wp_img_tag_add_loading_attr( string $image, string $context ): string

Adds loading attribute to an img HTML tag.


Parameters

$image string Required
The HTML img tag where the attribute should be added.
$context string Required
Additional context to pass to the filters.

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Return

string Converted img tag with loading attribute added.


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Source

File: wp-includes/media.php. View all references

function wp_img_tag_add_loading_attr( $image, $context ) {
	// Get loading attribute value to use. This must occur before the conditional check below so that even images that
	// are ineligible for being lazy-loaded are considered.
	$value = wp_get_loading_attr_default( $context );

	// Images should have source and dimension attributes for the `loading` attribute to be added.
	if ( false === strpos( $image, ' src="' ) || false === strpos( $image, ' width="' ) || false === strpos( $image, ' height="' ) ) {
		return $image;
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the `loading` attribute value to add to an image. Default `lazy`.
	 *
	 * Returning `false` or an empty string will not add the attribute.
	 * Returning `true` will add the default value.
	 *
	 * @since 5.5.0
	 *
	 * @param string|bool $value   The `loading` attribute value. Returning a falsey value will result in
	 *                             the attribute being omitted for the image.
	 * @param string      $image   The HTML `img` tag to be filtered.
	 * @param string      $context Additional context about how the function was called or where the img tag is.
	 */
	$value = apply_filters( 'wp_img_tag_add_loading_attr', $value, $image, $context );

	if ( $value ) {
		if ( ! in_array( $value, array( 'lazy', 'eager' ), true ) ) {
			$value = 'lazy';
		}

		return str_replace( '<img', '<img loading="' . esc_attr( $value ) . '"', $image );
	}

	return $image;
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
5.5.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

  1. Skip to note 1 content
    Contributed by Lukasz

    If you want to remove loading attribute from specific images.

    add_filter( 'wp_img_tag_add_loading_attr', 'skip_lazy_load', 10, 3 );
    
    function skip_lazy_load( $value, $image, $context ) {
    
    if ( 'the_content' === $context ) {
    	// Check if needle found https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php
    	if ( false !== strpos( $image, 'hero-image.png' ) ) {
    		return false; // Set to false so lazy loading attribute is omitted.
    	}
    }
    return $value;
    }

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