What is Lazy Load?

When sites have tons of images, each time an image loads an HTTP request is sent to the server and hence increasing the time to load page. Lazy Load solves this problem and only loads the images when they are above the fold. This way whenever a page is scrolled and if image is appearing within the scroll area, its loaded in time. This technique load pages very fast and saves a website from sending thousands of requests to server and bandwidth usage.

In my previous post, we shared a way to load a blog fast using cache plugins. We are going to share one more way that will not only create a better user experience for readers but also increase wordpress speed. Here are few but very good Lazy Loading Plugins for wordpress.

BJ Lazy Load

Best thing about this plugin is the dashboard where you can set lazy loading for different sections of your website. E.g. if you are not willing to use lazy loading for inner pages of your website just un check the option from dashboard.

jQuery Image Lazy Load WP

There aren’t any fancy settings for this plugin but very simple to use. Just install, activate and images on your website will load on each scroll with Jquery Lazy Loading.

Rocket Lazy Load

Install, activate and use Lazy Loading for images on each scroll. Turns out to be the simplest plugin with only 2kb script and makes your websites faster.

Image Lazy Load (Unveil.js)

Image Lazy Load is a lighter version of Lazy Load, however this one is made for high resolution retina display images. Easy to install and best to use for high quality images.