WordPress plugin comparison

Dominant Colors Lazy Loading vs Modern Image Formats

Dominant Colors Lazy Loading

by manuelwieser

90+ installs5.0

Modern Image Formats

by WordPress Performance Team

100K+ installs3.6

At a glance

Modern Image Formats has more active installs: 100K+, against 90+ for Dominant Colors Lazy Loading.
On a typical day, Modern Image Formats is downloaded about 1,084 times, Dominant Colors Lazy Loading about 3.
Dominant Colors Lazy Loading is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 3.6 from 26 reviews.
Modern Image Formats was updated more recently: Aug 26, 2026, against Dec 13, 2018 for Dominant Colors Lazy Loading.
Modern Image Formats 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 Modern Image Formats.

Modern Image Formats leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Dominant Colors Lazy Loading	Modern Image Formats
Popular rank	#16,859	#355
Active installs	90+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	48	29.4K
Rating	5.0(2)	3.6(26)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	5.0.31	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.15
Last release	8 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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