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a3 Lazy Load is a Mobile Oriented, very simple to use plugin that will speed up sites page load speed. The more content heavy your site the better the plugin will perform and the more you will see the improvements in performance. See this demo of a page with 1,000 images (yes 1,000 images) to load.
a3 Lazy Load is inspired by and powered by the ressio Lazy-Load-xt JavaScript.
a3 Lazy Load is the most fully featured, incredibly easy to set up lazy load plugin for WordPress. Use the plugins admin settings to easily define what elements are lazy loaded and when they become visible in the users browser. As the user scrolls down the page the next lot of elements you have applied lazy Load to are only loaded as they become visible in the view port.
WordPress 5.5 introduced lazy loading for all images uploaded to a site's media library. a3 Lazy Load Image options work side-by-side with this, but then enhances it by lazy loading all the images loaded from outside of the media library or on older browsers that do not support the new WP attribute.
Images are the number one element that slows page load and increases bandwidth use. From the a3 Lazy Load admin panel turn load images by a3 Lazy Load ON | OFF. For more flexibility when ON you can choose to ON | OFF lazy load for images in
- Post, Pages and Custom Post Types (All Content areas)
- Widgets (Sidebar, header and footer)
- Apply to post thumbnails
- Apply to gravatars
Supports lazy loading of images in containers that use horizontal scroll. The admin Images options has a section where you enter the classname or ID of the container that uses horizontal scroll.
a3 Lazy Load supports all WordPress video Embeds including Youtube, Vimeo and HTML5 video – for a full list see the WordPress Codex Embeds list. The WordPress embed method of copying and pasting the video url into posts and pages content area is fully supported.
Note – Works with Videos added by Text and HTML Widgets but not the new WordPress Video widget. That widget does not pull iframe at first load, it uses JavaScript to replace html to iframe and hence a3 lazy Load can't see it to apply.
From the a3 lazy Load admin panel turn Video Support ON | OFF. When ON you can choose to ON | OFF lazy load for videos in
- Video embeded by URL in Post and Pages (All Content areas)
- Video in Widget types, Text Widget and HTML Widgets.
- Youtube see demo
- Video see demo
- Fully Compatible with the popular Youtube Embed Plugin
iFRAME LAZY LOAD
a3 Lazy Load has built in support for content that is added by iframe from any source in content and widgets. Examples
- WordPress embedded media
- Facebook Like boxes with profiles, Like buttons, Recommend
- Google+ Profile
- Google Maps
- Fully compatible with WordPress embed post on any site feature introduced in version WP version 4.4
- Makes embed post load much faster
- Built in auto support for WordPress AMP plugin
- Built in support for Better AMP plugin
- There are no setting options for exclude /amp – Lazy Load is just never applied to the /amp endpoint
- When the url is loaded in browser without /amp Lazy Load is applied
JETPACK SITE ACCELERATOR (Photon)
This is an option that you turn on as the Jetpack Accelerator (Photon CDN images) has its own lazy load feature that needs to be OFF first to be able use a3 Lazy Load as your lazy Load engine. Some users prefer to use a3 Lazy Load as it applies Lazy Load to videos and iframes as well as images.
WebP IMAGES
a3 Lazy Load has built in automatic support for WebP images. There are no settings for this as a3 Lazy Load will automatically detect if an image has a WebP version and lazy load the WebP version. If no WebP image exists, the appropriate jpg or png version will be lazy loaded. Also fully support browser detection of WebP.
a3 Lazy Load gives you the option to lazy load images with a FADE IN or SPINNER effect
a3 Lazy Load gives you the option to load its script from your sites HEAD or from the FOOT.
- Note that your theme must have the wp_footer() function if you select FOOTER load.
- Note the plugin CSS is always loaded from the HEAD.
a3 Lazy Load allows you to easily exclude any image or video by class name from having the Lazy Load effect applied. See FAQ's
a3 Lazy Load works with any WordPress theme that follows the WordPress Theme Codex. However, many Theme & Plugin developers will use a custom written function to add objects, example the theme has a home page with layout created by a custom function they have written. a3 Lazy Load cannot know what these functions are and so cannot apply to the objects loaded by that custom function.
If your images or objects not being Lazy Loaded in a certain section of your site, but are Lazy Loaded everywhere else you will know this is the cause. Please if this happens raise a support ticket with the developer, explaining that they just need to add a simple tag to their custom functions so that a3 Lazy Load apply to their custom function and be fully compatible. Here is a list of a3 lazy Load filter tags to include in your ticket to make it easy for the developer.
Don't forget when a developer does add full compatibility with a3 Lazy Load please let us know via a support ticket on this forum and we will add them to the list below.
These are just some of the more popular plugins that are either tested 100% compatible with a3 Lazy Load or tags has been added for 100% compatibility.
- Plugin – Advanced Custom Fields (Free and Premium)
- Plugin – WooCommerce
- Plugin – JetPack
- Plugin – Elementor (Free and Pro)
- Plugin – WP Offload
- Plugin – WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, Autoptimize
- Plugin – Youtube Embed
- Plugin – WordPress AMP
- Plugin – WPTouch. Note – Set to not apply on Mobiles if WPTouch is installed
- Plugin – MobilePress – Set to not apply on Mobiles if MobilePress is installed
- WebP Plugins – Smush, EWWW Image Optimizer, Imagify, WebP Express
- Plugins – Will not conflict with any plugin that has lazy load built in
- CDN's – JetPack Accelerator, Cloudfront, Cloudflare and all other known CDN architecture.
- Full support of jQueryMobile framework
- WordPress Multi site ready.
- Backend support for RTL display.
