Preload LCP Image

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Allows you to specify on individual pages or posts the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) Image on that page to preload, making the page load quicker.

Author:Rhys Wynne (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:6.1.2
WordPress version tested:6.9
Plugin version:1.5.1
Added to WordPress repository:31-01-2023
Last updated:11-12-2025
Rating, %:96
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Plugin URI:https://dwinrhys.com/preload-largest-contentf...
Total downloads:40 314
Active installs:4 000+
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This plugin will add the ability to preload the largest contentful paint (LCP) Image on an individual page or post. This is designed to remove the “Preload the image used by the LCP element in order to improve your LCP time” warning that Google’s Pagespeed Insights sometimes serves.

For Support

I offer support in two places:-

On Github

This project is now on github, you can view the repository here. There are other versions, but this is the one I’ve put up, so where all the developmental will be tracked.


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