Lazy load problem

  • Resolved sandalsand

    (@sandalsand)


    2 years, 8 months ago

    I have been using W3 for some years, and also the plugin WP Rocket Lazy-load. I can’t remember why I settled for this setup, but I have a vague memory of a conflict some time. Anyway, I have kept the lazy load feature in W3 disabled but I now made a test to deactivate the WP Rocket plugin and enable lazy load in W3 instead. Result: All images disappeared.

    So, I had to re-activate the extra plugin with the same result: No images. I then de-activated W3 and this produced a positive result: Images came back. However, when I tried to re-activate W3 again all images disappeared once more.

    So I’m stuck with an extra plugin for lazy loading and a non-functioning cache plugin (W3). What should I do?

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Contributor Marko Vasiljevic

    (@vmarko)

    Hello @sandalsand

    Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to assist you with this.
    I’ve checked your website and I can see that you are using the other plugin for Lazyloading.
    Can you please confirm that the problem is with the entire website and not just the home page?
    I’ve checked the images and the source is not suggesting that the images are loaded by the other plugin you are using as they are missing a class that should be added and instead I am seeing img loading="lazy". I also do not see any placeholders for those any of the images.
    src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='https://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E"
    This suggests that you may be using the theme option to lazyload, which may be creating conflict when W3 Total Cache Lazyload is enabled, and the other plugin is simply ignoring the images.
    Can you please confirm that you are using your themes Lazy load for images?
    Thanks!

    Thread Starter sandalsand

    (@sandalsand)

    Thanks for replying Marko. I managed to turn W3 back on without your plugin’s lazy load feature. I also switched back on the other plugin (WP Rocked Lazyload) but enabled only two features: “Iframes & Videos” and “Replace Youtube videos by thumbnail”. I did not (yet) enable the “Images” feature. Now the site is stable.

    I have not turned WordPress standard lazy load function off. I do not know if my theme (Divi) has a function like that.

    The issue with all images disappearing occurred all over the site.

    Plugin Contributor Marko Vasiljevic

    (@vmarko)

    Hello @sandalsand

    Thank you for your feedback.
    I’ve tested your website with various testing tools and it appears that the images are not a problem – already lazy loaded, so there is no suggestion that implies that the images should be lazyloaded.
    And the reason behind this is that the images are already lazyloaded.
    We also have in the roadmap the plan to include lazyload for Iframes & Videos, besides the images
    Thanks!

    Thread Starter sandalsand

    (@sandalsand)

    Alright. I will have to look into this once more, to find out why all images disappeared in the first place.

    One more thing: Does W3 have an option to turn off lazy load for featured images (on top of posts / above the fold). It would seem that a lazy loaded featured image would yield a weaker score on testing tools.

    Plugin Contributor Marko Vasiljevic

    (@vmarko)

    Hello @sandalsand

    Thank you for your feedback.
    You can exclude any image by adding the URL of the image in the Peroformance>User Experience>Exclude words: filed.
    You can also exclude images from being cached based on the class name or mart of the class name by adding it to the mentioned field.
    Make sure to save all settings and purge the cache once the changes are made.
    Thanks!

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