- Translation ready
JOIN THE a3 LAZY LOAD COMMUNITY
When you download a3 lazy Load, you join our community. Regardless of if you are a WordPress newbie or experienced developer if you are interested in contributing to a3 Lazy Load development head over to the a3 Lazy Load GitHub Repository to find out how you can contribute.
Want to add a new language to a3 Lazy Load? Great! You can contribute via translate.wordpress.org
- Install and activate the plugin
- Open WordPress Settings menu
- Click on a3 Lazy Load menu
- Turn ON Lazy Load and all preferred settings
- Save Changes and enjoy the improved performance Lazy Load will give your site
Minimum Requirements
- WordPress 4.9 or greater
- PHP version 7.0.0 or greater
- MySQL version 5.6 or greater OR MariaDB version 10.0 or greater
Preguntas frecuentes
How do I exclude individual objects from Lazy Load?
Images, Videos / iframes can be excluded from Lazy Load by existing classnames or if none exist exclusions can be done manually via exclusion
skip-lazyclassname or
data-skip-lazyattribute. Examples
Exclude by classname
<img class="skip-lazy"> , <video class="skip-lazy">
Exclude by attribute
<img data-skip-lazy> , <video data-skip-lazy>
Why are some images, videos, objects not Lazy Loaded?
a3 Lazy Load can only be applied to objects that are added using core WordPress functions. If your theme or a plugin developer adds objects such as images or videos via a custom written function, a3 lazy Load cannot know what that custom function is and hence cannot Lazy Load the object.
So if you see object not being lazy loaded please check first if those objects are loaded by the theme or a plugin. If they are, you can be confident that they are loaded by a custom function.
If this is the case, please help yourself and other a3 lazy Load users by raising a support ticket with the developer and ask them to add an a3 Lazy Load filter tag to their function to allow a3 Lazy Load to find it and apply to the object.
Below is a list of available a3 Lazy Load filters to use and pass onto the developer.
Filter tags to apply lazy load
Apply lazy load for images in content.
apply_filters( 'a3_lazy_load_images', $your_content, null );
Apply lazy load for videos and iframe from content.
apply_filters( 'a3_lazy_load_videos', $your_content, null );
Apply lazy load for all images, videos and iframe from content
apply_filters( 'a3_lazy_load_html', $your_content, null );
Filter Tags to Exclude by Theme Class name
Filter tags to add to class name of theme to exclude lazy load on images or videos.
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Registro de cambios
2.4.1 – 2020/08/17
- This maintenance release resolves a conflict with jQuery helper plugin and WordPress 5.5
- Fix – Update plugin framework script, remove jQuery.browser is deprecated to resolve conflict with jQuery Migrate Helper plugin
2.4.0 – 2020/08/08
- This feature release has full compatibility with WP 5.5 core image lazy loading. Just Update and a3 Lazy Load will work side-by-side with the WP core image lazy load. No settings to update and a3 lazy load will enhance it by lazy loading images the new core feature misses and on older browsers that do not support the new feature.
- Feature – Full compatibility with WordPress 5.5 core image lazy load feature
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.5
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WooCommerce 4.3.1
- Tweak – Update plugins description with notes about WP 5.5 compatibility
- Tweak – Update plugins Image Options help text about WP 5.5 compatibility
2.3.3 – 2020/07/17
- This maintenance release is compatibility with WordPress 5.4.2 and a bug fix for a conflict with the latest version 4.3 of WooCommerce
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.4.2
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WooCommerce 4.3.0
- Fix – Support lazy load for WC Product Images
2.3.2 – 2020/03/17
- This maintenance release has compatibility for WordPress 5.4, WooCommerce 4.0, full compliance with WordPress PHP coding standards plus a typo fix.
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.4
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WooCommerce 4.0
- Tweak – Run Tavis CI unit build tests for PHP compatibility issues with PHP 7.0 to 7.4
- Tweak – Update Jetpack Photon typo
2.3.1 – 2020/02/29
- This maintenance release contains various PHP code updates to resolve PHP warnings and depreciations in PHP 7.0 to 7.4
- Fix – Update global ${$this- to $GLOBALS[$this to resolve 7.0+ PHP warnings
- Fix – Update global ${$option} to $GLOBALS[$option] to resolve 7.0+ PHP warnings
- Fix – Update less PHP lib that use square brackets [] instead of curly braces {} for Array , depreciated in PHP 7.4
- Fix – Validate for do not use get_magic_quotes_gpc function for PHP 7.4
2.3.0 – 2020/02/25
- This feature release adds support for horizontal scroll images plus a bug fix for compatibility with Revolution Slider
- Feature – Add support for lazy loading images in a container that have horizontal scroll
- Feature – Add Horizontal Scroll section to the Lazy Load Images option box on the admin panel
- Feature – Apply Horizontal Scroll lazy load to any container by classname or ID
- Fix – Compatibility with Revolution slider. Their JS has changed in a resent update causing a conflict which meant that the slider images did not show with a3 Lazy Load activated.
2.2.2 – 2020/01/18
- This maintenance release is to update incorrect help text regarding usage of the new class and attribute exclusion strings
- Tweak – Update incorrect FQA help text on plugins description
- Tweak – Update admin panel option box image and video exclusion class and attribute help text.
2.2.1 – 2020/01/16
- This maintenance release adds support for the Lazy Load exclusion attribute 'data-skip-lazy'
- Tweak – Add support for lazy load exclusion by attribute 'data-skip-lazy'
- Tweak – Update the plugins readme description about support for exclusion attribute
- Tweak – Update plugins admin Image and Video options boxes with help text about exclusion by attribute
2.2.0 – 2020/01/13
- This feature release completes the full refactor (frontend and backend) of the plugins PHP to Composer plus introduces new standardized skip-lazy exclusion class with backward compatibility support for a3-notlazy class
- Feature – Plugin Framework fully refactored to Composer for cleaner code and faster PHP code
- Tweak – Update plugin for compatibility with new version of plugin Framework
- Dev – Add standardized skip-lazy exclusion class thanks to Frank Goossens for initiating this.
