Title: wp-lazy-load
Author: Darshan Sawardekar
Published: <strong>May 16, 2014</strong>
Last modified: September 27, 2014

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# wp-lazy-load

 By [Darshan Sawardekar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dsawardekar/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-lazy-load.0.3.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lazy-load/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lazy-load/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lazy-load/#installation)
 * [Development](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lazy-load/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-lazy-load/)

## Description

This plugin optimizes your page load performance using the jQuery Lazy
 Load. The
img src attributes in your posts are replaced with placeholder tags. The plugin 
waits for the user to scroll to near the image before it starts loading the image.

This improves your page speed as only images that are actually viewed by users
 
are loaded. And your servers will also perform better as they will need to serve
fewer images.

### Credits

 * Thanks to Mika Tuupola for [jQuery lazyload](https://github.com/tuupola/jquery_lazyload)

## Installation

 1. Click Plugins > Add New in the WordPress admin panel.
 2. Search for “wp-lazy-load” and install.

### Customization

The `threshold` parameter controls the distance in pixels that the your
 viewers
need to be close to to trigger loading of images. Default is 200 pixels.

The plugin uses a transparent gif as the placeholder image by default.
 This can
be changed by adding a custom placeholder image to your current themes `wp-lazy-
load` subdirectory.

For eg:- if you add `red.gif` to {current_theme}/wp-lazy-load/red.gif
 and then 
change the plugin settings to use `red.gif`.

Then the placeholder for your images will use this red.gif image
 instead.

## FAQ

 * Can I change the placeholder image?

Yes, see the customization section under Installation.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“wp-lazy-load” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Darshan Sawardekar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dsawardekar/)

[Translate “wp-lazy-load” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-lazy-load)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-lazy-load/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-lazy-load/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-lazy-load/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-lazy-load/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.3.2

 * Adds `effectSpeed` parameter to control the animation speed.
    - Default is 400 ms.

#### 0.3.1

 * Upgrades to Arrow 1.8.0.

#### 0.3.0

 * Upgrades to Arrow 1.6.0.
 * Migrates plugin setting page to a client-side jQuery based app.

#### 0.2.0

 * First release on wordpress.org

#### 0.1.0

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.3.2**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.9.40**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lazy-load/)
 * Tags
 * [image lazy load](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image-lazy-load/)[lazy load](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lazy-load/)
   [optimization](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/optimization/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lazy-load/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Darshan Sawardekar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dsawardekar/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-lazy-load/)

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