JDM Native Lazy Loading

JDM Native Lazy Loading WordPress plugin automatically adds the loading="lazy" attribute to IMG tags within your content to support native image lazy loading, coming in Chrome 75. Description This plugin adds the loading="lazy" attribute to IMG tags found when filtering thecontent() to support native image lazy loading (coming in Chrome 75). For more information about native lazy loading images, check out this article: https://addyosmani.com/blog/lazy-loading/ and for a little more depth into what we're doing here, check out our explainer post at: https://jdmdig.it/30nXp7h Historically, to limit the impact offscreen images have on page load times, developers have needed to use a JavaScript library (like LazySizes) in order to defer fetching these images until a user scrolls near them. What if the browser could avoid loading these offscreen images for you? The loading attribute allows a browser to defer loading offscreen images and iframes until users scroll near them. It comes in three flavors which you can select (the first one and the Nth ones) to all images sent through thecontent(). Just install, activate, check the settings page, and marvel at its simplicity. Ther