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Unveil Lazy Load

Unveil Lazy Load is a WordPress Plugin whitch makes lazy-image-load possible to decrease number of requests and improve page loading time.

By marubon·Images·Free
4.7(15 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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As of April 2026, Unveil Lazy Load is a WordPress images plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 15 reviews. It has been downloaded 55K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Autoptimize.

4.7/515 reviews
3.0K+active installs
55K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

Unveil Lazy Load is a WordPress Plugin whitch makes lazy-image-load possible
to decrease number of requests and improve page loading time.

This plugin has the following features compared to another lazy-load plugin:

Decrease data size loaded from web server by adopting a lightweight lazy-load library

This plugin uses a lightweight jQuery plugin created by optimizing Unveil.js Unveil.js (https://github.com/luis-almeida/unveil)
less than about 0.6KB in size in order to only load an image when it’s visible in the viewport.

Decrease number of HTTP requests using data URI scheme

This plugin needs not to load an external dummy image required for lazy-load
because the image is embedded in HTML using data URI scheme technique.

Arbitrary section

Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

4.715 reviews
5 ★
14
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
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1 ★
1

Recent Reviews

Broken.
by skunkworks·8 years ago

Doesn’t appear to work. All page images load without scrolling.

Simple
by dj.cowan·8 years ago·1 reply

No fuss, no problems encountered in 18 months of use

Perfect
by Laura530·9 years ago

It is the fastest lazy load I had installed. Thank you!!

Clean and minimal.
by belwerks·11 years ago

Lives up to the hype. Immediate boost in page speeds from a plugin that doesn’t churn up load times.

Nice Plugin…
by Md Nurullah·11 years ago

My website is fast now

Download Trends

Today: 5Yesterday: 4This week: 28Period total: 960

Compatibility

WordPress3.2+ requiredTested up to 4.0.38
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v0.3
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.1.0

  • Initial working version.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

marubonmarubon
Plugin Info
Version
0.3.1
Last Updated
Nov 28, 2017
WP Requires
3.2+
Tested Up To
4.0.38
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
3.0K+
Downloads
55K+
Added
Aug 20, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

imageslazy loadperformance

Developer

M
marubon
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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