diff --git a/modules/markup/markdown/markdown_test.go b/modules/markup/markdown/markdown_test.go
index e229ee4c65..f7955115e0 100644
--- a/modules/markup/markdown/markdown_test.go
+++ b/modules/markup/markdown/markdown_test.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func TestRender_Images(t *testing.T) {
 
 	test(
 		"!["+title+"]("+url+")",
-		`<p><a href="`+result+`" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="`+result+`" alt="`+title+`"/></a></p>`)
+		`<p><a href="`+result+`" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="`+result+`" alt="`+title+`" loading="lazy"/></a></p>`)
 
 	test(
 		"[["+title+"|"+url+"]]",
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func TestRender_Images(t *testing.T) {
 
 	test(
 		"!["+title+"]("+url+")",
-		`<p><a href="`+result+`" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="`+result+`" alt="`+title+`"/></a></p>`)
+		`<p><a href="`+result+`" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="`+result+`" alt="`+title+`" loading="lazy"/></a></p>`)
 
 	test(
 		"[["+title+"|"+url+"]]",
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ func TestRenderSiblingImages_Issue12925(t *testing.T) {
 	testcase := `![image1](/image1)
 ![image2](/image2)
 `
-	expected := `<p><a href="/image1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/image1" alt="image1"></a><br>
-<a href="/image2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/image2" alt="image2"></a></p>
+	expected := `<p><a href="/image1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/image1" alt="image1" loading="lazy"></a><br>
+<a href="/image2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/image2" alt="image2" loading="lazy"></a></p>
 `
 	res, err := markdown.RenderRawString(&markup.RenderContext{Ctx: git.DefaultContext}, testcase)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -845,10 +845,10 @@ mail@domain.com
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="/src/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
-<a href="/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
 <a href="/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash</a><br/>
@@ -872,10 +872,10 @@ space</p>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="/wiki/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
-<a href="/wiki/raw/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/wiki/raw/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/wiki/raw/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/wiki/raw/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
 <a href="/wiki/raw/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="/wiki/raw/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash</a><br/>
@@ -901,10 +901,10 @@ space</p>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://gitea.io/src/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
-<a href="https://gitea.io/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://gitea.io/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://gitea.io/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://gitea.io/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://gitea.io/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://gitea.io/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://gitea.io/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://gitea.io/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://gitea.io/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://gitea.io/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://gitea.io/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://gitea.io/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://gitea.io/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://gitea.io/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash</a><br/>
@@ -930,10 +930,10 @@ space</p>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://gitea.io/wiki/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
-<a href="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://gitea.io/wiki/raw/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash</a><br/>
@@ -959,10 +959,10 @@ space</p>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="/relative/path/src/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
 <a href="/relative/path/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="/relative/path/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash</a><br/>
@@ -988,10 +988,10 @@ space</p>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="/relative/path/wiki/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
 <a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash</a><br/>
@@ -1018,10 +1018,10 @@ space</p>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="/user/repo/src/branch/main/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
-<a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
 <a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash</a><br/>
@@ -1048,10 +1048,10 @@ space</p>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="/relative/path/wiki/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
 <a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash</a><br/>
@@ -1078,10 +1078,10 @@ space</p>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="/user/repo/src/sub/folder/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
-<a href="/user/repo/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/user/repo/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/user/repo/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/user/repo/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/user/repo/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/user/repo/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
 <a href="/user/repo/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="/user/repo/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash</a><br/>
@@ -1108,10 +1108,10 @@ space</p>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="/relative/path/wiki/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
 <a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash</a><br/>
@@ -1139,10 +1139,10 @@ space</p>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="/user/repo/src/branch/main/sub/folder/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
-<a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
 <a href="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="/user/repo/media/branch/main/sub/folder/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash</a><br/>
@@ -1170,10 +1170,10 @@ space</p>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
 <a href="/relative/path/wiki/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image"/></a><br/>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/path/file" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a><br/>
 <a href="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="/relative/path/wiki/raw/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a><br/>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash</a><br/>
diff --git a/modules/markup/markdown/transform_image.go b/modules/markup/markdown/transform_image.go
index 0f9c69cae6..b86c9e3d41 100644
--- a/modules/markup/markdown/transform_image.go
+++ b/modules/markup/markdown/transform_image.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func (g *ASTTransformer) transformImage(ctx *markup.RenderContext, v *ast.Image)
 		for _, attr := range v.Attributes() {
 			image.SetAttribute(attr.Name, attr.Value)
 		}
+		image.SetAttributeString("loading", []byte("lazy"))
 		for child := v.FirstChild(); child != nil; {
 			next := child.NextSibling()
 			image.AppendChild(image, child)
diff --git a/modules/markup/sanitizer.go b/modules/markup/sanitizer.go
index 384dd1fe94..aacc2536bf 100644
--- a/modules/markup/sanitizer.go
+++ b/modules/markup/sanitizer.go
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ func createDefaultPolicy() *bluemonday.Policy {
 	// Allow classes for emojis
 	policy.AllowAttrs("class").Matching(regexp.MustCompile(`^emoji$`)).OnElements("img")
 
