Best lazy load plugins for WordPress
The most popular lazy load plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. EWWW Image Optimizer leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades (100K+) and LazyLoad Plugin (100K+). All 117 plugins tagged “lazy load” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 lazy load plugins
- 1.
EWWW Image OptimizerThe most installed lazy load plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 1,845 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 572 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
LazyLoad Plugin100K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 139 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Ajax Load More30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 287 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 5.
WP YouTube Lyte20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 206 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Load More Products for WooCommerce10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 275 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.Lazy Load
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 53 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 8.
ShortPixel Adaptive Images10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 145 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.Lazy Load for Videos
9K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 105 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 10.
Disable Lazy Load9K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 23 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
All 117 plugins tagged “lazy load”

EWWW Image Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:1#59by Shane Bishop10 days ago
Comprehensive image optimization with WebP, AVIF, Lazy Load, and more. Optimize images automatically for Faster Sites and Happy Visitors.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.8(1.8K)
- Downloads
- 15K/day

Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades
#360by embedplus2 months ago
A multi-featured plugin to embed YouTube in WordPress. Embed a video, YouTube channel gallery, playlist, or YouTube livestream. Defer JavaScript too!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.6(572)
- Downloads
- 583/day

LazyLoad Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:2#384by 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

Ajax Load More
Down in the last 7 days:1#931by Darren Cooney3 months ago
Add infinite scroll, lazy loading, and load more buttons to posts, pages, and WooCommerce products — fast and fully customizable for WordPress.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.8(287)
- Downloads
- 271/day

WP YouTube Lyte
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,096by Frank Goossens2 months ago
High performance YouTube video, playlist and audio-only embeds which don't slow down your blog and offer optimal accessibility.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(206)
- Downloads
- 143/day

Load More Products for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,404by BeRocket2 months ago
Load products from next page via AJAX with infinite scrolling or load more products button
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(275)
- Downloads
- 99/day
Lazy Load
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,537by Automattic8 years ago
Lazy load images to improve page load times and server bandwidth. Images are loaded only when visible to the user.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.0(53)
- Downloads
- 29/day

ShortPixel Adaptive Images
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,845by ShortPixel2 months ago
Start serving properly sized, smart cropped & optimized images, plus CSS, JS and fonts from our CDN with a click; Automatic AVIF & WebP support.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(145)
- Downloads
- 111/day
Lazy Load for Videos
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,242by kevinweber15 days ago
Boost page speed by replacing embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos with a clickable preview image. Video scripts only load on click.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.4(105)
- Downloads
- 179/day

Disable Lazy Load
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,246by Jeff Starr5 days ago
Activate this plugin to disable the Lazy Loading feature that was added in WP v5.5.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.5(23)
- Downloads
- 58/day

True Lazy Analytics
Down in the last 7 days:59#3,087by seojacky1 year ago
This plugin enables lazy loading for Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, Yandex Metrica (Yandex Metrika) and Liveinternet cou …
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.7(11)
- Downloads
- 29/day

Ajaxify Comments
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,703by David Stone2 months ago
Ajaxify Comments speeds up your comment section, allowing for lazy loading comments, instant comment posting, and seamless success and error messages.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(91)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Disqus Conditional Load
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,963by Joel James1 month ago
Use Disqus comments with advanced features like lazy load, shortcode, widgets etc. Don't let Disqus to slow your site down.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(64)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Lazy Load Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:14#4,134by Processby5 years ago
Lazy loading images and iframes to speed up sites page load speed.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(24)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Unveil Lazy Load
Down in the last 7 days:14#4,426by marubon9 years ago
Unveil Lazy Load is a WordPress Plugin whitch makes lazy-image-load possible to decrease number of requests and improve page loading time.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Lazy Load for Comments
Down in the last 7 days:19#4,940by Joel James1 month ago
Speed up your posts by lazy-loading the WordPress comments on scroll or click. Works with classic and block themes.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(28)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Playlist Player for YouTube
Down in the last 7 days:19#5,128by Ciprian Popescu1 month ago
For bloggers and businesses who want YouTube playlists and channel feeds that load fast and only contact YouTube when visitors press play.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(13)
- Downloads
- 34/day
jQuery Masonry Image Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:3#5,580by phoenixMagoo9 years ago
Adds a Masonry layout to all built-in WordPress Galleries.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(31)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Add class to Elementor Image
Down in the last 7 days:22#5,581by Eduardo Villão10 months ago
Simple plugin to add custom CSS class to Elementor image.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Ad Auto Insert H
Up in the last 7 days:12#6,949by Jin Koyama5 months ago
Automatically inserts Google AdSense ad codes before H tags, before the first H tag and at the end of a post or a page. Lazy Load of ads to speed up p …
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Lazy Social Comments
Down in the last 7 days:33#7,013by Joel James26 days ago
[DISCONTINUED] Facebook has permanently shut down the Facebook Comments embed. This plugin can no longer function.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.5(19)
- Downloads
- 11/day
lazysizes
Up in the last 7 days:2#8,348by Patrick Sletvold6 years ago
High performance and SEO friendly lazy loader for images, iframes and more. Many features, like low-res Blurhash placeholders and image fade-in
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Lazy Load XT
Up in the last 7 days:3#8,477by dbhynds10 years ago
Lazy Load images, videos, iframes and more using Lazy Load XT.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.8(27)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Speed Up
Up in the last 7 days:3#9,392by Simone Nigro3 months ago
Improves load speed of page and save the bandwidth.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 13/day

