In an effort to provide the best possible user experience on your blog, you may have added a series of widgets for more functionality and easier access. However, this may have had a significantly negative impact on the load times for your pages.

This is especially true when it comes to widgets that rely on external data sources, like an Amazon shopping widget or a Facebook page widget. To help improve the reader experience, you may want to consider adding the Lazy Widget Loader plugin for WordPress.

In short, this widget will “postpone loading the content of those widgets you choose, so that the their content is loaded after the main content of the page that is displayed.” By doing this, the main content is there and accessible, rather than being delayed behind the slower-loading widgets.

The mechanism allows the loading of any content only when needed, including the ability to “lazy-load” content anywhere on the page. Head on over to Itthinx.com for more information about the Lazy Widget Loader. It’s also there that you’ll find the FAQ, screenshots, demo, and download link.