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Dominant Colors Lazy Loading

by manuelwieser · WordPress.org page · Website

v0.8.0 Tested up to WP 5.0.27

Dominant Colors Lazy Loading has 100+ active installs on WordPress.org and 7,477 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on December 13, 2018, tested up to WordPress 5.0.27.

Dominant Colors Lazy Loading at a glance

Active installs
100+
Total downloads
7,477
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Dominant Colors Lazy Loading well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 5.0.27, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • The plugin calculates the dominant color of an image upon upload
  • All images attached to posts and pages are automatically replaced with placeholders and load as soon as they enter the viewport to save bandwidth
  • Galleries added via the default [gallery] shortcode are also replaced and loaded as soon as they appear in the viewport
  • A custom filter for lazy-loading thumbnails or featured images can be used in templates and themes (apply_filters( 'dominant_colors', $image, $id ))
  • Dominant colors can be calculated for all existing attachments in the plugin settings
  • You can choose between GIF and SVG placeholders
  • The plugin is compatible with RICG Responsive Images, which has been added to WordPress 4.4 as default functionality

Dominant Colors Lazy Loading reviews and ratings

2 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

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  • Perfect

    This is what I was searching for months! Thanks

    Gemma

  • Working Well

    Running it for about two weeks. So far no issues spotted.

    spacetoast

Details

This plugin allows you to lazy load your images while showing the dominant color of each image as a placeholder – like Pinterest or Google Images.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • dominant colors
  • images
  • javascript
  • Lazy Loading
  • Pinterest
Version
0.8.0
Last updated
Dec 13, 2018
First published
Apr 5, 2016
Requires WordPress
4.4
Tested up to
5.0.27
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Dominant Colors Lazy Loading FAQ

What does Dominant Colors Lazy Loading do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Dominant Colors Lazy Loading offers The plugin calculates the dominant color of an image upon upload, All images attached to posts and pages are automatically replaced with placeholders and load as soon as they enter the viewport to save bandwidth, Galleries added via the default [gallery] shortcode are also replaced and loaded as soon as they appear in the viewport, A custom filter for lazy-loading thumbnails or featured images can be used in templates and themes (apply_filters( 'dominant_colors', $image, $id )) and Dominant colors can be calculated for all existing attachments in the plugin settings.

How many active installs does Dominant Colors Lazy Loading have?

WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs for Dominant Colors Lazy Loading as of September 7, 2026.

Is Dominant Colors Lazy Loading still maintained?

The last release was on December 13, 2018, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Dominant Colors Lazy Loading free?

Dominant Colors Lazy Loading is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.