Smart LazyLoad
Up in the last 7 days:13#9,925by Jumedeen khan26 days ago
The best free lazy load plugin for WordPress. Lazy load images, videos, and iframes and improve page speed, performance, and Core Web Vitals scores.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Ultimate Infinite Scroll, AJAX Lazy load Plugin for Posts & Woocommerce
Up in the last 7 days:13#10,443by wpunicorn1 year ago
Ultimate Infinite Lazy Load, Ajax Scroll Solution for WordPress Blog posts and WooCommerce products
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Lazy Load Divi Slider Backgrounds
Down in the last 7 days:41#12,104by emandiev7 years ago
Speed up your website by lazy loading slider backgrounds. This plugin works only with the Divi Builder.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lazy Load Divi Section Backgrounds
Down in the last 7 days:114#13,105by emandiev7 years ago
Improve your website performance by lazy loading section backgrounds. This plugin works only with the Divi Builder.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Optimum Gravatar Cache
Up in the last 7 days:116#16,399by José Miguel2 years ago
It stores optimized copies of gravatars locally, reducing the total number of requests. This will speed up site loading and consequently improve the u …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Infinite Scroll Random Post
Up in the last 7 days:8#16,997by Gero Nikolov1 year ago
This plugin will implement AJAX loading (Infinite Scroll) for the article pages. The next article will be loaded when the user gets to the bottom of e …
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

YEP
Up in the last 7 days:283#18,225by Webamator5 months ago
Short Description: Load YouTube videos faster by replacing iframes with a preview image; the video plays only when clicked play.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lazy Load for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:144#18,789by edgewebware6 years ago
Lazy Load for WooCommerce includes the functionality to properly append Lazy Load into the image loop for WooCommerce (2.6.4 tested).
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ajax Load More
Down in the last 7 days:63#19,175by Darren Cooney1 year ago
An Ajax Load More extension that adds compatibility for the WP REST API.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easy Image Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:49#19,269by Shane Bishop2 months ago
Easily speed up your website to increase conversions. Properly compress and size/scale images. Includes lazy load and WebP/AVIF auto-convert.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 9/day

Optimize More!
Down in the last 7 days:5#19,778by Arya Dhiratara3 years ago
A lightweight yet powerful image, iframe, and video optimization plugin. Lazy load, preload, and more. No jquery dependency.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Lazy Load Fix for Divi
Down in the last 7 days:62#20,705by jerrystewart992 months ago
Provides precise control of which media (images) are lazy-loaded for optimum page load performance.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lazyload, Preload, and More!
Down in the last 7 days:89#21,653by Arya Dhiratara3 years ago
A drop dead simple and lightweight image, iframe, and video optimization plugin to satisfy Google PageSpeed Insights and Core Web Vitals.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lazy Load for GMaps
Up in the last 7 days:169#22,015by Webamator5 months ago
Short Description: Simple WordPress plugin that loads Google Maps in posts and pages via Lazy Load for faster page performance.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

LH CSS Lazy Load
Up in the last 7 days:146#22,876by shawfactor7 years ago
Javascript has a HTML based method for deferring and asynchronously loading files, namely script Defer and script Async. Unfortunately these HTML solu …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Squidge
Up in the last 7 days:20#23,738by Ainsley Clark4 years ago
Squidge is a FREE WordpPress Plugin built for developers in mind compressing and convert images using jpegoptim, optipng, cwebp, and libavif.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Optimazz
Down in the last 7 days:1,994#25,613by Shipon Karmakar1 day ago
Website optimization and speedup — page caching, JavaScript delay/defer, CSS optimization, lazy-load, WebP, font and database optimization.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 15/day
Full Page Load
Down in the last 7 days:96#26,138by JohnnyPea13 years ago
Smooth page loading.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lazy load images and background images
Down in the last 7 days:239#26,776by Jahid Hasan5 months ago
All kinds of images and background lazy loading solutions. Make your web pages fast on all devices.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SlimFast
#27,239by ThinkSmall6 years ago
This minimalist lazyloader makes your video pages slimmer and faster. SlimFast replaces heavy YouTube iframes by their thumbnail. View a demo.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lazy Fade
#29,455by Ben Dunkle11 months ago
Lazy Fade is a simple plugin to enhance the presentation of your site. As the user scrolls, content will slightly fade and animate into view, adding a …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pload
Up in the last 7 days:3,328#29,812by WPParsi6 days ago
Converts your images to WebP a little at a time, so even a cheap shared host can optimize a large media library without timeouts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day

Native Image Lazy Loading
Down in the last 7 days:277#30,623by Justin Downey7 years ago
Automatically add the new loading attribute to images within your content to support native image lazy loading.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Disable Default Lazy Loading
Up in the last 7 days:977#31,238by Virfice2 years ago
Disable WordPress' default lazy loading features easily.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ajax Load More for Users
Down in the last 7 days:775#31,284by Darren Cooney1 year ago
Ajax Load More extension that adds compatibility for infinite scrolling WordPress users via WP_User_Query.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Privacy Lite Video Embeds for YouTube
Down in the last 7 days:4,032#31,461by Arno Peck6 days ago
Fast video embeds for YouTube. Nothing loads until click.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day