Title: Better Image Loading
Author: moosch
Published: <strong>September 21, 2016</strong>
Last modified: November 12, 2018

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Better Image Loading

 By [moosch](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moosch/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/better-image-loading.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/better-image-loading/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/better-image-loading/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/better-image-loading/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/better-image-loading/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-image-loading/)

## Description

This plugin was inspired by [Medium](https://medium.com), it makes images load better
on page paint. Providing a ‘blurred’ version of the image at the correct scale, 
then fading the true image in once loaded.
 It works by default on all post featured
images leveraging the WordPress post_thumbnail_html filter.

For inline images the plugin searches through your post content and refactors the
image for better loading.

NOTE:
 You may need to regenerate thumbnails to create the blurred image for each
attachment image. We recommend using the [Regenerate Thumbnails](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/)
plugin. This plugin is designed to accommodate the image dimension ratio of the 
full size version. If you are using cropped images you may experience resizing issues.

### Roadmap

#### 0.3.2

 1. Ability to turn off better image loading for post/page content

#### 0.3.3

 1. Ability to select if you want a blurred image or a single color image like Google
    Images

#### 0.3.4

 1. Load larger images only when in view

## Installation

 1. Download the plugin and unzip it.
 2. Upload the folder better-image-loading/ to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
 3. Activate the plugin from your WordPress admin panel.
 4. Installation finished.
 5. I recommend you regenerate all thumbnails if your media library is not empty.

## FAQ

None yet!

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Better Image Loading” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ moosch ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moosch/)

[Translate “Better Image Loading” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/better-image-loading)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/better-image-loading/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/better-image-loading/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/better-image-loading/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/better-image-loading/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.3.7

 * Fixed warning with newer versions of WooCommerce

#### 0.3.6

 * Added CSS blur effect to loading images

#### 0.3.5

 * Further performance improvements

#### 0.3.4

 * Performance improvements

#### 0.3.3

 * Removed neglected code

#### 0.3.2

 * Fixed issue with getting attachment id from url

#### 0.3.1

 * JavaScript update to fix margins moving things around

#### 0.3.0

 * Partial rewrite
 * Added support for WooCommerce
 * Improved support for captions (specifically the standard WordPress caption shortcode)

#### 0.2.1

 * Added support for images within links

#### 0.2.0

 * Added support for image captions
 * General code cleanup

#### 0.1.2

 * Added support for existing width/height attributes of images

#### 0.1.1

 * Fixed bug displaying images in post content

#### 0.1.0

 * Plugin released

## Meta

 *  Version **0.3.7**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-image-loading/)
 * Tags
 * [images](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/)[loading](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/loading/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/better-image-loading/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ moosch ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moosch/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-image-loading/)

## Donate

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