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preload-lcp-image

Preload LCP Image

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.

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Download Momentum

180 days
576 974 -40.9% 6.3K

Source Evidence

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complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.72
Errore 503 backend fetch failed. Varnish cache

Activating Preload LCP Image caused a 503 backend fetch failure on a site using Impreza and WP Fastest Cache.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Investigate Pain card needs detail performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
I got the error 503. I deactivated all the plugins and the error returned when I reactivated your plugin preload lcp image version 1.6
praise review · high severity · relevance 0.6
Preload LCP Image on CPT and Blog Categories

Preload LCP Image on CPT and Blog Categories: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Investigate Pain card needs detail performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Each category has it’s own featured image, is there any way I can use your plugin on these category images?
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85
Preload on all featured images automatically

Preload on all featured images automatically: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Investigate Pain card needs detail performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Preload on all featured images automatically Hi, is it possible to automatically set the preload on all featured images of my website?
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
Browser Console Error

Browser Console Error: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Investigate Pain card needs detail performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Browser Console Error Hi, I’m testing this plugin out on a development site.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
Works on desktop but not mobile

Works on desktop but not mobile: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Investigate Pain card needs detail performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Works on desktop but not mobile Hello, with lighthouse, it works on desktop but not mobile.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.72
Doesn’t seem to work with avif?

Doesn’t seem to work with avif?: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Investigate Pain card needs detail performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Great plugin, thanks.
question support · medium severity · relevance 0.63
Preload different LCP for desktop and mobile?

Preload different LCP for desktop and mobile?: question conversation with limited structured signal.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Investigate Pain card needs detail performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Preload different LCP for desktop and mobile? This plugin is exactly – or almost exactly – what I need. Astra’s Custom Layouts editor can be set to place the preload code in he desktop page or the mobile page, but simply in the “header” and not the <HEAD> of the header. This plugin places it in the <head> of the page but doesn’t distinguish between desktop o
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.55
Works!

Works!: users show performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Investigate Pain card needs detail performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Works!
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.44
Great Plugin

Great Plugin: users show performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Investigate Pain card needs detail performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Great Plugin We have just been testing this plugin and found that it can really give your website real-world performance improvements.
neutral support · medium severity · relevance 0.41
Choosing the right srcset image for preload

Choosing the right srcset image for preload: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Investigate Pain card needs detail performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
How about if we cache HTML – would it still preload the right image for mobile if HTML was cached via desktop?

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LCP Booster for WooCommerce praise owner · intel 46.1 · weakness 35.1
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stale update history 1 collected complaint signal(s) performance setup 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect core web vitals slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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Collected Signals

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complaint Errore 503 backend fetch failed. Varnish cache support · 2026-07-02T14:19:56+00:00 · high severity · preload

Activating Preload LCP Image caused a 503 backend fetch failure on a site using Impreza and WP Fastest Cache.

Evidence: I got the error 503. I deactivated all the plugins and the error returned when I reactivated your plugin preload lcp image version 1.6
bugs compatibility LCP image preload performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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question PHP 7.4.33 support · 2025-11-18T11:12:27+00:00 · low severity · preload

A user asks if the plugin can safely run on PHP 7.4.33, and the developer recommends local or staging testing because it was built for PHP 8.0.

Evidence: This plugin can run safely on a site using PHP 7.4.33 ?
compatibility PHP 7.4 compatibility performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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mixed Good Plugin But Lacks product_cat tax thumbnail automatic support (4 stars) review · 2025-10-07T15:10:48+00:00 · low severity · preload

The reviewer says Preload LCP Image works well but does not automatically handle product category thumbnail backgrounds.

Evidence: product_cat thumbnail as a background image and it’s not automatically applied
missing feature quality category thumbnail preload performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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praise Excellent plugin (5 stars) review · 2025-07-08T09:25:00+00:00 · low severity · preload

The reviewer praises Preload LCP Image and notes the developer promptly fixed an AVIF image issue.

Evidence: I had an issue with avif format images and the developer promptly resolved it.
quality support AVIF LCP preload performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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mixed Doesn’t seem to work with avif? support · 2025-06-23T05:29:11+00:00 · medium severity · preload

Doesn’t seem to work with avif?: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Great plugin, thanks.
bugs support quality performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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mixed Help on how to use it support · 2025-06-08T03:44:54+00:00 · low severity · preload

Help on how to use it: users show support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Help on how to use it I have no idea on how to use this plugin, and I need it.
support setup performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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praise Preload LCP Image on CPT and Blog Categories (5 stars) review · 2024-10-08T12:22:26+00:00 · high severity · preload

Preload LCP Image on CPT and Blog Categories: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Each category has it’s own featured image, is there any way I can use your plugin on these category images?
bugs missing feature value quality performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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mixed Works on desktop but not mobile support · 2024-09-21T17:44:50+00:00 · medium severity · preload

Works on desktop but not mobile: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Works on desktop but not mobile Hello, with lighthouse, it works on desktop but not mobile.
bugs performance missing feature support performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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praise Great Plugin (5 stars) review · 2024-08-15T11:29:56+00:00 · medium severity · preload

Great Plugin: users show performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Great Plugin We have just been testing this plugin and found that it can really give your website real-world performance improvements.
performance value quality form performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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neutral Choosing the right srcset image for preload support · 2024-07-22T08:36:22+00:00 · medium severity · preload

Choosing the right srcset image for preload: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: How about if we cache HTML – would it still preload the right image for mobile if HTML was cached via desktop?
missing feature cache performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
mixed Preload on all featured images automatically support · 2024-07-09T00:25:54+00:00 · medium severity · preload

Preload on all featured images automatically: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Preload on all featured images automatically Hi, is it possible to automatically set the preload on all featured images of my website?
bugs performance missing feature support performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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mixed Browser Console Error support · 2024-02-02T17:48:15+00:00 · medium severity · preload

Browser Console Error: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Browser Console Error Hi, I’m testing this plugin out on a development site.
bugs compatibility performance support performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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mixed what if my LCP is text? support · 2024-01-31T18:24:45+00:00 · low severity · preload

what if my LCP is text?: users show performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] what if my LCP is text?
performance support value performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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question Preload different LCP for desktop and mobile? support · 2023-08-29T16:19:10+00:00 · medium severity · preload

Preload different LCP for desktop and mobile?: question conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Preload different LCP for desktop and mobile? This plugin is exactly – or almost exactly – what I need. Astra’s Custom Layouts editor can be set to place the preload code in he desktop page or the mobile page, but simply in the “header” and not the <HEAD> of the header. This plugin places it in the <head> of the page but doesn’t distinguish between desktop o
performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
praise Works! (5 stars) review · 2023-02-01T02:30:41+00:00 · medium severity · preload

Works!: users show performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Works!
performance missing feature reliable performance monitoring and client reporting Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect preload slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
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