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Preload LCP Image

Allows you to specify on individual pages or posts the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) Image on that page to preload, making the page load quicker.

By Rhys Wynne·Lcp·Free
4.8(5 reviews)
·4.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 months ago
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As of April 2026, Preload LCP Image is a WordPress lcp plugin with 4.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 40K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.1.2+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Downloads are down 14% this week. Top alternative: Lazy Load Control For Elementor….

4.8/55 reviews
4.0K+active installs
40K+total downloads
3 yearssince 2023

Overview

This plugin will add the ability to preload the largest contentful paint (LCP) Image on an individual page or post. This is designed to remove the “Preload the image used by the LCP element in order to improve your LCP time” warning that Google’s Pagespeed Insights sometimes serves.

For Support

I offer support in two places:-

  • For urgent (paid for) support, please contact me directly.
  • For not so urgent support, please use the WordPress.org forums.

On Github

This project is now on github, you can view the repository here. There are other versions, but this is the one I’ve put up, so where all the developmental will be tracked.

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Good Plugin But Lacks product_cat tax thumbnail automatic support
by alexandreromani2206·5 months ago

Good Plugin ! Works Well but I use product_cat thumbnail as a background image and it’s not automatically applied like the product featured images do for products.

Excellent plugin
by wpcheetah·9 months ago

Excellent plugin that does exactly what it says.

I had an issue with avif format images and the developer promptly resolved it.

Preload LCP Image on CPT and Blog Categories
by Fanus·1 year ago·1 reply

I’ve built custom post types with it’s own categories. Each category has it’s own featured image, is there any way I can use your plugin on these category images?

The same would be relevant for blog post categories.

…or is the idea that the “Default to Featured Image” option in settings cover the above?

Thx.

Great Plugin
by EncodeDotHost·1 year ago·1 reply

We have just been testing this plugin and found that it can really give your website real-world performance improvements. Definitely worth keeping in your WordPress plugin arsenal 👍

Works!
by Jimmy Lee·3 years ago·3 replies

Plugin working as described, really like that you added “fetchpriority high”

I do have a suggestion for some future update though:

I have a large site with nearly 1000 posts, would love if the plugin could automatically add Preload to post featured images, or possible by Class Name, in my instance that would be: class=”post-featured-image”

This would save users with large sites from having to updated hundreds if not thousands of posts,

Thanks for listening and good luck with Preload LCP Image, Good Plugin!

Download Trends

Today: 15Yesterday: 19This week: 100Period total: 17K

Compatibility

WordPress6.1.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP8.0+ required

Version Adoption

v1.5
76.3%
v1.4
13.8%
Other
9.9%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.5.1

  • Tested with WordPress 6.9
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Rhys WynneRhys Wynne
Plugin Info
Version
1.5.1
Last Updated
Dec 11, 2025
WP Requires
6.1.2+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
8.0+
Active Installs
4.0K+
Downloads
40K+
Added
Jan 31, 2023
Business
Free

Tags

lcppreloadsite-speedsite optimisationlargest contentful paint

Developer

R
Rhys Wynne
13 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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