Best lazy loading plugins for WordPress
The most popular lazy loading 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 a3 Lazy Load (80K+) and Lazy Loader (8K+). All 28 plugins tagged “Lazy Loading” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 lazy loading plugins
- 1.
LazyLoad PluginThe most installed lazy loading plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 139 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.a3 Lazy Load
80K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 148 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
Lazy Loader8K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 49 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 4.
Lazy Load Optimizer3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 24 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 5.
Disable Lazy Load400+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 6.WPSocialite
200+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 21 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 7.Dominant Colors Lazy Loading
90+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 8.
Infinite Scroll Random Post90+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.Smart Image Loader
90+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 10.Focalio
70+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago.
All 28 plugins tagged “Lazy Loading”

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
a3 Lazy Load
Up in the last 7 days:1#502by Steve Truman4 months ago
Use a3 Lazy Load for images, videos, iframes that are not lazy loaded by WordPress core. Instantly improve your sites load time and dramatically impro …
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.3(148)
- Downloads
- 333/day

Lazy Loader
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,305by Florian Brinkmann2 years ago
Lazy loading plugin that supports images, iFrames, video and audio elements and uses the lightweight lazysizes script. With manual modification of the …
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.7(49)
- Downloads
- 42/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

Disable Lazy Load
Down in the last 7 days:7#9,810by Sachyya3 years ago
Simple plugin to disable lazy loading feature on the site or only on specific images.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPSocialite
Up in the last 7 days:38#11,518by Tom Morton13 years ago
Long page loads aren't fun for anyone. Use WPSocialite to take control of heavy social sharing links and load them how you want!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.7(21)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dominant Colors Lazy Loading
Down in the last 7 days:16#16,914by manuelwieser8 years ago
This plugin allows you to lazy load your images while showing the dominant color of each image as a placeholder – like Pinterest or Google Images.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- 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
Smart Image Loader
Down in the last 7 days:48#17,181by bypr.nils8 years ago
Smart Image Loader is a fire-and-forget priority and lazy loader for image sources. Can be a huge performance boost especially for one pagers.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Focalio
Up in the last 7 days:2,941#18,920by bigfatinternet4 days ago
Keep the subject in frame in every crop. Pick a focal point; Focalio serves WebP/AVIF on demand without filling your uploads folder.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/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
Lazy Optimization
#32,033by yasir1296 years ago
Lazy Optimization speeds up your website by lazy loading background images that are in the external CSS files.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

JPrompt's Pixengine
Down in the last 7 days:864#32,147by jprompt9 months ago
Automatically convert and optimize images to WebP and AVIF formats with intelligent resizing, lazy loading, and caching. Boost page speed by 40-70% wi …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

Amigo Performance
#35,768by Amigo Dheenatoday
Amigo Performance delivers professional-grade optimization controls for WordPress sites.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day

Lazy Load Image Filter
Down in the last 7 days:3,884#42,104by chriskroon4 years ago
The Lazy Load Image Filter plugin makes every image in your WordPress site use lazy loading to drasticly increase performance! Why this plugin? This p …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Minimum Configuration WordPress PWA
#47,720by Yohan Totting7 years ago
Add Progressive Web Apps (PWA) enhancement to your WordPress with minimum configuration. Preache your assets, and add offline page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Rizwan Image Alt Text WEBP Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:7,792#58,418by rizwanplugins5 months ago
Automatically generates SEO-friendly image metadata and WebP versions for uploaded images.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lightning Load Speed Optimization
Up in the last 7 days:2,588#59,517by Passionate Brains1 month ago
This plugin will significantly boost your WordPress website’s performance by converting existing images to WebP format and enabling lazy loading.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

LazyBlur Placeholder Addon for WP Rocket
#64,273by Ali Hussain1 month ago
Replaces empty WP-Rocket lazy-load placeholders with lightweight, blurred previews generated from your WordPress media library.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AT Lazy Loader
Down in the last 7 days:188#64,758by asentechnology7 years ago
A simple and effective lazy loader.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tubelastica
Down in the last 7 days:7,877#65,825by DigiDepot2 months ago
Lightweight YouTube video and playlist embed block with lazy loading and smart behavior for posts and sidebars.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pars Host Addons
Up in the last 7 days:3,345#65,907by Pars Host Developer Team1 year ago
This plugin is programmed to significantly enhance your website's load speed, ensuring a seamless and faster user experience.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SARVAROV Lazy Load
Up in the last 7 days:5,664#67,352by Roman Sarvarov6 years ago
Lazy Load all your images, videos & iframes with blurred LQIP and average color placeholder. Inspired by Medium.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NavThems Lazy Load
#71,398by NavThemes7 years ago
This plugin helps to improve loading speed and page insight by implemeting lazy load.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Speed-Mate
#71,612by Akhter-uz-zaman Arif1 year ago
Speed up your WordPress website with Speed-Mate. Caching, asset optimization, lazy loading, and database cleanup made simple and effective.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

By Lazy Load
Down in the last 7 days:7,490#71,626by ObayTek6 years ago
By Lazy Load for images, videos, iframes. With lightweight script instantly improve your sites load time. Simple use.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Perfect Lazy Loading
Down in the last 7 days:13,352#71,940by loremipsumgraz8 years ago
Improve your pageload time by lazy loading images depending on their needed size.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Avoid the chromium lazy loading broken characters bug
Down in the last 7 days:531#72,350by ganohr3 years ago
Avoid the chromium lazy loading broken characters bug.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day