Best defer offscreen images plugins for WordPress
The most popular defer offscreen images plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. LazyLoad Plugin leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Speed Up (400+). All 2 plugins tagged “defer offscreen images” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 defer offscreen images plugins
- 1.
LazyLoad PluginThe most installed defer offscreen images plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 139 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
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Speed Up400+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 12 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “defer offscreen images”
LazyLoad Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:3#380by WP Media1 month ago
The best free lazy load plugin for WordPress. Lazy load images, videos, and iframes to improve performance and Core Web Vitals scores.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.2(139)
- Downloads
- 1.6K/day
Speed Up
Down in the last 7 days:9#9,384by Simone Nigro3 months ago
Improves load speed of page and save the bandwidth.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 13/day