Arya Dhiratara

ThinkWeb

A lightweight yet powerful image, iframe, and video optimization plugin. Lazy load, preload, and more. No jquery dependency.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Lazy Load – Lazy loading images, iframes, and videos, using the high performant <code>lazysizes.js</code>. No jquery dependency.</li>
<li>Preload Featured Images – Automatically preloading featured image from common page/post (homepage, pages except homepage, single post, and woocommerce single product pages).</li>
<li>Use CDN for Images – HTML rewrite if you want to serve images from your favorite CDN.</li>
<li>Add Missing Image Dimensions – Add missing width and height attributes from your images.</li>
</ul>
New (since 1.1.1)
<ul>
<li>Add <code>no-lazy</code> and <code>skip-lazy</code> class as default exclude class for lazyloading images.</li>
<li>Enable <code>loading eager</code> to also target <code>no-lazy</code> and <code>skip-lazy</code> class.</li>
<li>Automatically exclude featured image (add <code>no-lazy</code> class) from lazyloading if <code>Preload Featured Images</code> feature is enabled (useful to avoid <code>Largest Contentful Paint image was lazily loaded</code> warning in Google Pagespeed Insights ).</li>
<li>Add <code>webp</code> extension to CDN HTML rewrite regex.</li>
</ul>
New (since 1.0.7)
<ul>
<li>We changed the lazy load library from lozad.js to lazysizes.js.</li>
<li>Add field to modify lazysize default configuration. Read the <a href="https://github.com/aFarkas/lazysizes/#js-api---options" rel="nofollow ugc">docs</a>.</li>
<li>Add fields to specify width and height fallback value if the Add Missing Image Dimensions feature failed to get the actual image dimension.</li>
</ul>
New (since 1.0.3)
<ul>
<li>Lazy load CSS Background Images – Load faster by lazy loading background images from the CSS <code>background-image</code> property. Tested and works well on CSS background image from <code>GenerateBlocks</code>, <code>Elementor</code>, and <code>Oxygen Builder</code>.</li>
<li>Noscript Fallback – Extra option to use <noscript> fallback for lazy images and iframes.</li>
<li>Add Loading Eager – Extra option to Automatically add <code>loading=eager</code> to the lazy load excluded list.</li>
</ul>
This plugin only adds 1 extra row in your database. And it will self delete upon uninstalation.
<h3>About Lazysizes</h3>
Lazysizes is highly performant lazy load library, written by Alexander Farkas in pure JS with no dependencies.
Taken from lazysize’s github description: 
High performance and SEO friendly lazy loader for images (responsive and normal), iframes and more, that detects any visibility changes triggered through user interaction, CSS or JavaScript without configuration.
<h3>Optimize More!</h3>
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<h3>Other USEFUL PLUGINS TO OPTIMIZE YOUR SITE’S SPEED:</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/optimize-more/" rel="ugc">Optimize More!</a> – Selectively Optimize your CSS/JS Delivery: Load CSS Asynchronously, Delay CSS and JavaScripts until User Interaction, Preload Critical CSS and JavaScripts, and Remove Unused CSS and JavaScripts Files.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/lazyload-preload-and-more/" rel="ugc">Lazyload, Preload, and more!</a> – A simplified version of this plugin. The plugin size is only around 14kb zipped. Without UI for settings, but you can customize the settings using filters. 
The default configuration is the best for optimizing images and other media files to speed up your site (just install and activate it and you’re good to go):
<ul>
<li>lazyload your below the fold images/iframes/videos,</li>
<li>preload your featured images,</li>
<li>and add loading=”eager” to your featured image and all images that have <code>no-lazy</code> or <code>skip-lazy</code> class.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Other USEFUL PLUGIN:</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/shop-extra/" rel="ugc">Shop Extra</a> – A lightweight plugin to optimize your WooCommerce & Business site: Floating WhatsApp Chat Widget (can be use without WooCommerce), WhatsApp Order Button for WooCommrece, Hide/Disable WooCommerce Elements, WooCommerce Strings Translations, and many more.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/animate-on-scroll/" rel="ugc">Animate on Scroll</a> – Animate any Elements on scroll using the popular AOS JS library simply by adding class names. This plugin helps you integrate easily with AOS JS library to add any AOS animations to WordPress. Simply add the desired AOS animation to your element class name with “aos-” prefix and the plugin will add the corresponding aos attribute to the element tag.
</li>
</ul>

Optimize More! – Images

A lightweight yet powerful image, iframe, and video optimization plugin. Lazy load, preload, and more. No jquery dependency.

Jumedeen khan

Mozedia

Smart LazyLoad is a fast, lightweight, and SEO-friendly lazy loading plugin for WordPress. It improves page speed and Core Web Vitals by loading images, iframes, videos, and background images only when they are about to enter the viewport.
Built with pure JavaScript, Smart Lazy Load does not rely on jQuery or other third-party libraries, keeping your site fast and bloat-free.
Unlike heavy optimization plugins, Smart LazyLoad focuses on one thing only: reducing unnecessary resource loading while maintaining compatibility, accessibility, and SEO best practices.
All features are optional — you can use the plugin with default settings or fine-tune it as needed.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Lazy load images in posts, pages, widgets, thumbnails, avatars, and comments</li>
<li>Lazy load iframes and embedded videos</li>
<li>Lazy load background images from inline styles and data attributes</li>
<li>Optional YouTube iframe replacement with video thumbnails</li>
<li>Intelligent first-image skipping for better LCP scores</li>
<li>Supports both JavaScript-based and native browser lazy loading</li>
<li>Inline plugin CSS and JavaScript (optional)</li>
<li>Option to disable lazy loading for logged-in users</li>
<li>Fully responsive and mobile-friendly</li>
<li>SEO-friendly with noscript fallbacks</li>
<li>Accessibility-aware</li>
<li>Pure JavaScript (no jQuery dependency)</li>
<li>Lightweight and performance-focused</li>
<li>Open source and available on <a href="https://github.com/jumedeenkhan/lazy-load-for-images" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Configuration</h3>
You can configure the plugin from:
Settings → LazyLoad
Available options include:
<ul>
<li>Enable or disable lazy loading</li>
<li>Lazy load images, iframes, and videos</li>
<li>Enable background image lazy loading</li>
<li>Replace YouTube videos with thumbnails</li>
<li>Adjust lazy load threshold</li>
<li>Enable native browser lazy loading</li>
<li>Inline plugin CSS and JavaScript</li>
<li>Disable lazy loading for logged-in users</li>
</ul>
Need more help?
For detailed documentation, usage examples, available filters, and advanced configuration options for Smart LazyLoad are available.
See the <a href="https://www.mozedia.com/lazy-load-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">Lazy Load Configuration Guide</a>
Support
We are here to help. Feel free to open a new thread on the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lazy-load-for-images/" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a>.

Smart LazyLoad – Lazy Load Images, Videos and Iframes

A must-have for the fastest page load time, save bandwidth cost. Just install and activate and your site is ready to load with Rocket speed. Awesome work, Highly recommended! 

💯 Excellent plugin, Improves Page Load time Instantly ⚡

The best free, lightweight lazy load plugin for WordPress. Lazy loading images, videos, and iframes to improve performance and Core Web Vitals scores.

Optimize More! – Images vs Smart LazyLoad – Lazy Load Images, Videos and Iframes