10 Best Lazy Load Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Lazy Load has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Lazy Load
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Disable Lazy Load
Closest match4.5 (23) 9,000+ active installsActivate this plugin to disable the Lazy Loading feature that was added in WP v5.5.
Shares the images, lazy load tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 18, 2026.
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4.8 (206) 20,000+ active installsHigh performance YouTube video, playlist and audio-only embeds which don't slow down your blog and offer optimal accessibility.
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.0, last updated 18 days ago.
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Ajaxify Comments – Ajax and Lazy Loading Comments
4.8 (91) 3,000+ active installsAjaxify Comments speeds up your comment section, allowing for lazy loading comments, instant comment posting, and seamless success and error messages.
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.0, last updated today.
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4.6 (572) 100,000+ active installsA multi-featured plugin to embed YouTube in WordPress. Embed a video, YouTube channel gallery, playlist, or YouTube livestream. Defer JavaScript too!
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.0, last updated today.
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4.4 (105) 9,000+ active installsBoost page speed by replacing embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos with a clickable preview image. Video scripts only load on click.
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.4 against 4.0, last updated May 19, 2026.
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LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes
4.2 (139) 100,000+ active installsThe best free lazy load plugin for WordPress. Lazy load images, videos, and iframes to improve performance and Core Web Vitals scores.
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.0, last updated October 17, 2025.
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Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load
4.8 (287) 30,000+ active installsAdd infinite scroll, lazy loading, and load more buttons to posts, pages, and WooCommerce products — fast and fully customizable for WordPress.
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.0, last updated July 22, 2026.
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4.9 (274) 20,000+ active installsLoad products from next page via AJAX with infinite scrolling or load more products button
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.0, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.4 (24) 3,000+ active installsLazy loading images and iframes to speed up sites page load speed.
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since January 16, 2021.
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ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization
4.8 (144) 10,000+ active installsStart serving properly sized, smart cropped & optimized images, plus CSS, JS and fonts from our CDN with a click; Automatic AVIF & WebP support.
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.0, last updated 18 days ago.
Switching from Lazy Load: common questions
What is the best alternative to Lazy Load?
Disable Lazy Load is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 9,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which Lazy Load alternative has the most users?
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Lazy Load alternative is rated highest?
Load More Products for WooCommerce, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 274 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Lazy Load alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Lazy Load score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Lazy Load on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Disable Lazy Load is the closest match to Lazy Load by the data we track, and Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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