Preload Featured Images
Preload Featured Images automatically in posts to increase the PageSpeed Score.
5(3 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Preload Featured Images is a WordPress preload plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 18K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 22% this week. Top alternative: Preloader.
5/53 reviews
2.0K+active installs
18K+total downloads
5 yearssince 2021
Overview
Preload Featured Images automatically in posts to increase the PageSpeed Score.
This plugin is a “must-have” for websites using themes that display the Featured Image automatically at the top in single post pages.
Why was this plugin created?
Suppose your theme displays the Featured Image at the top in posts automatically. In that case, the chances that the image is the LCP (Largest Contentful Paint) are very high, so the PageSpeed tool will highly recommend you to preload it.
Are you getting the following recommendation when testing the PageSpeed score of a single post: “Preload Largest Contentful Paint image”? Then this plugin will help you!
How it works?
Go to the Settings > Preload Featured Images page and choose the image size used by your theme to make sur…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
works perfectly on post blog
by Sepi·4 years ago
works with no problem on post blog. thank you dev team. hope to see this gona works with pages
- This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Sepi.
Great, wish it worked for pages too
by jjopllin·4 years ago
This is fantastic and works perfectly! It would be nice if it preloaded the featured image on pages too.
Hidden Gem!
by Saswata Baksi·4 years ago·1 reply
Thanks for making this one!
Download Trends
Today: 6Yesterday: 7This week: 45Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.0
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0
- Initial release
Contributors
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