- Dev – Retain backward compatibility support for old a3-notlazy class for existing users
- Tweak – Add using new skip-lazy class instructions to the plugins admin menus
- Tweak – Update the plugins description FQAs about the skip-lazy class
2.1.0 – 2020/01/02
- This feature release adds support for WebP images (this support is automatic there are no settings for it), plus compatibility with WordPress 5.3.2
- Feature – Add auto support WebP images
- Tweak – Update lazyloadxt.srcset for WebP image support
- Tweak – Update lazy style for WebP image support
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.3.2
2.0.0 – 2019/11/19
- This feature release has a lot. PHP is upgraded to Composer PHP Dependency Manager, Compatibility with Jetpack Accelerator, a full security review, and compatibility with with WordPress 5.3.0
- Feature – Plugin fully refactored to Composer for cleaner and faster PHP code
- Feature – Add Jetpack Accelerator (Photon CDN images) compatibility. Props @ KZeni
- Tweak – Define new option box so that you can turn ON|OFF Jetpack Compatibility
- Tweak – Remove the hard coded PHP error_reporting display errors false from compile sass to css
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.3.0
- Tweak – Support for backward compatibility for 3rd party plugin use some functions from old class A3_Lazy_Load
- Tweak – Allow the «skip» class to have single or double quotes. Props @joneslloyd
- Dev – Support new filter tag 'a3_lazy_load_placeholder_url' for change value of placeholder_url Props @joneslloyd
- Dev – Support new filter tag 'a3_lazy_load_iframe_placeholder_url' for change value of iframe_placeholder_url
- Dev – Replace file_get_contents with HTTP API wp_remote_get
- Dev – Ensure that all inputs are sanitized and all outputs are escaped
1.9.3 – 2019/06/29
- This is a maintenance upgrade to fix a potentially fatal error conflict with sites running PHP 7.3 plus compatibility with WordPress 5.2.2
- Fix – PHP warning continue targeting switch is equivalent to break for compatibility on PHP 7.3
1.9.2 – 2019/01/02
- This maintenance update is for compatibility with WordPress 5.0.2 and PHP 7.3. It also includes performance updates to the plugin framework.
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.0.2 and WordPress 4.9.9
- Tweak – Create new structure for future development of Gutenberg Blocks
- Framework – Performance improvement. Replace wp_remote_fopen with file_get_contents for get web fonts
- Framework – Performance improvement. Define new variable
is_load_google_fontsif admin does not require to load google fonts
- Credit – Props to Derek for alerting us to the framework google fonts performance issue
- Framework – Register style name for dynamic style of plugin for use with Gutenberg block
- Framework – Update Modal script and style to version 4.1.1
- Framework – Update a3rev Plugin Framework to version 2.1.0
- Framework – Test and update for compatibility with PHP 7.3
1.9.1 – 2018/08/10
- This maintenance update resolves 2 issues from the v 1.9.0 upgrade
- Fix – Set min-width of placeholder to resolve any image tag that does not have width or height not showing the spinner effect. Example Gutenberg image block.
- Fix – Update Lazy Load extra script to resolve duplicated call time for images, iframe, videos on viewport
1.9.0 – 2018/08/06
- This feature upgrade is focused on adding a number of new options for excluding Lazy Load from sections of a site. Compatibility with WordPress 4.9.8, Gutenberg 3.4.0 and WooCommerce 3.4.4
- Feature – Add exclude from Lazy Load by URI
- Feature – Add exclude from Lazy Load by Page types
- Feature – Add support for using Wildcards in images and videos skipped classes
- Tweak – Upgrade lazyloadxt lib to latest version 1.1.0
- Tweak – Rename jquery.lazyloadxt.js to jquery.lazyloadxt.extra.js
- Tweak – Add new Exclude by URI's and Page Types Options box and help text
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 4.9.8
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WooCommerce 3.4.4
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with Gutenberg 3.4.0
- Fix – Make Skip Classes feature work when have entered it to that list
- Credit – Props to Kurt @AMPERAGE-Marketing for his contribution to this release
1.8.9 – 2018/06/04
- This Maintenance update has 2 code tweaks for compatibility with themes and plugins that load images via the wp_kses_post sanitizer as WooCommerce does since version 3.4.0 with widgets and on Cart page.
- Tweak – Append lazy attributes to attribute list of allowed post tags list so that lazy load can run on frontend when that content is output via wp_kses_post
- Tweak – Add noscript tag to allowed post tags list to resolve duplicate image if that image is output via wp_kses_post
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WooCommerce version 3.4.1
1.8.8 – 2018/05/26
- This maintenance update is for compatibility with WordPress 4.9.6 and the new GDPR compliance requirements for users in the EU
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 4.9.6
- Tweak – Check for any issues with GDPR compliance. None Found
1.8.7 – 2018/03/24
- Maintenance Update. 2 code tweaks to enhance the lazy loading of images, video and iframe added by third party shortcodes in the content
- Tweak – Increase lazy load filter priority value so that lazy load is applied to images loaded by the shortcode function do_shortcode
- Tweak – Increase lazy load filter priority value so that lazy load is applied to video and iframe loaded by the shortcode function do_shortcode
1.8.6 – 2018/03/24
- Maintenance Update. 1 bug fix from this morning 1.8.5 major maintenance release. A small piece of new code in v 1.8.5 was written on PHP v7 and is not compatible with PHP version 5.6 If you are running v PHP 5.6 please run this update to fix it
- Fix – PHP Fatal Error Call instance a3_lazy_load instead of us $this is not an object caused by incompatibility with PHP version 5.6
1.8.5 – 2018/03/23
- Maintenance Update. Refactor of Lazy Load on Widgets, Full Compatibility with the Advanced Custom Fields plugin, optimization tweaks and 3 bug fixes.