+	// Allow attributes for images
+	policy.AllowAttrs("loading").Matching(regexp.MustCompile(`^lazy$`)).OnElements("img")
+
 	// Allow icons, emojis, chroma syntax and keyword markup on span
 	policy.AllowAttrs("class").Matching(regexp.MustCompile(`^((icon(\s+[\p{L}\p{N}_-]+)+)|(emoji)|(language-math display)|(language-math inline))$|^([a-z][a-z0-9]{0,2})$|^` + keywordClass + `$`)).OnElements("span")
 	policy.AllowAttrs("data-alias").Matching(regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9-_+]+$`)).OnElements("span")
diff --git a/modules/markup/sanitizer_test.go b/modules/markup/sanitizer_test.go
index 9805a34910..a0faff0494 100644
--- a/modules/markup/sanitizer_test.go
+++ b/modules/markup/sanitizer_test.go
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ func Test_Sanitizer(t *testing.T) {
 		// Emoji
 		`<span class="emoji" aria-label="thumbs up" data-alias="+1">THUMBS UP</span>`, `<span class="emoji" aria-label="thumbs up" data-alias="+1">THUMBS UP</span>`,
 		`<span class="emoji" aria-label="thumbs up" data-alias="(+!)">THUMBS UP</span>`, `<span class="emoji" aria-label="thumbs up">THUMBS UP</span>`,
+
+		// Images lazy loading
+		`<img src="/image1" alt="image1" loading="lazy">`, `<img src="/image1" alt="image1" loading="lazy">`,
+		`<img src="/image1" alt="image1" loading="eager">`, `<img src="/image1" alt="image1">`,
 	}
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(testCases); i += 2 {
diff --git a/modules/templates/util_render_test.go b/modules/templates/util_render_test.go
index b75b061218..62e063213c 100644
--- a/modules/templates/util_render_test.go
+++ b/modules/templates/util_render_test.go
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ func TestRenderMarkdownToHtml(t *testing.T) {
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a>
 <a href="/src/file.bin" rel="nofollow">local link</a>
 <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">remote link</a>
-<a href="/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/image.jpg" alt="local image"/></a>
-<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image"/></a>
+<a href="/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="/image.jpg" alt="local image" loading="lazy"/></a>
+<a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="remote image" loading="lazy"/></a>
 <a href="/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="/image.jpg" title="local image" alt=""/></a>
 <a href="https://example.com/image.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" title="remote link" alt=""/></a>
 <a href="https://example.com/user/repo/compare/88fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb...12fc37a3c0a4dda553bdcfc80c178a58247f42fb#hash" rel="nofollow"><code>88fc37a3c0...12fc37a3c0 (hash)</code></a>
diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/card.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/card.tmpl
index 8646562ca8..6d2f441793 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/card.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/card.tmpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		{{if $attachments}}
 		<div class="card-attachment-images">
 			{{range $attachments}}
-				<img src="{{.DownloadURL}}" alt="{{.Name}}" />
+				<img src="{{.DownloadURL}}" alt="{{.Name}}" loading="lazy"/>
 			{{end}}
 		</div>
 		{{end}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/view_content/attachments.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/view_content/attachments.tmpl
index 79085df3ab..8b5094771a 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/view_content/attachments.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/view_content/attachments.tmpl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 				{{if FilenameIsImage .Name}}
 					{{if not (StringUtils.Contains (StringUtils.ToString $.RenderedContent) .UUID)}}
 					<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="{{.DownloadURL}}">
-						<img alt="{{.Name}}" src="{{.DownloadURL}}" title="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.attachment.open_tab" .Name}}">
+						<img alt="{{.Name}}" src="{{.DownloadURL}}" title="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.attachment.open_tab" .Name}}" loading="lazy">
 					</a>
 					{{end}}
 				{{end}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl
index 2e9ba3dcd7..3bc4cd0773 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
 			<div class="timeline-item-group">
 				<div class="timeline-item event" id="{{.HashTag}}">
 					<a class="timeline-avatar"{{if gt .Poster.ID 0}} href="{{.Poster.HomeLink}}"{{end}}>
-						<img src="{{.Poster.AvatarLink $.Context}}" alt="" width="40" height="40">
+						<img src="{{.Poster.AvatarLink $.Context}}" alt="" width="40" height="40" loading="lazy">
 					</a>
 					<span class="badge grey">{{svg "octicon-x" 16}}</span>
 					<span class="text grey muted-links">
diff --git a/templates/user/dashboard/feeds.tmpl b/templates/user/dashboard/feeds.tmpl
index d0ecb1fc36..cdf0429714 100644
--- a/templates/user/dashboard/feeds.tmpl
+++ b/templates/user/dashboard/feeds.tmpl
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 					<div class="tw-flex tw-flex-col tw-gap-1">
 						{{range $push.Commits}}
 							<div class="flex-text-block">
-								<img class="ui avatar" src="{{$push.AvatarLink $.Context .AuthorEmail}}" alt="" title="{{.AuthorName}}" width="16" height="16">
+								<img class="ui avatar" src="{{$push.AvatarLink $.Context .AuthorEmail}}" alt="" title="{{.AuthorName}}" width="16" height="16" loading="lazy">
 								{{template "repo/shabox" (dict
 									"sha1" .Sha1
 									"commitLink" (printf "%s/commit/%s" $repoLink .Sha1)
diff --git a/web_src/js/components/RepoContributors.vue b/web_src/js/components/RepoContributors.vue
index 07ad336cf7..5e03019ef1 100644
--- a/web_src/js/components/RepoContributors.vue
+++ b/web_src/js/components/RepoContributors.vue
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ export default {
         <div class="ui top attached header tw-flex tw-flex-1">
           <b class="ui right">#{{ index + 1 }}</b>
           <a :href="contributor.home_link">
-            <img class="ui avatar tw-align-middle" height="40" width="40" :src="contributor.avatar_link" alt="">
+            <img class="ui avatar tw-align-middle" height="40" width="40" :src="contributor.avatar_link" alt="" loading="lazy">
           </a>
           <div class="tw-ml-2">
             <a v-if="contributor.home_link !== ''" :href="contributor.home_link"><h4>{{ contributor.name }}</h4></a>