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Chrome 76 Adds Native Lazy-Loading, WordPress Contributors Continue Discussion Regarding Core Support
Given Chrome’s seemingly unshakeable, staggering market dominance, it will not be long before the loading attribute is supported for the vast majority of the web’s users. Firefox has an open ticket for implementing lazy loading using this syntax and the feature is also supported in Chromium 76-based browsers. It even works when the user has disabled JavaScript. In the meantime, Chrome recommends developers continue to use a third-party library along with loading=”lazy” is to provide a polyfill for browsers that do not yet support the attribute.
WordPress 5.2.3 RC 1
WordPress 5.2.3 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is now available for testing! So please do – every test helps the build get closer to the final release!
Announcing WPBeginner Growth Accelerator Fund (Round 2)
Last year, we decided to do something that was never done before in the WordPress community. We created the WPBeginner Growth Accelerator, first-ever growth fund focused entirely on WordPress businesses. Today, we want to take the exciting steps and open up the second round of applications as well as share the results from last year.