- Refactor – Apply lazy load to all widgets instead of Text Widget and HTML widget from WordPress
- Refactor – Remove the code that hook to tag 'wp_get_attachment_image_attributes' which was required to add support for lazy load for [gallery] shortcode. Redundant after WP version 4.6.0 and now removed.
- Tweak – Add filter to acf_the_content tag for apply lazy load on the Content from ACF plugin. Kudos to @ondoheer for creating full compatibility with ACF Free and Premium version.
- Tweak – Disable load new google fonts via API. Google fonts not used and saves 4 calls to database on each page load. Thanks to Robert Harm for reporting the issue
- Tweak – Optimized loading gif compression for even faster load. Thanks @jasom for the suggestion
- Tweak – Remove duplicate parameters from plugin scripts. Thanks to @galbaras for reporting the issue
- Tweak – Add new FAQs tab to plugins page with Add Lazy Load Tags to custom Function description and exclude Lazy Load Class name for easy reference.
- Tweak – Update plugins description
- Framework – Define filter tag for enable OR disable load new google fonts via API
- Framework – Update plugin framework to new version 2.0.3
- Fix – Turn Image in Widget OFF option which had stopped working. Thanks to @japenz and @dimitar-koev for reporting and confirming the bug
- Fix – If videos embed have preload=none do not call video load from a3 Lazy Load. Thanks to Celso Azevedo @celsoazevedo for an excellent bug report which enabled us to replicate the issue.
- Fix – Remove src with placeholder image url for iframe
1.8.4 – 2018/02/13
- Maintenance Update. Under the bonnet tweaks to keep your plugin running smoothly and is the foundation for new features to be developed this year
- Framework – Update a3rev Plugin Framework to version 2.0.2
- Framework – Add Framework version for all style and script files
- Tweak – Update for full compatibility with a3rev Dashboard plugin
- Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 4.9.4
1.8.3 – 2018/01/19
- Tweak – Tested for compatibility with WordPress 4.9.2
- Fix – Remove redirect to plugins admin panel when activate the plugin for the first time with WordPress 4.9.2
1.8.2 – 2017/06/02
- Tweak – Tested for compatibility with WordPress major version 4.8.0
- Tweak – Add Lazy Load support for new WordPress 4.8.0 Image, Video and Media widgets
- Tweak – Updated Skip Image Classes and Skip Video Classes help text for better clarity
- Fix – WordPress Admin Tool Bar User Avatar conflict Issue #2
1.8.1 – 2017/05/31
- Fix – Use correct object A3_Lazy_Load instead of 'this' as it was causing a fatal error
1.8.0 – 2017/05/30
- Feature – Updated for compatibility with Better AMP plugin
- Feature – Launched a3Lazy Load Github public Repository
- Feature – WordPress Translation activation. Add text domain declaration in file header.
- Tweak – Change global $$variable to global ${$variable} for compatibility with PHP 7.0
- Tweak – Update a3 Revolution to a3rev Software on plugins description
- Tweak – Update plugin framework to latest version
- Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WordPress version 4.7.5
- Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with PHP 7.0
- Fix – Exclude images by class
- Tweak – Register fontawesome in plugin framework with style name is 'font-awesome-styles'
- Tweak – Update plugin framework to latest version
- Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WordPress major version 4.5
1.7.0 – 2016/03/01
- Feature – Full compatibility with AMP plugin. No settings for it just hardcoded that Lazy Load is not applied for any url appended with /amp endpoint. Lazy load is applied to the url without the endpoint
- Feature – Define new 'Background Color' type on plugin framework with ON | OFF switch to disable background or enable it
- Feature – Define new function – hextorgb() – for convert hex color to rgb color on plugin framework
- Feature – Define new function – generate_background_color_css() – for export background style code on plugin framework that is used to make custom style
- Tweak – Saved the time number into database for one time customize style and Save change on the Plugin Settings
- Tweak – Replace version number by time number for dynamic style file are generated by Sass to solve the issue get cache file on CDN server
- Tweak – Define new 'strip_methods' argument for Uploader type, allow strip http/https or no
- Tweak – Upgraded to the latest version of a3 plugin framework
- Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WordPress version 4.4.2
- Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WooCommerce version 2.5.2
- Fix – Define new placeholder image data for iframe. Microsoft browsers smartscreen filter was blocking the .gif placeholder loading inside iframes and throwing an unsafe website message
1.6.0 – 2016/01/22
- Feature – Add support for Lazy loading images, video or iframe inside content that is loaded by AJAX
- Tweak – Full support for loading Product Thumbnails within the WooCommerce cart widget
- Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WordPress version 4.4.1
- Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WooCommerce version 2.5
1.5.2 – 2015/12/24
- Tweak – Change on enqueue styles and scripts for faster load
- Tweak – Register new script 'jquery-lazyloadxt-srcset' for enqueue when lazyload script is called , full support for WP 4.4 Responsive Images
- Fix – Filter for change the 'srcset' attribute name to 'data-srcset' name to prevent browsers loading the image while page is loading
- Fix – Create a new script for when image comes into view port that it changes 'data-srcset' to 'srcset' so image is loaded then by lazy load
1.5.1 – 2015/12/11
- Tweak – Change the placeholder image name from 'placeholder.gif' to 'lazy_placeholder.gif' to avoid conflict if thumb image has name like placehoder.gif
- Tweak – Change pattern parameter from «/data-src=['\»]/is» to «/ data-src=['\»]/is» to check 'data-src' exists as attribute of video, image, iframe, Solve the issue when 3rd party script adds attribute with format of name '***-data-src' to html tag.
