Be Lazy
Enhance your website’s user experience and seo ranking by lazy loading images.
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Be Lazy shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 7 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 7 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.2 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Be Lazy stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| images | >100 |
| lazy | >100 |
| lazyload | >100 |
| loading | >100 |
| speed | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews
About Be Lazy
From the official readme · v1.2.1Description
Enhance your website’s user experience and seo ranking by lazy loading images.
What is lazy loading?
«Lazy loading is a technique that defers loading of non-critical resources at page load time. Instead, these non-critical resources are loaded at the moment of need.»
– Jeremy Wagner, Google Developer
In other words:
Lazy loading images makes them being loaded asynchronously which makes it possible to load them conditionally (e.g. when they are within the visitors’s viewport). In doing so, you will prevent your visitors from downloading images they would never see anyway.
What are the advantages?
The main advantages for your visitors are:
1. Reduced page load time
Having to initially load less resources, naturally reduces the loading duration. This will be more noticeable the more images you have on your website and may have a critical impact on your visitors’s experience as well as your SEO ranking.
2. Smaller page size
It’s possible that your visitors will not scroll down to the very bottom of the page and therefore not load all images. Having to load a few images less might not be relevant on unlimited connections. For visitors browsing your website on limited plans however, you’ll prevent them from wasting their data allowances. Again, this is a factor influencing your SEO ranking.
Browser support
Be Lazy uses a polyfill for browsers not supporting the IntersectionObserver API by default. As a result, pretty much any browser is supported.
✔ Google Chrome
✔ Mozilla Firefox
✔ Opera
✔ Microsoft Edge
✔ Microsoft Internet Explorer (7+)
✔ Safari (6+)
✔ Android Browser (4.4+)
Changelog
1.2.1
[Added]
+ Elementor post types filter
1.2
[Added]
+ Post type based configuration
+ Option to manually select posts
+ Option handling via Ajax
1.1
[Fixed]
+ Default configuration value empty
1.0
Initial release
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FAQ
Be Lazy: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 16, 2026
Is Be Lazy free?
Yes. Be Lazy is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Be Lazy safe to use in 2026?
Be Lazy shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 7 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Be Lazy?
Be Lazy is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,135 times since it launched in May 2019. It was downloaded 55 times in the last 30 days.
Does Be Lazy work with WordPress 7.1?
Be Lazy is officially tested up to WordPress 5.2.29, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Be Lazy need?
Be Lazy requires PHP 5.6 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Be Lazy last updated?
The latest version, 1.2.1, was released on June 18, 2019 (7 years ago).
Who makes Be Lazy?
Be Lazy is developed and maintained by fayne.
What are the best alternatives to Be Lazy?
The most popular alternatives to Be Lazy are Autoptimize (800K+ installs), WebP Express (300K+ installs) and Responsive Lightbox & Galle… (100K+ installs).
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