diff --git a/components/com_content/src/View/Category/FeedView.php b/components/com_content/src/View/Category/FeedView.php
index 57e3f913e1e31..744b51c585845 100644
--- a/components/com_content/src/View/Category/FeedView.php
+++ b/components/com_content/src/View/Category/FeedView.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Joomla\CMS\Factory;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
+use Joomla\CMS\Layout\LayoutHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\MVC\View\CategoryFeedView;
 use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
 use Joomla\CMS\Uri\Uri;
@@ -53,8 +54,9 @@ protected function reconcileNames($item)
 
 		if (isset($introImage) && ($introImage != ''))
 		{
-			$image = preg_match('/http/', $introImage) ? $introImage : Uri::root() . $introImage;
-			$item->description = '<p><img src="' . $image . '"></p>';
+			$item->description = '<p>'
+				. LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', ['src' => preg_match('/http/', $introImage) ? $introImage : Uri::root() . $introImage])
+				. '</p>';
 		}
 
 		$item->description .= ($params->get('feed_summary', 0) ? $item->introtext . $item->fulltext : $item->introtext);
diff --git a/components/com_content/src/View/Featured/FeedView.php b/components/com_content/src/View/Featured/FeedView.php
index 10266eff34407..66572e2f6a8d0 100644
--- a/components/com_content/src/View/Featured/FeedView.php
+++ b/components/com_content/src/View/Featured/FeedView.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use Joomla\CMS\Document\Feed\FeedItem;
 use Joomla\CMS\Factory;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
+use Joomla\CMS\Layout\LayoutHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\MVC\View\AbstractView;
 use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
 use Joomla\CMS\Uri\Uri;
@@ -67,8 +68,9 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
 
 			if (isset($introImage) && ($introImage != ''))
 			{
-				$image = preg_match('/http/', $introImage) ? $introImage : Uri::root() . $introImage;
-				$description = '<p><img src="' . $image . '"></p>';
+				$description = '<p>'
+				. LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', ['src' => preg_match('/http/', $introImage) ? $introImage : Uri::root() . $introImage])
+				. '</p>';
 			}
 
 			$description .= ($params->get('feed_summary', 0) ? $row->introtext . $row->fulltext : $row->introtext);
diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/categories/default_items.php b/components/com_content/tmpl/categories/default_items.php
index 51eecd476d966..08f08e8410e9f 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/categories/default_items.php
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/categories/default_items.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
+use Joomla\CMS\Layout\LayoutHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
 use Joomla\Component\Content\Site\Helper\RouteHelper;
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm"
 					<?php endif; ?>
 				</div>
 				<?php if ($this->params->get('show_description_image') && $item->getParams()->get('image')) : ?>
-					<img src="<?php echo $item->getParams()->get('image'); ?>" alt="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($item->getParams()->get('image_alt'), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?>">
+					<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', ['src' => $item->getParams()->get('image'), 'alt' => $item->getParams()->get('image_alt')]); ?>
 				<?php endif; ?>
 				<?php if ($this->params->get('show_subcat_desc_cat') == 1) : ?>
 					<?php if ($item->description) : ?>
diff --git a/components/com_finder/tmpl/search/default_result.php b/components/com_finder/tmpl/search/default_result.php
index 475118e35ffc0..39ec4b28051c1 100644
--- a/components/com_finder/tmpl/search/default_result.php
+++ b/components/com_finder/tmpl/search/default_result.php
@@ -12,15 +12,14 @@
 use Joomla\CMS\Factory;
 use Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
+use Joomla\CMS\Layout\LayoutHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
 use Joomla\Component\Finder\Administrator\Helper\LanguageHelper;
 use Joomla\Component\Finder\Administrator\Indexer\Helper;
 use Joomla\Component\Finder\Administrator\Indexer\Taxonomy;
 use Joomla\String\StringHelper;
-use Joomla\Utilities\ArrayHelper;
-
-$user = Factory::getApplication()->getIdentity();
 