- Fix – Use preg_match( «/src=.*lazy_placeholder.gif['\»]/s», $imgHTML ) On themes that have loop code was causing loading of the placeholder instead of the image
1.5.0 – 2015/12/10
- Feature – Change media uploader to New UI of WordPress media uploader with WordPress Backbone and Underscore
- Feature – Apply Lazy Load for new Embed Post feature on WordPress 4.4
- Tweak – Update the uploader script to save the Attachment ID and work with New Uploader
- Tweak – Updated a3 Plugin Framework to the latest version
- Tweak – Full compatibility with Responsive Image feature on WordPress 4.4
- Tweak – Change the PlaceHolder image from data image to real image placeholder.gif for fix display on IE
- Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WordPress major version 4.4
- Fix – Check if 'HTTP_USER_AGENT' is defined before call it from strpos
1.4.1 – 2015/08/22
- Tweak – include new CSSMin lib from https://github.com/tubalmartin/YUI-CSS-compressor-PHP-port into plugin framework instead of old CSSMin lib from http://code.google.com/p/cssmin/ , to avoid conflict with plugins or themes that have CSSMin lib
- Tweak – make __construct() function for 'Compile_Less_Sass' class instead of using a method with the same name as the class for compatibility on WP 4.3 and is deprecated on PHP4
- Tweak – change class name from 'lessc' to 'a3_lessc' so that it does not conflict with plugins or themes that have another Lessc lib
- Tweak – Plugin Framework DB query optimization. Refactored settings_get_option call for dynamic style elements, example typography, border, border_styles, border_corner, box_shadow
- Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WordPress major version 4.3.0
- Fix – Update the plugin framework for setup correct default settings on first installed
- Fix – Update the plugin framework for reset to correct default settings when hit on 'Reset Settings' button on each settings tab
1.4.0 – 2015/06/17
- Feature – Plugin framework Mobile First focus upgrade
- Feature – Massive improvement in admin UI and UX in PC, tablet and mobile browsers
- Feature – Introducing opening and closing Setting Boxes on admin panels.
- Feature – Added Plugin Framework Customization settings. Control how the admin panel settings show when editing.
- Feature – Added House Keeping – Clean up on Deletion function. ON | OFF switch is in the Plugin Framework Settings Box.
- Feature – Added a 260px wide images to the right sidebar for support forum link, Documentation links.
- Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WooCommerce Version 2.3.11
- Tweak – Removed Add-Ons Menu
- Tweak – Moved plugin menu from WordPress Dashboard admin menu to a sub menu on the WordPress Settings menu
- Tweak – Added Settings link to the plugins listing on plugin.php menu for easy access to plugin
- Fix – Check 'request_filesystem_credentials' function, if it does not exists then require the core php lib file from WP where it is defined
1.3.0 – 2015/06/05
- Feature – Added Image Load Threshold with set threshold pixel dynamic setting. Default is 0px
- Credit – Thanks to Onisforos and Matt Pain for suggesting and explaining the new Threshold feature
1.2.2 – 2015/06/03
- Tweak – Security Hardening. Removed all php file_put_contents functions in the plugin framework and replace with the WP_Filesystem API
- Tweak – Security Hardening. Removed all php file_get_contents functions in the plugin framework and replace with the WP_Filesystem API
1.2.1 – 2015/05/26
- Fix – Update url of dynamic stylesheet in uploads folder to the format
//domain.com/so it's always is correct when loaded as
- Credit – Thanks to WordPress member hero12 for bringing the matter to our attention.
1.2.0 – 2015/05/18
- Feature – Added new extend script to support event when click or tap on tab to load images without having to scroll to initiate load.
- Tweak – Tested and Tweaked for full compatibility with WordPress Version 4.2.2
- Tweak – Changed Permission 777 to 755 for style folder inside the uploads folder
- Tweak – Chmod 644 for dynamic style and .less files from uploads folder
1.1.1 – 2015/04/21
- Tweak – Tested and Tweaked for full compatibility with WordPress Version 4.2.0
- Tweak – Update style of plugin framework. Removed the [data-icon] selector to prevent conflict with other plugins that have font awesome icons
1.1.0 – 2015/01/23
- Feature – Added support for all WordPress video Embeds including Youtube, Vimeo and HTML5 video
- Feature – Added support for content that is added by iframe from any source in post and page content and widgets
- Tweak – Reworked the plugins admin panel for new feature options. Separate settings for Images and Video / iframes
- Tweak – Updated all the admin panel text and add new help text.
- Tweak – Updated the plugins WordPress description with new features.
- Tweak – Updated the plugins WordPress screenshot
- Tweak – Updated the plugins WordPress banner image.
- Dev – Updated 'a3_lazy_load_enable' function to edit their image or video attribute to enable a3 lazy load images or videos loaded by 3rd party application.
- Dev – Defined 'a3_lazy_load_image_enable' function to edit image attribute to enable a3 lazy load to apply images loaded by 3rd party applications.
- Dev – Defined 'a3_lazy_load_video_enable' function to edit image attribute so a3 lazy load script can apply to the videos, iframe.
- Dev – Remove 'a3_lazy_load_skip_classes' filter tag, we will replace another filter for separate filters for image and videos
- Dev – Defined 'a3_lazy_load_skip_images_classes' filter tag. Developers can add another class css name for images that they don't want lazy load applied too.
- Dev – Defined 'a3_lazy_load_skip_videos_classes' filter tag. Developers can add another class css name for video that they don't want lazy load applied too.
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Clemson went undefeated last year en route to their second national title in three seasons.
Trevor Lawrence became the first true freshman quarterback to win a national championship since Jamelle Holieway led the 1985 Oklahoma Sooners to the title.
Head coach Dabo Swinney recently said that Clemson's star quarterback has undergone a physical transformation since the Tigers took down Alabama in January's title game.
