[New Plugin] Lazy Widget Loader

I’ve published a new plugin called Lazy Widget Loader.

I do provide free support for this plugin, so please contact me at my site if you have any questions, problems or would like to give feedback in general.

Here’s what the plugin does:

The Lazy Widget Loader plugin provides lazy loading for widgets to improve page loading. Use it on slow widgets, especially those where external data is loaded, like widgets from Facebook, Twitter, AdSense, …

What this plugin basically does is to postpone loading the content of those widgets you choose, so that their content is loaded after the main content of the page that is displayed.

You can choose which widgets should be loaded like that, by default the plugin does not “impose” itself on any widget. You may also choose to display a throbber while the content of a widget is loaded.

About lazy-loading:

The term lazy loading (also lazy acquisition) refers to a technique that postpones loading (acquisition) of an object (content, resources, …) until it is really needed. In our case, this means that we still have to get the content that is to be displayed in the widget, but we postpone its acquisition until the latest possible moment, so that its possibly negative impact on loading the rest of the page is minimized.

Download

You can download the Lazy Widget Loader WordPress Plugin from the Plugin Directory here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lazy-widget-loader