Title: Preload LCP Image Author: Rhys Wynne Published: januar 31, 2023 Last modified: apríl 15, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/preload-lcp-image/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2857555) ![](https://ps.w.org/preload-lcp-image/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2857555) # Preload LCP Image By [Rhys Wynne](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rhyswynne/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/preload-lcp-image.1.6.zip) * [Details](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/preload-lcp-image/#description) * [Reviews](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/preload-lcp-image/#reviews) * [Installation](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/preload-lcp-image/#installation) * [Development](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/preload-lcp-image/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-lcp-image/) ## Description 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:- * For urgent (paid for) support, please [contact me directly](https://dwinrhys.com/contact-me/?utm_source=wordpressorgtext&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_campaign=preload_lcp). * For not so urgent support, please use the [WordPress.org forums](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-lcp-image/). #### On Github This project is now on github, [you can view the repository here](https://github.com/rhyswynne/preload-lcp-image-wordpress). There are other versions, but this is the one I’ve put up, so where all the developmental will be tracked. ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory or use the Add New feature 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Go to any post and page and specify the LCP Image for that page. Should you wish to use this plugin for custom post types, go to Settings > Preload LCP Image. By default it appears on posts and pages although you can set it to appear on any custom post type on this page. For more guidance on how to determine the URL to use, please use [my guide on how to determining the LCP image for a WordPress post](https://dwinrhys.com/preload-largest-contentful-paint-image-wordpress-plugin/?utm_source=wordpressorgtext&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_campaign=preload_lcp#determining-the-lcp-image) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f3f71038cc91a45f93aa7419889e86f18901cf781f5286249802738d6b25927a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good Plugin But Lacks product_cat tax thumbnail automatic support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-plugin-but-lacks-product_cat-tax-thumbnail-automatic-support/)󠁿 [alexandreromani2206](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexandreromani2206/) oktober 7, 2025 Good Plugin ! Works Well but I use product_cat thumbnail as a background image and it’s not automatically applied like the product featured images do for products. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e544961f15ae6358ab5b0bb48bdac97d3252802ff447b090376f19818d45725b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-9615/)󠁿 [wpcheetah](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpcheetah/) juli 8, 2025 Excellent plugin that does exactly what it says.I had an issue with avif format images and the developer promptly resolved it. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b30009864f79b740af638fd44545eac187a072a9b6eb2971756fa55e4412389e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Preload LCP Image on CPT and Blog Categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-lcp-image-on-cpt-and-blog-categories/)󠁿 [Fanus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/howdous/) oktober 8, 2024 1 reply I’ve built custom post types with it’s own categories. Each category has it’s own featured image, is there any way I can use your plugin on these category images? The same would be relevant for blog post categories. …or is the idea that the “Default to Featured Image” option in settings cover the above? Thx. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aed69f3bd3d4ae0bb12c875564537c18d0cc093d31d288f26ff8b023dd430bcd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-39340/)󠁿 [EncodeDotHost](https://profiles.wordpress.org/encodedothost/) august 15, 2024 1 reply We have just been testing this plugin and found that it can really give your website real-world performance improvements. Definitely worth keeping in your WordPress plugin arsenal 👍 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/590c1a85322729f2345aa128684db6522b37951ea328215b6f501ed8439c0a91? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-2085/)󠁿 [Jimmy Lee](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shirtguy72/) februar 1, 2023 3 replies Plugin working as described, really like that you added “fetchpriority high” I do have a suggestion for some future update though: I have a large site with nearly 1000 posts, would love if the plugin could automatically add Preload to post featured images, or possible by Class Name, in my instance that would be: class=”post-featured- image” This would save users with large sites from having to updated hundreds if not thousands of posts, Thanks for listening and good luck with Preload LCP Image, Good Plugin! [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-lcp-image/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Preload LCP Image” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Rhys Wynne ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rhyswynne/) “Preload LCP Image” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/preload-lcp-image/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Preload LCP Image” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/preload-lcp-image) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/preload-lcp-image/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/preload-lcp-image/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/preload-lcp-image/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/preload-lcp-image/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.6 * Added WooCommerce Compatability * Fixed the bug that prevented the preloader to work on Taxonomy pages * Tested with WordPress 7.0 #### 1.5.1 * Tested with WordPress 6.9 #### 1.5 * Make it work with AVIF images that image paths, not URLs, are used. * Fix display bugs meaning the CSS formatting on the admin page on mobile displays correctly. #### 1.4.1 * Tested with WordPress 6.8 #### 1.4 * Added the ability to add a LCP image to Taxonomy Pages #### 1.3.1 * Tested with WordPress 6.7 #### 1.3 * Allow the user to fall back to “post thumbnail” if not specified. #### 1.2 * Fixes a bug that causes a console error that ignores the “as” types due to unknown“ as” or “type” values, or non-matching “media” attribute. * Improves the UX of the page in question #### 1.1 * Allow the ability to specify different URLs for mobile or desktop viewpoints. #### 1.0.3 * Tested with WordPress 6.4 #### 1.0.2 * Tested with WordPress 6.3 #### 1.0.1 * Tested with WordPress 6.2 #### 1.0 * First Public Release ## Meta * Version **1.6** * Last updated **5 dagar ago** * Active installations **4,000+** * WordPress version ** 6.1.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 8.0 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/preload-lcp-image/) and [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/preload-lcp-image/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/preload-lcp-image) * Tags * [largest contentful paint](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/largest-contentful-paint/) [lcp](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lcp/)[preload](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/preload/) [site-speed](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/site-speed/) * [Advanced View](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/preload-lcp-image/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 4 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-lcp-image/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-lcp-image/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-lcp-image/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-lcp-image/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-lcp-image/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-lcp-image/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-lcp-image/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Rhys Wynne ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rhyswynne/) ## Support Got something to say? 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