WordPress plugin comparison

Image Placeholders vs Dominant Colors Lazy Loading

Image Placeholders

by WordPress Performance Team

60K+ installs3.5

Dominant Colors Lazy Loading

by manuelwieser

90+ installs5.0

At a glance

Image Placeholders has more active installs: 60K+, against 90+ for Dominant Colors Lazy Loading.
On a typical day, Image Placeholders is downloaded about 504 times, Dominant Colors Lazy Loading about 3.
Dominant Colors Lazy Loading is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 3.5 from 2 reviews.
Image Placeholders was updated more recently: Aug 26, 2026, against Dec 13, 2018 for Dominant Colors Lazy Loading.
Image Placeholders is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.0.31 for Dominant Colors Lazy Loading.
Dominant Colors Lazy Loading has been around longer: since 2016, against 2023 for Image Placeholders.

Image Placeholders leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Image Placeholders	Dominant Colors Lazy Loading
Popular rank	#665	#16,896
Active installs	60K+	90+
Downloads, last 30 days	13.9K	48
Rating	3.5(2)	5.0(2)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	5.0.31
Search multiplier	×0.91	×0.00
Last release	2 months ago	8 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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