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Speed Up

Speed Up – Lazy Load

by nigro.simone · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.0.28 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 7.0+

Speed Up has 500+ active installs on WordPress.org and 50,178 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on July 26, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Speed Up at a glance

Active installs
500+
Total downloads
50,178
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Speed Up well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
17%
2 of 12 reviews on WordPress.org

Speed Up reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
4.3 out of 5

12 reviews

5★
9
4★
1
3★
0
2★
0
1★
2

  • Completely destroyed my page

    all images where shown twice suddenly. Also the page speed went slower (!). Not working at all.

    e3magazin

  • Very fast lazy load plugin and the fewest HTTP requests thanks to it!

    Only one problem: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-abandoned-but-it-is-really-fast-one-problem-with-dom-access-on-scroll/

    because i

  • WOW!!!!

    pagespeed from 70 to 89 >> You are my man!!!! Thank you so much!

    WEBGONDEL UG

  • Didn't work for me

    For some reason it kept loading all images on page load instead of on scroll. I had to go back to a3 Lazy Load

    udegbunamchuks

  • Worked.

    This is the only lazy load plugin that worked with my Newsmag theme. I wish I could choose the pixels before which an image loads.

    narinder912

  • Super Light But Super Effective

    For better user-experience and to improve website load time, this plugin is a must.

    amreshkramar

Details

Improves load speed of page and save the bandwidth.

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

Tags

  • defer offscreen images
  • iframe lazy load
  • lazy load
  • lazy loading images
  • performance

More from nigro.simone

Version
1.0.28
Last updated
Jul 26, 2026
First published
Aug 19, 2016
Requires WordPress
6.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.0
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Speed Up FAQ

How many active installs does Speed Up have?

WordPress.org reports 500+ active installs for Speed Up as of September 7, 2026.

Is Speed Up still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on July 26, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Is Speed Up free?

Speed Up is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.