Title: wp_metadata_lazyloader
Published: April 12, 2016
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# wp_metadata_lazyloader(): 󠀁[WP_Metadata_Lazyloader](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_metadata_lazyloader/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_metadata_lazyloader/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_metadata_lazyloader/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_metadata_lazyloader/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_metadata_lazyloader/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_metadata_lazyloader/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Retrieves the queue for lazy-loading metadata.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_metadata_lazyloader/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 [WP_Metadata_Lazyloader](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_metadata_lazyloader/)
Metadata lazyloader queue.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_metadata_lazyloader/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function wp_metadata_lazyloader() {
    	static $wp_metadata_lazyloader;

    	if ( null === $wp_metadata_lazyloader ) {
    		$wp_metadata_lazyloader = new WP_Metadata_Lazyloader();
    	}

    	return $wp_metadata_lazyloader;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/meta.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/meta.php#L1244)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/meta.php#L1244-L1252)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_metadata_lazyloader/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Metadata_Lazyloader::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_metadata_lazyloader/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-metadata-lazyloader.php` |

Constructor.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_lazyload_comment_meta()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_lazyload_comment_meta/)`wp-includes/comment.php` |

Queue comment meta for lazy-loading.

  | 
| [wp_lazyload_term_meta()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_lazyload_term_meta/)`wp-includes/taxonomy.php` |

Queue term meta for lazy-loading.

  | 
| [wp_lazyload_site_meta()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_lazyload_site_meta/)`wp-includes/ms-site.php` |

Queue site meta for lazy-loading.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_metadata_lazyloader/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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