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Speculative Loading

70K+ installs · #615 most popular

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Lazy Load for Videos
Shares 1 of Speculative Loading's 5 tags.
Most installed
Async JavaScript
60K+ active installs.
Best rated
Flying Pages
4.9 out of 5 from 79 reviews.
Most recently updated
Scripts To Footer
Updated on Nov 2, 2026.
  1. Lazy Load for Videos

    by kevinweber

    Boost page speed by replacing embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos with a clickable preview image. Video scripts only load on click.

    Installs
    9K+
    Rank
    #2,241
    Rating
    4.4(105)
    Updated
    14 days ago

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  2. Lazy Loader

    by Florian Brinkmann

    Lazy loading plugin that supports images, iFrames, video and audio elements and uses the lightweight lazysizes script. With manual modification of the …

    Installs
    8K+
    Rank
    #2,304
    Rating
    4.7(49)
    Updated
    2 years ago

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  3. Async JavaScript

    by David Clough

    Async Javascript lets you add 'async' or 'defer' attribute to scripts to exclude to help increase the performance of your WordPress website.

    Installs
    60K+
    Rank
    #620
    Rating
    4.7(102)
    Updated
    3 years ago

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  4. Flying Pages

    by Gijo Varghese

    Preload pages intelligently to boost site speed and enhance user experience by loading pages before users click, ensuring instant page transitions.

    Installs
    20K+
    Rank
    #1,384
    Rating
    4.9(79)
    Updated
    5 months ago

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  5. Use Google Libraries

    by Jason Penney

    Allows your site to use common javascript libraries from Google's AJAX Libraries CDN, rather than from WordPress's own copies.

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #2,045
    Rating
    4.4(47)
    Updated
    9 years ago

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  6. Web Worker Offloading

    by WordPress Performance Team

    Offloads select JavaScript execution to a Web Worker to reduce work on the main thread and improve the Interaction to Next Paint (INP) metric.

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #1,636
    Rating
    3.5(2)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  7. Scripts To Footer

    by Joshua David Nelson

    Move your scripts to the footer to help speed up perceived page load times and improve user experience.

    Installs
    7K+
    Rank
    #2,588
    Rating
    4.7(37)
    Updated
    6 days ago

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