This plugin adds the loading attribute to IMG and IFRAME tags found when filtering the content, post thumbnails, and oembed to support lazy loading.. The version of Chrome now supports this attribute and more browsers will follow in time.. For more information about lazy loading images using this new image attribute, check out this article https addyosmani com blog lazy-loading.. The loading attribute instructs browser to defer loading offscreen images until users scroll near them. It comes in three flavors eager, auto, and lazy. Install this plugin and it will add the attribute where appropriate.. It just works in browsers that support the new loading image attribute.. For browsers that don't support this new image loading attribute. You can still use JavaScript-based as fallback until browser support becomes more mainstream.. Note this plugin requires wordpress 5.2 and for your theme to support the wp body open hook ...
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