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a3 Lazy Load

a3 Lazy Load

Performance Asset Optimization

a3 Lazy Load is a WordPress plugin for Asset Optimization. It ranks #19 of 154 in that group by active installs and was last updated 4 months ago.

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Slug a3-lazy-load

80K Active installs As the directory reports it, rounded to a band
4.3 Rating out of 5 From 148 ratings
65 Releases Since 20 December 2014
Jul 2026 Last release 4 months ago

Maintenance check

Is a3 Lazy Load still maintained?

Yes - by every measure the directory publishes, it is actively maintained.

  • Updated recently. The last release was 4 months ago.
  • Slightly behind on testing. Tested up to 7.0.8, while current plugins are tested on 7.1.
  • Well rated. 4.3 out of 5 from 148 ratings.

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Standing

More installed than 98.8% of the directory

Ahead of 47,185 of the 47,734 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

98.8% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count
47,185 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one
548 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band
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Details

The record

Everything the directory publishes about this plugin, as it was last read.

Current version
2.7.9
Requires WordPress
6.0
Tested up to
7.0.8
Added to the directory
20 December 2014
Last updated
8 July 2026
Contributors
2
Author
Steve Truman
Support threads resolved
0 of 1

Its own tags

  • a3 lazy load
  • image lazy load
  • Lazy Loading
  • lazyload

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