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       Quality: 90
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+### Lazy Loading
+
+Images added via the WYSIWYG editor and as objects on templates are [lazy loaded](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Performance/Lazy_loading) by default.
+
+To disable lazy loading for an individual image, you can call `$MyImage.setLazyLoad(false)`.
+
+You can opt out of lazy loading globally by setting the `Image::lazy_loading_enabled` config to `false`, see example `yml`:
+
+```yml
+SilverStripe\Assets\Image:
+  lazy_loading_enabled: false
+```
+
 ## Changing the manipulation driver to Imagick
 
 If you want to change the image manipulation driver to use Imagick instead of GD, you'll need to change your config so