namespace Elementor\Modules\ImageLoadingOptimization;
use Elementor\Core\Base\Module as BaseModule;
if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
exit; // Exit if accessed directly.
class Module extends BaseModule {
* @var int Minimum square-pixels threshold.
private $min_priority_img_pixels = 50000;
* @var int The number of content media elements to not lazy-load.
private $omit_threshold = 3;
* @var array Keep a track of images for which loading optimization strategy were computed.
private static $image_visited = [];
public function get_name() {
return 'image-loading-optimization';
public function __construct() {
if ( ! static::is_optimized_image_loading_enabled() ) {
add_action( 'init', [ $this, 'stop_core_fetchpriority_high_logic' ] );
add_filter( 'wp_lazy_loading_enabled', '__return_false' );
// Run optimization logic on header.
add_action( 'get_header', [ $this, 'set_buffer' ] );
// Ensure buffer is flushed (if any) before the content logic.
add_filter( 'the_content', [ $this, 'flush_header_buffer' ], 0 );
// Run optimization logic on content.
add_filter( 'wp_content_img_tag', [ $this, 'loading_optimization_image' ] );
* Check whether the "Optimized Image Loading" settings is enabled.
* The 'optimized_image_loading' option can be enabled/disabled from the Elementor settings.
private static function is_optimized_image_loading_enabled(): bool {
return '1' === get_option( 'elementor_optimized_image_loading', '1' );
* Stop WordPress core fetchpriority logic by setting the wp_high_priority_element_flag flag to false.
public function stop_core_fetchpriority_high_logic() {
wp_high_priority_element_flag( false );
* Set buffer to handle header and footer content.
public function set_buffer() {
ob_start( [ $this, 'handle_buffer_content' ] );
* This function ensure that buffer if any is flushed before the content is called.
* This function behaves more like an action than a filter.
* @param string $content the content.
* @return string We simply return the content from parameter.
public function flush_header_buffer( $content ) {
$buffer_status = ob_get_status();
if ( ! empty( $buffer_status ) &&
1 === $buffer_status['type'] &&
get_class( $this ) . '::handle_buffer_content' === $buffer_status['name'] ) {
* Callback to handle image optimization logic on buffered content.
* @param string $buffer Buffered content.
* @return string Content with optimized images.
public function handle_buffer_content( $buffer ) {
return $this->filter_images( $buffer );
* Check for image in the content provided and apply optimization logic on them.
* @param string $content Content to be analyzed.
* @return string Content with optimized images.
private function filter_images( $content ) {
return preg_replace_callback(
return $this->loading_optimization_image( $matches[0] );
* Apply loading optimization logic on the image.
* @param mixed $image Original image tag.
* @return string Optimized image.
public function loading_optimization_image( $image ) {
if ( isset( self::$image_visited[ $image ] ) ) {
return self::$image_visited[ $image ];
$optimized_image = $this->add_loading_optimization_attrs( $image );
self::$image_visited[ $image ] = $optimized_image;
* Adds optimization attributes to an `img` HTML tag.
* @param string $image The HTML `img` tag where the attribute should be added.
* @return string Converted `img` tag with optimization attributes added.
private function add_loading_optimization_attrs( $image ) {
$width = preg_match( '/ width=["\']([0-9]+)["\']/', $image, $match_width ) ? (int) $match_width[1] : null;
$height = preg_match( '/ height=["\']([0-9]+)["\']/', $image, $match_height ) ? (int) $match_height[1] : null;
$loading_val = preg_match( '/ loading=["\']([A-Za-z]+)["\']/', $image, $match_loading ) ? $match_loading[1] : null;
$fetchpriority_val = preg_match( '/ fetchpriority=["\']([A-Za-z]+)["\']/', $image, $match_fetchpriority ) ? $match_fetchpriority[1] : null;
// Images should have height and dimension width for the loading optimization attributes to be added.
if ( ! str_contains( $image, ' width="' ) || ! str_contains( $image, ' height="' ) ) {
$optimization_attrs = $this->get_loading_optimization_attributes(
'loading' => $loading_val,
'fetchpriority' => $fetchpriority_val,
if ( ! empty( $optimization_attrs['fetchpriority'] ) ) {
$image = str_replace( '<img', '<img fetchpriority="' . esc_attr( $optimization_attrs['fetchpriority'] ) . '"', $image );
if ( ! empty( $optimization_attrs['loading'] ) ) {
$image = str_replace( '<img', '<img loading="' . esc_attr( $optimization_attrs['loading'] ) . '"', $image );
* Return loading Loading optimization attributes for a image with give attribute.
