How to disable the native WordPress lazy load function.
Paste the snippet below into your theme functions.php file:
/**
* Disable WordPress default image lazy load
**/
add_filter( 'wp_lazy_loading_enabled', '__return_false' );
For those wondering why I think most sites should disable image lazy load, read this:
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