+$user             = Factory::getApplication()->getIdentity();
 $show_description = $this->params->get('show_description', 1);
 
 if ($show_description)
@@ -50,47 +49,38 @@
 	$description = HTMLHelper::_('string.truncate', StringHelper::substr($full_description, $start), $desc_length, true);
 }
 
-$showImage = $this->params->get('show_image', 0);
+$showImage  = $this->params->get('show_image', 0);
+$imageClass = $this->params->get('image_class', '');
+$extraAttr  = [];
 
-if ($showImage && !empty($this->result->imageUrl))
+if ($showImage && !empty($this->result->imageUrl) && $imageClass !== '')
 {
-	$imageclass        = $this->params->get('image_class', '');
-	$image             = HTMLHelper::cleanImageURL($this->result->imageUrl);
-	$extraAttr         = '';
-
-	// Set lazyloading only for images which have width and height attributes
-	if ((isset($image->attributes['width']) && (int) $image->attributes['width'] > 0)
-		&& (isset($image->attributes['height']) && (int) $image->attributes['height'] > 0))
-	{
-		$extraAttr = ArrayHelper::toString($image->attributes) . ' loading="lazy"';
-	}
+	$extraAttr['class'] = $imageClass;
 }
 
 $icon = '';
-if (!empty($this->result->mime)) :
+if (!empty($this->result->mime))
+{
 	$icon = '<span class="icon-file-' . $this->result->mime . '" aria-hidden="true"></span> ';
-endif;
+}
+
 
 $show_url = '';
-if ($this->params->get('show_url', 1)) :
+if ($this->params->get('show_url', 1))
+{
 	$show_url = '<cite class="result__title-url">' . $this->baseUrl . Route::_($this->result->cleanURL) . '</cite>';
-endif;
+}
 ?>
 <li class="result__item">
 	<?php if (isset($image)) : ?>
 		<figure class="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($imageclass, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?> result__image">
+			<?php $extraAttr = array_merge($extraAttr, ['src' => $image->url, 'alt' => $this->result->imageAlt]); ?>
 			<?php if ($this->params->get('link_image') && $this->result->route) : ?>
 				<a href="<?php echo Route::_($this->result->route); ?>">
-					<img src="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($image->url, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?>"
-						 alt="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->result->imageAlt, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?>"
-							<?php echo $extraAttr; ?>
-					/>
+					<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', $extraAttr); ?>
 				</a>
 			<?php else : ?>
-				<img src="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($image->url, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?>"
-					 alt="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->result->imageAlt, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?>"
-						<?php echo $extraAttr; ?>
-				/>
+				<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', $extraAttr); ?>
 			<?php endif; ?>
 		</figure>
 	<?php endif; ?>
diff --git a/components/com_tags/tmpl/tag/default.php b/components/com_tags/tmpl/tag/default.php
index 11c96104efdaa..5edf95dd0b20f 100644
--- a/components/com_tags/tmpl/tag/default.php
+++ b/components/com_tags/tmpl/tag/default.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 defined('_JEXEC') or die;
 
 use Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper;
+use Joomla\CMS\Layout\LayoutHelper;
 
