As of April 2026, Defer Media is a WordPress media plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Safe SVG.
0/5Rating
0active installs
1.0K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
Defer Media is a plugin for speed up your website and defer not needed medias which out of the screen when page loaded.
Then, when you scroll down the page, it will load images/videos/iframes automatically or pre-load it even if it it not visible yet (can be adjusted with Appearance Offset parameters).
This plugin will apply the following actions:
– Defer images (standard [img] tag and also [picture] src sets)
– Defer background images (if style=”background-image” applied for some block)
– Defer Videos ([video], [source] tags)
– Defer Youtube embedded videos (iframe)
– Defer any Iframes ([iframe] tag)
You can see plugin demo on this page:
Defer Media demo
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 5.3.21 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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Changelog
Feb 2020
- Added iframes deferring feature (video embedding via iframe or some another iframe types)
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