"Just his composition is very different," Swinney told ACC Radio, according to 247Sports. "I mean, his weight. He's strong. He's fast. All of his explosive measurables are up. I'm just really proud of him and how he's grinded in that weight room to get his body in the best possible shape that it could be."
In 15 games (11 starts) last season, Lawrence completed 65.2 percent of his passes for 3,280 yards, 30 touchdowns, and just four interceptions.
He went 20-of-32 in the title game, amassing 347 yards and three touchdowns without turning the ball over.
"Physically, he's really matured, but then mentally as well," Swinney added, per 247Sports. "This time last year it was just trying to get out there and trying to prove it. He hadn't played in a game. Now he's played in 15 games. He's had a whole offseason to really study himself, whereas last year he didn't because he was coming out of high school. He's just very confident. We needed him to assert himself as a leader, and he has asserted himself as the leader. What an awesome job he's done in becoming the leader of this team. Everyone has great respect for Trevor, and he's earned that."
Georgia Tech underwent a transformation of their own this offseason with the retirement of head coach Paul Johnson and the hiring of former Temple head coach Geoff Collins.
Dave Patenaude, Collins' offensive coordinator at Temple, followed Collins to Atlanta. He's spent the offseason instituting the spread offense to replace Johnson's triple option–heavy flexbone offense.
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"We have so many different formations now and different personnel (groupings) that you've just got to get in the film room and study, and you've got to know where everybody's supposed to be," Yellow Jackets quarterback Lucas Johnson said, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "It is challenging, but it's just like a normal playbook."
He added: "I feel like Coach P's going to put us in the best position to win a game."
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Editor's Note: Earlier this week, The Daily Texan ran a story about the doodles on the whiteboards in the Perry-Castañeda Library. Our comics editor, John Massingill, went through the doodles uploaded by UT libraries on flickr and chose the best five. Here are his choices:
5. "Push on Through"
Desperate and inspirational. Acknowledging the superhuman battles we must endure. I guess he used his left hand when taking the timed essay.
4. Waterfall Lady
Wow, I didn't even know you could make this on a whiteboard. Study time used wisely.
3. "I hate it"
A simple little imp shares with us the common experience of smiling during frustration. I hate it too, imp. I hate it too.
This educational doodle explains to us the fundamentals of stick figure anatomy, which typically lack a rhinarium. If the monkey is anything like me, he's wide-eyed and drooling all over himself because he didn't pay attention is class and has no idea what a "rhinarium" is.
So deep. So insightful. LOLZ dunce bird!
What's your favorite doodle from the flickr album? Let us know in the comments below.


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Vitamin D Lack Linked to Toughest Breast Tumors
Low vitamin D levels in women with breast cancer are linked to more aggressive tumors and poorer prognosis 05/05/2011
Low vitamin D levels in women with breast cancer are linked to more aggressive tumors and poorer prognosis 05/05/2011
By Craig Weatherby
Low blood levels of vitamin D may promote riskier breast tumors and worsen women's chances of survival, judging by a new study.
Prior research has looked for and found links between low vitamin D levels and higher risk of developing breast cancer … as well as reduced survival rates among women lacking adequate intake or blood levels.
(To learn about the debate over intake and blood levels, see our sidebar, "Vitamin D RDAs still deemed inadequate".)
This epidemiological study – by a team at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) – is one of the first to look for links between vitamin D blood levels and the risk for aggressive tumors in women already diagnosed with breast cancer.
Vitamin D RDAs still deemed inadequate … after being raised
Last fall, the Food & Nutrition Board of the U.S. Institute of Medicine established new recommended daily allowances (RDAs) for vitamin D.
Although the IOM claimed that 600 IUs daily meets the needs of most people, leading vitamin D researchers disagreed, strongly.
For more on that, see "Vitamin D Intakes Called too Low to Curb Cancer, "Vitamin D RDAs Raised Substantially" (especially Dr. Michael Holick's comments near the bottom), and "Dr. Weil's Take on the New Vitamin D RDAs".
Dr. Peppone said his team's study highlights the importance of testing vitamin D levels in women diagnosed with breast cancer, and raising them as needed.
The URMC study, reported this week at the American Society of Breast Surgeons, associates low, "sub-optimal" vitamin D levels with poor scores on every major biological marker proven to help predict a breast cancer patient's prognosis.
"The magnitude of the findings was quite surprising," said lead researcher Luke J. Peppone, Ph.D., M.P.H. "Based on these results, doctors should strongly consider monitoring vitamin D levels among breast cancer patients and correcting them as needed." (URMC 2011)
Analysis links low vitamin D levels to risk for aggressive breast cancer
The study's authors examined various key factors related to breast cancer prognosis among 155 women who underwent surgery for breast cancer between January 2009 and September 2010.
They also obtained blood samples for all the patients within the one-year period before and after surgery, to get accurate vitamin D levels.
Meanwhile, the researchers collected relevant breast cancer data on each patient including age, race, menopause status, stage of cancer at diagnosis, estrogen and progesterone status, HER2 expression, gene expression, and Oncotype Dx score.
Oncotype Dx is a newer diagnostic test for early-stage breast cancer that looks at a group of 21 genes within a woman's tumor sample and issues a score between 0 and 100 that predicts the likelihood of a recurrence. A higher risk of recurrence is usually reflected in scores greater than 30.
Finally, the women were separated into two groups, based on whether their vitamin D levels were deemed "optimal" or "sub-optimal" – that is, greater or less than 32 ng/ml (nanograms per milliliter) – a demarcation point that can also be expressed as greater or less than 80 nmol/L (nanomoles per liter).
The URMC team's statistical analysis showed that cancers known to be more aggressive – such as triple-negative tumors – correlated with low vitamin D levels.
