Which has better reviews, Lazy Loader or Smart Image Loader?

Smart Image Loader has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 2 reviews) compared to Lazy Loader (4.7★ from 49 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Lazy Loader or Smart Image Loader?

Smart Image Loader holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.7★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Lazy Loader or Smart Image Loader?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Lazy Loader has the deeper published review base (49 vs 2), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Lazy Loader typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (49 reviews). Smart Image Loader typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (2 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Lazy Loader and Smart Image Loader?

Migration support varies by app and category. Lazy Loader and Smart Image Loader both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Smart Image Loader" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

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Lazy Loader vs Smart Image Loader — WordPress

Lazy Loader vs Smart Image Loader

Name: Lazy Loader
Rating: 4.7 (49 reviews)

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Lazy Loader

4.7·49reviews·9,000+installs

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	Lazy Loader	Smart Image Loader
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Description	2373 / 5000 chars47% used	699 / 5000 chars14% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Florian Brinkmann	bypr.nils
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Feature comparison between Lazy Loader and Smart Image Loader
Metric	Lazy Loader	Smart Image Loader
Rating	4.7 ★	★ 5.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 49	2
Active installs	9,000+	100+
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Lazy Loader

Lazy loading plugin that supports images, iFrames, video and audio elements and uses the lightweight lazysizes script. With manual modification of the markup it is also possible to lazy load background images, scripts, and styles. Lazy loads (without the need of any manually modifications): Images inserted via img or picture in posts, pages, Custom Post Types, Text Widgets, … Post thumbnails. Inline background images. Or all images and other enabled media in the markup (that is not excluded or already has a lazy loading attribute), via the option to process the complete markup. iFrames.* Video elements.* Audio elements.* * Can be enabled in the plugin options. The plugin comes with the following options (under Settings › Media › Lazy Loader options): Do not lazy load elements with specific CSS classes (you can use the class skip-lazy by default). Add filters that should be processed by Lazy Loader. Enable lazy loading for iFrames. Include the lazysizes native loading plugin that modifies images and iFrames to use the native lazy loading feature of browsers that already support it. Include the lazysizes unveilhooks plugin that adds support for more elements, for example, video and audio elements.* Enable lazy loading for the poster frame of video elements. Enable lazy loading for audio elements. Enable lazy loading for inline background images. Display a loading spinner. Disable the plugin on specific posts/pages (this shows a checkbox in the edit view of all public post types (except attachments) to disable lazy loading for an entire post). Process the complete markup of the site. A textarea to modify the default lazysizes config values. * The unveilhooks extension of lazysizes supports more than video and audio elements, but you need to manually modify the markup to use it for: Background images not inserted with inline styles. Scripts. Styles. The plugin adds a noscript element as fallback for disabled JavaScript (can be disabled with the lazy_loader_generate_noscript filter). You can disable lazy loading for elements with specific CSS classes by defining them via the plugin settings (Settings › Media › Lazy Loader options). Or use the skip-lazy class or the data-skip-lazy attribute. skip-lazy and data-skip-lazy also work on wrapper elements to exclude the wrapper and its children from being processed.

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lazy16×4.37%
elements11×3.01%
loading11×3.01%
lazy loading9×2.46%
images8×2.19%
audio5×1.37%
audio elements5×1.37%
lazysizes5×1.37%
markup5×1.37%
video5×1.37%
background4×1.09%
background images4×1.09%

Smart Image Loader

Smart Image Loader loads images which are visible in the initial viewport of your website before any images whose position is “below the fold”, outside the current viewport. Those images can be loaded as soon as the visible images are finished loading or “lazy loaded” when they would become visible. This can be useful for bandwidth saving on mobile devices. There is no need to insert any additional code into your website, just install the plug-in. The default settings are fine in most cases, but you may want to adjust them for optimization. Smart Image Loader is tested and works down to Internet Explorer 7, disabled below. Note: there is currently no support for (CSS) background images.

Top keywords

images5×4.27%
visible3×2.56%
below2×1.71%
image2×1.71%
image loader2×1.71%
loaded2×1.71%
loader2×1.71%
smart2×1.71%
smart image2×1.71%
smart image loader2×1.71%
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