[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #53232: Add async decoding attribute as default to the HTML image tags generated by WordPress

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#53232: Add async decoding attribute as default to the HTML image tags generated by
WordPress
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 Reporter:  isaumya          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  5.8
Component:  Media            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch      |     Focuses:  performance
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Comment (by westonruter):

 I'm checking with some colleagues who focus on web performance and it may
 actually be preferable to not add `decoding=async` to images in the first
 viewport. So it may indeed be that `decoding=async` should only be added
 if `loading=lazy` is also being added.

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