Native Image Lazy Loading

This plugin adds the loading attribute to IMG tags found when filtering the_content() to support native image lazy loading.

For more information about lazy loading images using this new native browser image attribute, check out this article: https://addyosmani.com/blog/lazy-loading/ and for a little more depth into what we’re doing here, check out our explainer post.

Historically, to limit the impact offscreen images have on page load times, developers have needed to use a JavaScript library (like LazySizes or Vanilla-LazyLoad) in order to defer fetching these images until a user scrolls near them. What if the browser could avoid loading these offscreen images for you?

The loading attribute instructs a browser to defer loading offscreen images until users scroll near them. It comes…