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Best lazyload plugins for WordPress

The most popular lazyload plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. a3 Lazy Load leads with 80K+ active installs, ahead of Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick … (20K+) and LWS Optimize (20K+). All 37 plugins tagged “lazyload” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

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Top 10 lazyload plugins

  1. 1.
    a3 Lazy Load

    The most installed lazyload plugin, with 80K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 148 reviews, updated 4 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 169 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.

  3. 3.
    LWS Optimize

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  4. 4.
    Powerkit

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 14 reviews, updated 3 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Disable Lazy Load

    9K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 23 reviews, updated 5 days ago.

  6. 6.
    Native Lazyload

    5K+ active installs. Rated 3.0 from 31 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.

  7. 7.
    Lazy Load Optimizer

    3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 24 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

  8. 8.
    Helper Lite for PageSpeed

    2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  9. 9.
    Lazy Load Elementor Background Images

    1K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 8 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.

  10. 10.
    Smart LazyLoad

    400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

All 37 plugins tagged “lazyload”