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Disable Lazy Load

by Jeff Starr · 9,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 3 Nov 2026, 6 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

90/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Disable Lazy Load
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation60

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Disable Lazy Load still maintained?
Yes. Last release 3 Nov 2026, 6 releases in the last 24 months. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Disable Lazy Load, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer specialk since Jul 2020. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Disable Lazy Load removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Disable Lazy Load safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 4 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Disable Lazy Load update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.8. No one-star spike after it. 3 Nov 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

  • InfoMOM-2Downloads in the last 4 weeks are down more than half vs the 26-week average. Review this plugin.4 Nov 2026Evidence

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master28 Jul 2020 to 28 Jul 2020, 1 commits
specialk29 Jul 2020 to 3 Nov 2026, 23 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2020.

Maintenance

Last release
yesterday
Releases, 24 months
6
Tested up to
7.2 current
Requires PHP
5.6.20 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Disable Lazy Load
Q1 20241
Q2 20241
Q3 20240
Q4 20241
Q1 20251
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20251
Q1 20261
Q2 20261
Q3 20261
Q4 20261

Last release 3 Nov 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.5.

Rating distribution
5 star20
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star3

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

9,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Disable Lazy Load
4 May 2026265
11 May 2026508
18 May 2026784
25 May 2026386
1 Jun 2026298
8 Jun 2026300
15 Jun 2026319
22 Jun 2026257
29 Jun 2026273
6 Jul 2026261
13 Jul 20263,033
20 Jul 20261,745
27 Jul 2026819
3 Aug 2026895
10 Aug 2026517
17 Aug 2026444
24 Aug 2026389
31 Aug 2026368
7 Sep 2026326
14 Sep 2026333
21 Sep 2026336
28 Sep 2026285
5 Oct 2026318
12 Oct 2026259
19 Oct 2026391
26 Oct 2026319
2 Nov 202655

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 52% below the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version2.8
AuthorJeff Starr
Added29 Jul 2020
Last updated3 Nov 2026
Active installs9,000+
Requires WordPress5.4
Tested up to7.2
Requires PHP5.6.20
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Caching Solutions
Tagslazy, load, images, lazyload, lazy load

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Questions

Is Disable Lazy Load still maintained?

Yes. Last release 3 Nov 2026, 6 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Disable Lazy Load, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer specialk since Jul 2020.

Was Disable Lazy Load removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is Disable Lazy Load safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Disable Lazy Load update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.8. No one-star spike after it.

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