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Lazy Load for Comments — WordPress Comment Plugin

by Joel James · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.0.1 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.4+

Lazy Load for Comments has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 209,171 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 22, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Lazy Load for Comments at a glance

Active installs
2,000+
Total downloads
209,171
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Lazy Load for Comments well maintained?

Support threads resolved
1 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1
One-star reviews
0%
0 of 28 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

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

  • Lazy-load comments on scroll, on button click, or turn the plugin off without deactivating it
  • Works with classic themes and block themes (the core Comments block)
  • Loads comments inline for search engine crawlers, so indexing and SEO are not affected
  • Per-post cache of the rendered Comments block — REST renders stay fast
  • Minimum-comment-count threshold so short threads still render inline
  • Customisable load-button text, style and extra CSS classes
  • Clean React settings page under Comments → Lazy Load
  • No jQuery dependency. Front-end script is vanilla JS and intentionally small
  • Translation-ready. Hooks and filters available for further customisation

Lazy Load for Comments reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
4.7 out of 5

28 reviews

5★
24
4★
1
3★
1
2★
2
1★
0

  • Has Potential

    But support is unresponsive.

    Emory Rowland

  • Good, but needs some enhancements

    It breaks the Moderation notice. The user just gets sent back to the main page and they don't know if their comment submitted or not. In my analytics, it states that there is a javascript error, so that needs to be fixed. It also breaks the built in discussion settings of breaking the comments into groups, and the feature of clicking "next" to get the next batch Other than that it works. Simple plugin without options.

    itsryu

  • Amazing plugin

    Great plugin, works fine. I just hope it always gets updated. Keep up the great work!

    yastychef

  • Best Plugin I've ever used

    Congratulations and thank you very much for this wonderful plugin, my website has a lot of comments, several times the vps cpu reached 100% of use on the pages with many comments, this plugin is wonderful, excellent.

    fernandroid3

  • Отличный плагин!

    Спасибо за отличный плагин! Это то, что я искал.

    westgen

  • Just what I needed

    Just what I needed, and it didn't slow down my webpages!

    janaa

Where Lazy Load for Comments ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Lazy Load for Comments appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Comment Plugins #38 by tag, #13 in search #12 –

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Details

Speed up your posts by lazy-loading the WordPress comments on scroll or click. Works with classic and block themes.

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

Rankings Lazy Load for Comments competes in

Tags

  • comments
  • lazy load
  • lazyload comments
  • Page Speed
  • performance

More from Joel James

Version
2.0.1
Last updated
Aug 22, 2026
First published
Jul 21, 2016
Requires WordPress
6.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Lazy Load for Comments FAQ

What does Lazy Load for Comments do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Lazy Load for Comments offers Lazy-load comments on scroll, on button click, or turn the plugin off without deactivating it, Works with classic themes and block themes (the core Comments block), Loads comments inline for search engine crawlers, so indexing and SEO are not affected, Per-post cache of the rendered Comments block — REST renders stay fast and Minimum-comment-count threshold so short threads still render inline.

How many active installs does Lazy Load for Comments have?

WordPress.org reports 2,000+ active installs for Lazy Load for Comments as of September 7, 2026.

Is Lazy Load for Comments still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 22, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Does Lazy Load for Comments have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 1 recent support threads for Lazy Load for Comments are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Lazy Load for Comments free?

Lazy Load for Comments is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Lazy Load for Comments rank among Comment Plugins?

Lazy Load for Comments is #12 in the WordPress.org Comment Plugins ranking.