* @param array $attr Existing image attributes.
* @return array Loading optimization attributes.
private function get_loading_optimization_attributes( $attr ) {
// For any resources, width and height must be provided, to avoid layout shifts.
if ( ! isset( $attr['width'], $attr['height'] ) ) {
* The key function logic starts here.
$maybe_in_viewport = null;
$maybe_increase_count = false;
* Logic to handle a `loading` attribute that is already provided.
* Copied from `wp_get_loading_optimization_attributes()`.
if ( isset( $attr['loading'] ) ) {
* Interpret "lazy" as not in viewport. Any other value can be
* interpreted as in viewport (realistically only "eager" or `false`
* to force-omit the attribute are other potential values).
if ( 'lazy' === $attr['loading'] ) {
$maybe_in_viewport = false;
$maybe_in_viewport = true;
// Logic to handle a `fetchpriority` attribute that is already provided.
$has_fetchpriority_high_attr = ( isset( $attr['fetchpriority'] ) && 'high' === $attr['fetchpriority'] );
* Handle cases where a `fetchpriority="high"` has already been set.
* Copied from `wp_get_loading_optimization_attributes()`.
if ( $has_fetchpriority_high_attr ) {
* If the image was already determined to not be in the viewport (e.g.
* from an already provided `loading` attribute), trigger a warning.
* Otherwise, the value can be interpreted as in viewport, since only
* the most important in-viewport image should have `fetchpriority` set
if ( false === $maybe_in_viewport ) {
esc_html__( 'An image should not be lazy-loaded and marked as high priority at the same time.', 'elementor' ),
* Set `fetchpriority` here for backward-compatibility as we should
* not override what a developer decided, even though it seems
$loading_attrs['fetchpriority'] = 'high';
$maybe_in_viewport = true;
if ( null === $maybe_in_viewport && ! is_admin() ) {
$content_media_count = $this->increase_content_media_count( 0 );
if ( $content_media_count < $this->omit_threshold ) {
$maybe_in_viewport = true;
$maybe_in_viewport = false;
if ( $maybe_in_viewport ) {
$loading_attrs = $this->maybe_add_fetchpriority_high_attr( $loading_attrs, $attr );
$loading_attrs['loading'] = 'lazy';
$this->increase_content_media_count();
} elseif ( $maybe_increase_count ) {
if ( $this->get_min_priority_img_pixels() <= $attr['width'] * $attr['height'] ) {
$this->increase_content_media_count();
* Helper to get the minimum threshold for number of pixels an image needs to have to be considered "priority".
* @return int The minimum number of pixels (width * height). Default is 50000.
private function get_min_priority_img_pixels() {
* Filter the minimum pixel threshold used to determine if an image should have fetchpriority="high" applied.
* @see https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_min_priority_img_pixels/
* @param int $pixels The minimum number of pixels (with * height).
* @return int The filtered value.
return apply_filters( 'elementor/image-loading-optimization/min_priority_img_pixels', $this->min_priority_img_pixels );
* Keeps a count of media image.
* @param int $amount Amount by which count must be increased.
* @return int current image count.
private function increase_content_media_count( $amount = 1 ) {
static $content_media_count = 0;
$content_media_count += $amount;
return $content_media_count;
* Determines whether to add `fetchpriority='high'` to loading attributes.
* @param array $loading_attrs Array of the loading optimization attributes for the element.
* @param array $attr Array of the attributes for the element.
* @return array Updated loading optimization attributes for the element.
private function maybe_add_fetchpriority_high_attr( $loading_attrs, $attr ) {
if ( isset( $attr['fetchpriority'] ) ) {
if ( 'high' === $attr['fetchpriority'] ) {
$loading_attrs['fetchpriority'] = 'high';
$this->high_priority_element_flag( false );
// Lazy-loading and `fetchpriority="high"` are mutually exclusive.
if ( isset( $loading_attrs['loading'] ) && 'lazy' === $loading_attrs['loading'] ) {
if ( ! $this->high_priority_element_flag() ) {
if ( $this->get_min_priority_img_pixels() <= $attr['width'] * $attr['height'] ) {
$loading_attrs['fetchpriority'] = 'high';
$this->high_priority_element_flag( false );
* Accesses a flag that indicates if an element is a possible candidate for `fetchpriority='high'`.
* @param bool $value Optional. Used to change the static variable. Default null.
* @return bool Returns true if high-priority element was marked already, otherwise false.
private function high_priority_element_flag( $value = null ) {
static $high_priority_element = true;
if ( is_bool( $value ) ) {
$high_priority_element = $value;
return $high_priority_element;
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