diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html b/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
index efcac00..32e3648 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
 <figure class="image{{ with $class }} {{ . }}{{ end }}">
 {{ with $link }}<a href="{{ . }}">{{ end -}}
-<img src="{{ $src }}"{{ with $srcsetw }} srcset="{{ delimit  .  ", " }}"{{ end }}{{ if isset .Params "alt" }} alt="{{ $alt }}"{{ end }}{{ with $width }} width="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ with $height }} height="{{ . }}"{{ end }}>
+<img src="{{ $src }}" loading="lazy"{{ with $srcsetw }} srcset="{{ delimit  .  ", " }}"{{ end }}{{ if isset .Params "alt" }} alt="{{ $alt }}"{{ end }}{{ with $width }} width="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ with $height }} height="{{ . }}"{{ end }}>
 {{- if $link }}</a>{{ end }}
 {{ if or $title $caption $attr -}}
 <figcaption>
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/img.html b/layouts/shortcodes/img.html
index 64eb94e..dde693f 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/img.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/img.html
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@
 {{ end -}}
 
 {{ with $link }}<a class="image-link" href="{{ . }}">{{ end -}}
-<img class="image{{ with $class }} {{ . }}{{ end }}" src="{{ $src }}"{{ with $srcsetw }} srcset="{{ delimit  .  ", " }}"{{ end }}{{ if isset .Params "alt" }} alt="{{ $alt }}"{{ end }}{{ with $width }} width="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ with $height }} height="{{ . }}"{{ end }}>
+<img class="image{{ with $class }} {{ . }}{{ end }}" src="{{ $src }}" loading="lazy"{{ with $srcsetw }} srcset="{{ delimit  .  ", " }}"{{ end }}{{ if isset .Params "alt" }} alt="{{ $alt }}"{{ end }}{{ with $width }} width="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ with $height }} height="{{ . }}"{{ end }}>
 {{- if $link }}</a>{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/svg.html b/layouts/shortcodes/svg.html
index 1b06cb3..c7bb54f 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/svg.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/svg.html
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 {{ if $inline -}}
 <div class="image image--svg{{ with $class }} {{ . }}{{ end }}">{{ $src | safeHTML }}</div>
 {{ else -}}
-<img class="image image--svg{{ with $class }} {{ . }}{{ end }}" src="{{ $src }}"{{ if isset .Params "alt" }} alt="{{ $alt }}"{{ end }}{{ with $width }} width="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ with $height }} height="{{ . }}"{{ end }}>
+<img class="image image--svg{{ with $class }} {{ . }}{{ end }}" src="{{ $src }}" loading="lazy"{{ if isset .Params "alt" }} alt="{{ $alt }}"{{ end }}{{ with $width }} width="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ with $height }} height="{{ . }}"{{ end }}>
 {{ end -}}
 {{- if $link }}</a>{{ end }}
 {{ if $caption -}}