Wordpress LScache Plugin: LQIP Feature Request
Last Updated on: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:02 Would love to have the ability to have Low Quality Image Preview functionality in a future update. Specifically the ability to create LQIP for certain sized images and also control over the quality of the images as some sizes would require better quality then others. Hi @zalium, thanks for the suggestion, we are checking the details about this feature, will let you know when we have an update. This is an interesting feature. We just finished couple test and generated base64 successfully. https://www.w3schools.com/code/tryit.asp?filename=G2OYNLKYBS70 Is this what you mean? Thanks, but this is not the method that I am referring to. A low quality image placeholder would basically be a very low quality blurred JPEG version of the original image. Here is an informative piece of content on the method: https://blog.imgix.com/2016/06/01/lqip-your-images And here is a WP plugin that utilizes the concept: https://humanmade.com/2016/01/18/lightweight-image-previews-in-wordpress-with-gaussholder/ Hi @zalium, Hais base64 image is one type of low quality blurred images and with the same feature as you mentioned. Do you have any concern by using another jpeg file instead of base64 version? Hi @stanleylitespeed and @hailite OK, I had to view it with throttling enabled to actually see the LQIP. Yes this should do the trick quite nicely I think. Thanks. You need to click the run button to preview the result and difference. I added the image in your ref to compare. Please check this one: https://www.w3schools.com/code/tryit.asp?filename=G2PSQN2HU9V6 Yes, but best viewed in developer tools with throttling enabled to see the effect. I think it would be useful to have an option for setting the different qualities for generating the base64 images. The default 10 would work for me, but I am sure other users would prefer a different quality. Hi @zalium , We just finished a SVG version LQIP local generator development. After couple tests, we found its hard to use LQIP with corresponding size. This is because the base64 PNG version is around 200k. SQIP can be just 1.2k. For the placeholder, I think its acceptable. How do you think? Hi @hailite Yes, I think that will be a good solution. Cant wait to try it out. Thanks.
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