 // Note that there are certain parts of this layout used only when there is exactly one tag.
 $isSingleTag = count($this->item) === 1;
@@ -35,8 +36,7 @@
 		<div class="com-tags-tag__description category-desc">
 			<?php $images = json_decode($this->item[0]->images); ?>
 			<?php if ($this->params->get('tag_list_show_tag_image', 1) == 1 && !empty($images->image_fulltext)) : ?>
-				<img src="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($images->image_fulltext, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?>"
-					alt="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($images->image_fulltext_alt, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?>">
+				<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', ['src' => $images->image_fulltext, 'alt' => $images->image_fulltext_alt]); ?>
 			<?php endif; ?>
 			<?php if ($this->params->get('tag_list_show_tag_description') == 1 && $this->item[0]->description) : ?>
 				<?php echo HTMLHelper::_('content.prepare', $this->item[0]->description, '', 'com_tags.tag'); ?>
@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@
 	<?php // If there are multiple tags and a description or image has been supplied use that. ?>
 	<?php if ($this->params->get('tag_list_show_tag_description', 1) || $this->params->get('show_description_image', 1)) : ?>
 		<?php if ($this->params->get('show_description_image', 1) == 1 && $this->params->get('tag_list_image')) : ?>
-			<?php $alt = empty($this->params->get('tag_list_image_alt')) && empty($this->params->get('tag_list_image_alt_empty'))
-			? ''
-			: 'alt="' . htmlspecialchars($this->params->get('tag_list_image_alt'), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8') . '"'; ?>
-			<img src="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->params->get('tag_list_image'), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?>" <?php echo $alt; ?>>
+			<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', ['src' => $this->params->get('tag_list_image'), 'alt' => empty($this->params->get('tag_list_image_alt')) && empty($this->params->get('tag_list_image_alt_empty')) ? false : $this->params->get('tag_list_image_alt')]); ?>
 		<?php endif; ?>
 		<?php if ($this->params->get('tag_list_description', '') > '') : ?>
 			<?php echo HTMLHelper::_('content.prepare', $this->params->get('tag_list_description'), '', 'com_tags.tag'); ?>
diff --git a/components/com_tags/tmpl/tag/default_items.php b/components/com_tags/tmpl/tag/default_items.php
index 51fa823d1b512..b2e971847ae8c 100644
--- a/components/com_tags/tmpl/tag/default_items.php
+++ b/components/com_tags/tmpl/tag/default_items.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use Joomla\CMS\Factory;
 use Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
+use Joomla\CMS\Layout\LayoutHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
 use Joomla\CMS\Uri\Uri;
 use Joomla\Component\Tags\Site\Helper\RouteHelper;
@@ -92,8 +93,7 @@ class="inputbox" onchange="document.adminForm.submit();"
 				<?php $images  = json_decode($item->core_images); ?>
 				<?php if ($this->params->get('tag_list_show_item_image', 1) == 1 && !empty($images->image_intro)) : ?>
 					<a href="<?php echo Route::_(RouteHelper::getItemRoute($item->content_item_id, $item->core_alias, $item->core_catid, $item->core_language, $item->type_alias, $item->router)); ?>">
-						<img src="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($images->image_intro); ?>"
-							alt="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($images->image_intro_alt); ?>">
+						<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', ['src' => $images->image_intro, 'alt' => $images->image_intro_alt]); ?>
 					</a>
 				<?php endif; ?>
 				<?php if ($this->params->get('tag_list_show_item_description', 1)) : ?>
diff --git a/components/com_tags/tmpl/tag/list.php b/components/com_tags/tmpl/tag/list.php
index 285af3bea70df..2bd7053471985 100644
--- a/components/com_tags/tmpl/tag/list.php
+++ b/components/com_tags/tmpl/tag/list.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 defined('_JEXEC') or die;
 
 use Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper;
+use Joomla\CMS\Layout\LayoutHelper;
 
 // Note that there are certain parts of this layout used only when there is exactly one tag.
 $n    = count($this->items);
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
 		<div class="com-tags-tag-list__description category-desc">
 			<?php $images = json_decode($this->item[0]->images); ?>
 			<?php if ($this->params->get('tag_list_show_tag_image', 1) == 1 && !empty($images->image_fulltext)) : ?>
-				<img src="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($images->image_fulltext, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?>">
+				<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', ['src' => $images->image_fulltext]); ?>
 			<?php endif; ?>
 			<?php if ($this->params->get('tag_list_show_tag_description') == 1 && $this->item[0]->description) : ?>
 				<?php echo HTMLHelper::_('content.prepare', $this->item[0]->description, '', 'com_tags.tag'); ?>
@@ -47,10 +48,7 @@
 	<?php // If there are multiple tags and a description or image has been supplied use that. ?>
 	<?php if ($this->params->get('tag_list_show_tag_description', 1) || $this->params->get('show_description_image', 1)) : ?>
 		<?php if ($this->params->get('show_description_image', 1) == 1 && $this->params->get('tag_list_image')) : ?>
-			<?php $alt = empty($this->params->get('tag_list_image_alt')) && empty($this->params->get('tag_list_image_alt_empty'))
-			? ''
-			: 'alt="' . htmlspecialchars($this->params->get('tag_list_image_alt'), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8') . '"'; ?>
-			<img src="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->params->get('tag_list_image'), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?>" <?php echo $alt; ?>>
+			<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', ['src' => $this->params->get('tag_list_image'), 'alt' => empty($this->params->get('tag_list_image_alt')) && empty($this->params->get('tag_list_image_alt_empty')) ? false : $this->params->get('tag_list_image_alt')]); ?>
 		<?php endif; ?>
 		<?php if ($this->params->get('tag_list_description', '') > '') : ?>
 			<?php echo HTMLHelper::_('content.prepare', $this->params->get('tag_list_description'), '', 'com_tags.tag'); ?>
diff --git a/components/com_tags/tmpl/tags/default.php b/components/com_tags/tmpl/tags/default.php
index becc7ba22e3bf..6e3628cb7ca8a 100644
--- a/components/com_tags/tmpl/tags/default.php
+++ b/components/com_tags/tmpl/tags/default.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 defined('_JEXEC') or die;
 