(The term "triple-negative" refers to breast tumors that do not depend on estrogen, progesterone, or HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, and cannot bet reated with the drugs used for those hormone-dependent forms. These cancers don't usually respond to treatments for hormone-dependent tumors. But some chemotherapy drugs can yield positive outcomes, and drugs now in clinical trials show promise.)
Lower vitamin D levels were also strongly linked to increasing (i.e., riskier) Oncotype scores.
Finally, patients with invasive cancer – versus women with in-situ or stage 0 disease – were also more likely to have sub-optimal vitamin D levels.
The authors arrived at two key conclusions, which led them to recommend vitamin D blood tests for cancer patients, and vitamin D injections or supplements as needed:
"Breast cancer patients with suboptimal vitamin D levels were more likely to have tumors with more aggressive tumor profiles and worse prognostic markers, lending support to previous research that found decreased breast cancer survival among vitamin D deficient individuals."
"In addition, this study found that suboptimal vitamin D levels were not only associated with poor prognostic markers of survival (ER- and triple negative tumors) but also increased risk of recurrence (Oncotype scores)."
It's worth noting that the premenopausal and black women in this study were more likely to have sub-optimal vitamin D levels, compared to postmenopausal white women.
Rickles A, Peppone L, Huston A, Piazza K, Skinner K. Poster Presentation #1701 - Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Prognostic Tumor Characteristics in Breast Cancer Patients. Scientific Session Abstracts Official Proceedings Volume 18. The American Society of Breast Surgeons 12th Annual Meeting, April 27 - May 1, 2011, Washington, DC. Accessed at http://www.breastsurgeons.org
University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). Aggressive Breast Tumors Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency. April 29, 2011. Accessed at http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/index.cfm?id=3182


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WASHINGTON, May 25, 2010 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement regarding OIG's audit of USDA's inspection of problematic dog dealers.
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Recently, my house became very merrier, with the presence of lot of little small life. Indeed, they are really small.
He been obsessed with the shrimps recently, that he rare his own aquarium full of shrimps. The shopping list from the aquarium, decoration, food, seaweed, sands, etc. All this done by him, alone. Well, I was just be his company when he do his shopping. Haha.. Oh, and I'm his helper when he cleaning the aquarium once a week too. But the biggest responsibility that I'm having, is to seat in front of the aquarium, and enjoy the free world of the shrimps.
The aquarium, is located just next to our bed. This way, we manage to view them swimming here and there, looking for foods, or playing with the 'trees' in the water. It's really so happy to look at them, working hard with their tiny little legs, trying to swim from here to there. And their mouth, is like never stop eating. They keep open and close, while their hands delivering the food to the mouth. It's just very fun.
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JG, I think you hit the nail right on the head, and I also think to an extent that his understanding is still academic. I'm not sure he knows even today what his exact reaction would be if Sulpicia died, but he seems more terrified about being potentially incapacitated from grief than her death itself. Which means, yes, he is a very cold fish indeed, but then you have to be to offer sparing Bella and Edward's lives if only they would step aside and let him slaughter their child.Jazz Girl wrote:More than that, I don't think he honestly ever truly did figure it out. I mean, I think he understood it academically, as a matter of process. But, I don't think that Aro ever really truly understood the depth of the impact it could have. That honestly shocked me. His reaction to Edward's request, his reaction to Marcus' continued grieving and his refusal to let Corin ease the pain... it's just a complete demonstration of Aro's inability to empathize or to comprehend the true nature of emotional connections. Which, of course, essentially let to his downfall.


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PEORIA, Ariz. -- A representative from Topps baseball cards who was in the Padres clubhouse Tuesday made a common gaffe when he mistook 20-year-old Minor Leaguer Joe Ross for his older brother, fellow pitcher Tyson Ross.
This case of mistaken identity no longer irks the younger Ross in the very least. If anything, it makes him laugh.
"I don't know how many times I've gotten that already," Ross said. "It's more media or fans, who see 'Ross' on my jersey and yell, 'Hey, Tyson.' It's funny and I enjoy it. It keeps me on my toes."
Joe Ross, whom the Padres took 25th overall in the 2011 Draft, is dressing in the same clubhouse and taking part in the same drills as his brother this week.
So far, Ross has mostly refrained from pestering the 26-year-old Tyson in camp.
"I try and do as much on my own as I can. But he's there for any questions that I have," Joe Ross said. "Every so often, he'll put in his two cents and give me a heads-up on things I can improve on or things that I can expect. Most of the stuff I try to do on my own. But if it's something small, I go to him."
Joe Ross said he was able to check in on his brother's success with the Padres last season, even if it meant doing so around his own schedule.
"While we were playing, I would check before and after our games, depending on where they were playing. It was good to see him do so well, especially late, the last dozen or so starts where he was dominant," Joe Ross said.
"I tried to pick his brain as to what was clicking, and it was his mental aggressiveness and consistency. Hopefully he can continue it into this season."
Ross is a combined 5-12 with a 3.89 ERA in his young professional career, including a 5-8 mark with a 3.75 ERA in 2013 with Class A Fort Wayne. He'll likely be a part of a dynamic rotation in Class A Advanced Lake Elsinore with Max Fried and Zach Eflin.
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Ticker Guy: Post-HR1207 Hearing (Video)
Max Keiser talks to Stacy Herbert about the IMF sales of 403 tons of gold (Video)
Is The Fed Hiding Gold Swap Arrangements With Foreign Central Banks?
