[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:  Future Release
Component:  Media                     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:  performance
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Comment (by westonruter):

 @mihai2u Amazing and thorough research! As I
 [https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/86#issuecomment-1051362627
 commented] on the performance repo:

 > I suppose the next question would be: should there be a way for site
 owners to selectively turn off `decoding=async` as they can for
 `loading=lazy`? In your research you found no downsides, then perhaps not?

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