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LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes

The best free lazy load plugin for WordPress. Lazy load images, videos, and iframes to improve performance and Core Web Vitals scores.

v2.4.0WP MediaUpdated Added 100k+ installs84% rating
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40
Score
31
Errors
17
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security2
Repo77
Performance100
Maintainability86

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

48 findings

Security

25

4 issue groups

Maintainability

17

7 issue groups

Repo Compliance

5

5 issue groups

I18n

1

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$heading_tag'.14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$heading_tag'.

WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscapedReference
ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$id'.9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$id'.

WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscapedReference
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$action_url".6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$action_url".

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$name".4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$name".

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "persist_{$this->settings_key}".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "persist_{$this->settings_key}".

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound
ERRORMaintainabilitybadly named filesFile and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

File and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.

badly_named_files
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.DiscouragedFunctions.load_plugin_textdomainFoundReference
ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callbackSanitization missing for register_setting().1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.SettingSanitization.register_settingMissingReference
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunctionReference
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Lazy Load - Optimize Images".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Lazy Load - Optimize Images".

mismatched_plugin_nameReference
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ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

missing_direct_file_access_protectionReference
ERRORRepo Complianceno license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

no_licenseReference
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.8 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.

outdated_tested_upto_headerReference
ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header no license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

plugin_header_no_licenseReference
WARNINGRepo Complianceplugin header nonexistent domain path1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Domain Path" header in the plugin file must point to an existing folder. Found: "languages"

plugin_header_nonexistent_domain_pathReference
WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tags1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

readme_parser_warnings_too_many_tags
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

trademarked_term

External Connections

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Score History

First score snapshot

v2.4.0

40

Latest

Findings
48
Errors
31
Warnings
17
Check
2.0.0

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