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There is not one asset that, over the decades and especially since the collapse of the gold standard, has received more claims of manipulation than gold. Yet evidence has always been impossible to come by. Are the interests imposing a gold price ceiling just too strong? If GATA's latest dispatch is correct, then yes, and they reach to the very pinnacle of modern financial oligarchy, represented by none other than the US Federal Reserve. GATA believes that the Fed has implicitly confirmed the existence of gold swap arrangements. As we all recall, the Fed issued nearly half a trillion in foreign CB liquidity swap lines whose primary reason was to make sure that foreign banks which were all massively short the dollar did not collapse, as the dollar skyrocketed into the end of 2008, after the capital markets became paralyzed and the dollar-short trade promptly became unwound. Could gold swaps be a comparable method for the Fed to explicitly permit foreign entities to keep gold prices low?
The other question of whether or not this confirmation needs an depth investigation over potential prior contradictory disclosure is left for the proper authorities. Of course, when it pertain to the Fed, there are no proper authorities. After all, the Fed is accountable to no one.
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Naill Ferguson Discusses the G20 (Video, H/T Ernie)
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Federal Reserve Total $5,870.65 $1,590.11
Primary Credit Discount $110.74 $28.51
Secondary Credit $1.00 $0.58
Primary dealer and others $147.00 $0.00
ABCP Liquidity $145.89 $0.08
AIG Credit $60.00 $38.81
Commercial Paper program $1,200.00 $42.44
Maiden Lane (Bear Stearns assets) $29.50 $26.19
Maiden Lane II (AIG assets) $22.50 $14.66
Maiden Lane III (AIG assets) $30.00 $20.55
Term Securities Lending $75.00 $0.00
Term Auction Facility $375.00 $196.02
Securities lending overnight $10.42 $9.25
Term Asset-Backed Loans (TALF) $1,000.00 $41.88
Currency Swaps/Other Assets $606.00 $59.12
GSE Debt Purchases $200.00 $129.21
GSE Mortgage-Backed Securities $1,250.00 $693.60
Citigroup Bailout Fed Portion $220.40 $0.00
Bank of America Bailout $87.20 $0.00
Commitment to Buy Treasuries $300.00 $289.22
FDIC Total $2,477.50 $356.00
Public-Private Investment (PPIP)$1,000.00 0.00
Temporary Liquidity Guarantees* $1,400.00 $301.00
Guaranteeing GE Debt $65.00 $55.00
Citigroup Bailout, FDIC Share $10.00 $0.00
Bank of America Bailout, FDIC Share $2.50 $0.00
HUD Total $306.00 $3.25
Hope for Homeowners (FHA) $300.00 $3.20
Neighborhood Stabilization (FHA) $6.00 $0.05
G-20 gridlock leaves global financial system at risk (H/T Dogs)
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IntegrationBy Faisal Hoque Print
The problem stems from numerous inefficiencies caused by non-converged oversight, insufficient (or nonexistent) management, deficient accountability structures, and spending programs that are misaligned from intended outcomes.
When most people hear the word 'integration' they often immediately associate with the fallout of Wall Street's latest M&A announcement or the failure of a large system integration project in private or public sector. But whether one sets out to bring together companies, departments, agencies, or ideas, there is a method that needs to be employed in any type of consolidation effort. Integration, whether it's about organization, process, or technology is never easy. And it doesn't apply to the private sector alone. It is taking place across a number of federal agencies as you read this article. President Obama stated:
"Now, we have made great strides over the last two years in using technology and getting rid of waste. Veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse. We're selling acres of federal office space that hasn't been used in years, and we will cut through red tape to get rid of more. But we need to think bigger. In the coming months, my administration will develop a proposal to merge, consolidate, and reorganize the federal government in a way that best serves the goal of a more competitive America."
As I have discussed in previous writings regarding the management of business and technology in enterprises, establishing a governance process is a major part of this integration process. In government organizations, that process begins by establishing effective feedback and review processes of the agency's current state and desired future state. A key element of this feedback is the clear articulation of the criteria that will be used to judge the success of each initiative undertaken to achieve a strategic goal.
Communication is often a prerequisite for establishing an effective "mission-driven" strategy, which is the result of a predictable planning process used to define and document the specific organizational capabilities that must be put in place to achieve goals and objectives. Once an agency has decided on its course, it must communicate the expected outcomes to its internal and external stakeholders. That means that in addition to documenting and planning for the execution of strategic initiatives, an agency must monitor the outcomes of each decision using mission-focused metrics that measure success in terms suitable both for agency executives and oversight groups. In order to do so effectively, and in a repeatable manner, they need practical yet analytical capabilities that can:
- Visually portray and assess an organization's operating models and associated cost optimization
- Measure an organization's governance and management structure as it relates to its service delivery and operations
- Move from current state to a higher value future state by following a Roadmap
- Assess alternative scenarios and strategic options
- Link between mission, execution process, and technology automation through modeling scenarios
The ultimate responsibility for all organizational initiatives and productivity resides squarely in the executive corner. Without executive buy-in and support, major strategic initiatives and even many operational programs will stall or fail. However, executive endorsement isn't enough to make programs work. Putting improvement plans into action requires the vigilance of management at all levels to ensure programs are carried out according to the organization's needs and goals.
This means active involvement in articulating the mission's strategic vision, establishing metrics for its deployment and operations, and providing oversight of risks and compliance management. These capabilities ensure that required decisions are identified, assigned and effectively executed at the executive, agency, and program levels of government.
None of these things will happen overnight, and pitfalls and challenges are attached to each. An organization—private enterprise or government agency—setting out to improve the way it manages business and technology must realize that changing its governance and the organization will require time and attention.
Faisal Hoque is the founder and CEO of BTM Corporation. A former senior executive at GE and other multi-nationals, Faisal is an internationally known entrepreneur and thought leader. He has written five management books, established a non-profit research think tank, The BTM Institute, and become a leading authority on the issue of effective interaction between business and technology. His next book, The Power of Convergence, will be available in May 2011.
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