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.
As of April 2026, Dominant Colors Lazy Loading is a WordPress images plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Autoptimize.
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. It also enables you to use tiny thumbnails as placeholders. If you want to know how it works read the article Dominant Colors for Lazy-Loading Images, where I explain the general concept.
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[gallery] shortcode are also replaced and loaded as soon as they appea…| WordPress | 4.4+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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