How to Lazy Load Images Natively in HTML

Simply use loading=”lazy” in img tags to lazy load them.

<!-- Use the loading attribute on images to defer the loading of offscreen images -->
<img src="lazy-loading.jpg" loading="lazy" />

Please note that this feature is not widely supported, which means you need to provide fallback solutions. For the full list of supported browsers, check out the support table on caniuse.com.

If your browser does not support the loading attribute, it will simply ignore it, so you don't have to worry about introducing bugs.

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Resources:

• Lazy loading - MDN
• Support table for the loading attribute