Modern image preloading/prefetching plugin for WordPress to improve page loading performance.
As of April 2026, Image Preloading is a WordPress image plugin with 50 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
Image Preloading is a powerful WordPress plugin that helps improve your website’s performance by preloading images in the background. This results in faster page loading experiences, especially beneficial for photo galleries, image-heavy sites, and e-commerce stores.
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
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