now() by Date.now() for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace jQuery.parseJSON() by JSON.parse() for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Remove jQuery.support for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace jQuery.trim(x) by x.trim() for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace jQuery.type(x) by typeof x for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace .load( handler ) by .on( “load”, handler ) for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace .size() by .length for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace .unbind( event ) by .off( event ) for compatibility with latest version of jQuery
    • Fix – Replace .unload( handler ) by .on( “unload”, handler ) for compatibility with latest version of jQuery

  2. a3 Lazy Load 2.4.2

    • This maintenance release has tweaks and bug fixes for compatibility with WordPress major version 5.6, PHP 7.4.8 and WooCommerce 4.7.1
    • Tweak – Test and Tweak for compatibility with PHP 7.4.8
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.6
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with WooCommerce 4.7.1
    • Fix – Attached ajaxComplete to document instead of window
    • Fix – Replace old isFunction by typeof check function

  3. a3 Lazy Load 2.4.1

    • This maintenance release resolves a conflict with jQuery helper plugin and WordPress 5.5
    • Fix – Update plugin framework script, remove jQuery.browser is deprecated to resolve conflict with jQuery Migrate Helper plugin

  4. a3 Lazy Load 2.4.0

    • This feature release has full compatibility with WP 5.5 core image lazy loading. Just Update and a3 Lazy Load will work side-by-side with the WP core image lazy load. No settings to update and a3 lazy load will enhance it by lazy loading images the new core feature misses and on older browsers that…
    • Feature – Full compatibility with WordPress 5.5 core image lazy load feature
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.5
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with WooCommerce 4.3.1
    • Tweak – Update plugins description with notes about WP 5.5 compatibility
    • Tweak – Update plugins Image Options help text about WP 5.5 compatibility

  5. a3 Lazy Load 2.3.3

    • This maintenance release is compatibility with WordPress 5.4.2 and a bug fix for a conflict with the latest version 4.3 of WooCommerce
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.4.2
    • Tweak – Test for compatibility with WooCommerce 4.3.0
    • Fix – Support lazy load for WC Product Images

  6. a3 Lazy Load 2.3.2

  7. a3 Lazy Load 2.3.1

  8. a3 Lazy Load 2.3.0

  9. a3 Lazy Load 2.2.2

  10. a3 Lazy Load 2.2.1

  11. a3 Lazy Load 2.2.0

  12. a3 Lazy Load 2.1.0

20193 releases

  1. a3 Lazy Load 2.0.0

  2. a3 Lazy Load 1.9.3

  3. a3 Lazy Load 1.9.2

20189 releases

  1. a3 Lazy Load 1.9.1

  2. a3 Lazy Load 1.9.0

  3. a3 Lazy Load 1.8.9

  4. a3 Lazy Load 1.8.8

  5. a3 Lazy Load 1.8.7

  6. a3 Lazy Load 1.8.6

  7. a3 Lazy Load 1.8.5

  8. a3 Lazy Load 1.8.4

  9. a3 Lazy Load 1.8.3

20174 releases

  1. a3 Lazy Load 1.8.2

  2. a3 Lazy Load 1.8.1

  3. a3 Lazy Load 1.8.0

  4. a3 Lazy Load 1.7.1

20163 releases

  1. a3 Lazy Load 1.7.0

  2. a3 Lazy Load 1.6.0

  3. a3 Lazy Load 1.5.2

201512 releases

  1. a3 Lazy Load 1.5.1

  2. a3 Lazy Load 1.5.0

  3. a3 Lazy Load 1.4.1

  4. a3 Lazy Load 1.4.0

  5. a3 Lazy Load 1.3.0

  6. a3 Lazy Load 1.2.2

  7. a3 Lazy Load 1.2.1

  8. a3 Lazy Load 1.2.0

  9. a3 Lazy Load 1.1.1

  10. a3 Lazy Load 1.1.0

  11. a3 Lazy Load 1.0.2

  12. a3 Lazy Load 1.0.1

20141 release

  1. a3 Lazy Load 1.0.0

Questions about a3 Lazy Load’s releases

What is the latest version of a3 Lazy Load?

2.7.9, released on Jul 8, 2026 (4 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8.

How often is a3 Lazy Load updated?

4 releases in the last year, about one every 73 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from December 2014.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in a3 Lazy Load’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.