Title: Preload Featured Images
Author: WPZOOM
Published: <strong>29. Juni 2021</strong>
Last modified: 20. August 2026

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# Preload Featured Images

 Von [WPZOOM](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpzoom/)

[Herunterladen](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/preload-featured-images.1.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/preload-featured-images/#description)
 * [Rezensionen](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/preload-featured-images/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/preload-featured-images/#installation)
 * [Entwicklung](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/preload-featured-images/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-featured-images/)

## Beschreibung

Preload Featured Images automatically in posts to increase the PageSpeed Score.

This plugin is a „must-have“ for websites using themes that display the Featured
Image automatically at the top in single post pages.

### Why was this plugin created?

Suppose your theme displays the Featured Image at the top in posts automatically.
In that case, the chances that the image is the **LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)**
are very high, so the PageSpeed tool will highly recommend you to preload it.

Are you getting the following recommendation when testing the PageSpeed score of
a single post: **„Preload Largest Contentful Paint image“**? Then this plugin will
help you!

### How it works?

Go to the **Settings > Preload Featured Images** page and choose the image size 
used by your theme to make sure the right image size is preloaded.

### Compatible Themes

The plugin supports all themes, but it’s very important to choose the right Image
Size on the settings page.

If you are not sure which is the image size used by your theme, simply get in touch
with your theme’s developer and they will be able to help you with that.

If you’re using one of the following popular themes, then the plugin will automatically
pick the right Image Size, so you don’t have to configure anything:

 * Foodica
 * Foodica PRO
 * Gourmand
 * Cookely
 * Astra
 * Neve
 * OceanWP
 * GeneratePress
 * BlossomRecipe
 * Divi
 * Ashe

## Screenshots

[⌊Settings Page⌉⌊Settings Page⌉[

Settings Page

## Installation

 1. Install Preload Featured Images either via the Plugins > Add New page in your WordPress
    Dashboard, or by downloading the plugin and uploading the file in Plugins > Add
    New.
 2. After activating Preload Featured Images, a new settings page will appear under
    the „Settings“ section in the admin menu.

## FAQ

### What does „Preload Largest Contentful Paint image“ and how I solve it?

If you have tested your website on PageSpeed Insights or GTmetrix and you got the
message „Preload Largest Contentful Paint image“, it means that the image in question
is being lazy loaded.
 You can fix this problem by installing this plugin.

### Is this plugin compatible with Jetpack’s Image Accelerator (Photon)

Yes, this plugin supports Image CDNs like Jetpack and other providers, so you can
be sure that the right images will be preloaded.

### Can I preload a different image size on mobile and desktop?

Yes. On the settings page you can choose separate image sizes for desktop and mobile.
The plugin outputs responsive preload tags using `media` queries (instead of detecting
the device on the server), so it works correctly even when your site is behind a
page cache.

## Rezensionen

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5eba82187f5b3bb898da2e72a5b6ea95b89c72d2f64b9feaa577877a308068a3?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[works perfectly on post blog](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-perfectly-2434/)󠁿

 [Sepi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sepicompanywork/) 3. August 2024

works with no problem on post blog. thank you dev team. hope to see this gona works
with pages

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great, wish it worked for pages too](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-wish-it-worked-for-pages-too/)󠁿

 [jjopllin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jjopllin/) 14. Januar 2022

This is fantastic and works perfectly! It would be nice if it preloaded the featured
image on pages too.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3f1deb0f5beff157769bd014cc27075b9f949d48457df76e1e2d87223a4b75db?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Hidden Gem!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-gem-19/)󠁿

 [Saswata Baksi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amsaswata/) 25. Oktober 2021 1 Antwort

Thanks for making this one!

 [ Alle 3 Rezensionen lesen ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-featured-images/reviews/)

## Mitwirkende und Entwickler

„Preload Featured Images“ ist Open-Source-Software. Folgende Menschen haben an diesem
Plugin mitgewirkt:

Mitwirkende

 *   [ WPZOOM ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpzoom/)

„Preload Featured Images“ wurde in 1 Sprache übersetzt. Danke an [die Übersetzer](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/preload-featured-images/contributors)
für ihre Mitwirkung.

[Übersetze „Preload Featured Images“ in deine Sprache.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/preload-featured-images)

### Interessiert an der Entwicklung?

[Durchstöbere den Code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/preload-featured-images/),
sieh dir das [SVN-Repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/preload-featured-images/)
an oder abonniere das [Entwicklungsprotokoll](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/preload-featured-images/)
per [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/preload-featured-images/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Änderungsprotokoll

#### 1.1.0

 * Fixed: the preload link now includes `fetchpriority="high"`. Without it the LCP
   image was preloaded at Low priority and the in-flight preload „won“ the request,
   so the image downloaded at Low priority despite the rendered having fetchpriority
   =high — failing PageSpeed’s „LCP request discovery“ audit.
 * Fixed: separate mobile/desktop image sizes now use cache-safe responsive `media`
   preloads instead of `wp_is_mobile()`, which was unreliable behind any page cache.
 * Fixed: mobile visitors no longer miss the preload when only a desktop image size
   is configured.
 * Fixed: front-end preloading no longer depends on the admin having initialized
   the theme defaults.
 * Improved: settings input is now validated against your site’s registered image
   sizes.
 * Improved: cleaner, escaped preload markup output.
 * Tested up to WordPress 7.0.

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Zuletzt aktualisiert **vor 2 Monaten**
 *  Aktive Installationen **1.000+**
 *  WordPress-Version ** 6.3 oder höher **
 *  Getestet bis **7.1.3**
 *  PHP-Version ** 7.4 oder höher **
 *  Sprachen
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/preload-featured-images/) und [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/preload-featured-images/).
 *  [Übersetze in deine Sprache](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/preload-featured-images)
 * Schlagwörter
 * [featured images](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured-images/)[lcp](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lcp/)
   [pagespeed](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pagespeed/)[performance](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/performance/)
   [preload](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/preload/)
 *  [Erweiterte Ansicht](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/preload-featured-images/advanced/)

## Bewertungen

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 *  [  0 1-Sterne-Rezensionen     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-featured-images/reviews/?filter=1)

[Deine Rezension](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/preload-featured-images/reviews/#new-post)

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## Mitwirkende

 *   [ WPZOOM ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpzoom/)

## Support

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