Enables 'lazyload' for all thumbnails and images in the content. Developed by Nikita Menshutin https://nikita.global/
As of April 2026, NG-Lazyload is a WordPress images plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Autoptimize.
NG-Lazyload plugin replaces all the thumbails and images in the content with the smallest image possible (1 pixel gif) and then shows the full image only when it is in viewport.
The only plugin which also works with background images in style tag
| WordPress | 3.6+ requiredTested up to 5.9.13 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
= 1.8 (2022-05-01)
* Tested up to 5.9.3
* Minor js updates
* Fixed one filters’ conflict
= 1.7 (2020-02-26)
* Tested up to 5.3.2
* Loads current and next viewport below
* Add ‘nglazyload’ class to your html block to hide its background images from preloading
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