+use Joomla\CMS\Layout\LayoutHelper;
+
 // Note that there are certain parts of this layout used only when there is exactly one tag.
 $description      = $this->params->get('all_tags_description');
 $descriptionImage = $this->params->get('all_tags_description_image');
@@ -20,11 +22,8 @@
 		</h1>
 	<?php endif; ?>
 	<?php if ($this->params->get('all_tags_show_description_image') && !empty($descriptionImage)) : ?>
-		<?php $alt = empty($this->params->get('all_tags_description_image_alt')) && empty($this->params->get('all_tags_description_image_alt_empty'))
-			? ''
-			: 'alt="' . htmlspecialchars($this->params->get('all_tags_description_image_alt'), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8') . '"'; ?>
 		<div class="com-tags__image">
-			<img src="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($descriptionImage, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?>" <?php echo $alt; ?>>
+			<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', ['src' => $descriptionImage, 'alt' => empty($this->params->get('all_tags_description_image_alt')) && empty($this->params->get('all_tags_description_image_alt_empty')) ? false : $this->params->get('all_tags_description_image_alt')]); ?>
 		</div>
 	<?php endif; ?>
 	<?php if (!empty($description)) : ?>
diff --git a/components/com_tags/tmpl/tags/default_items.php b/components/com_tags/tmpl/tags/default_items.php
index 8642e560c62cc..36fd189332223 100644
--- a/components/com_tags/tmpl/tags/default_items.php
+++ b/components/com_tags/tmpl/tags/default_items.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use Joomla\CMS\Factory;
 use Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
+use Joomla\CMS\Layout\LayoutHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
 use Joomla\CMS\Uri\Uri;
 use Joomla\Component\Tags\Site\Helper\RouteHelper;
@@ -107,12 +108,12 @@ class="inputbox" onchange="document.adminForm.submit();"
 						<?php if (!empty($images->image_intro)) : ?>
 							<?php $imgfloat = empty($images->float_intro) ? $this->params->get('float_intro') : $images->float_intro; ?>
 							<div class="float-<?php echo htmlspecialchars($imgfloat, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?> item-image">
-								<img
-									<?php if ($images->image_intro_caption) : ?>
-										<?php echo 'class="caption" title="' . htmlspecialchars($images->image_intro_caption, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') . '"'; ?>
-									<?php endif; ?>
-									src="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($images->image_intro, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?>"
-									alt="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($images->image_intro_alt, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?>">
+								<?php $imageOptions = ['src' => $images->image_intro, 'alt' => $images->image_intro_alt]; ?>
+								<?php if ($images->image_intro_caption) : ?>
+										<?php $imageOptions['title'] = $images->image_intro_caption; ?>
+										<?php $imageOptions['class'] = 'caption'; ?>
+								<?php endif; ?>
+								<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', $imageOptions); ?>
 							</div>
 						<?php endif; ?>
 					</span>
diff --git a/components/com_users/tmpl/login/default_login.php b/components/com_users/tmpl/login/default_login.php
index e7380ec345bf6..3d2e509c39de2 100644
--- a/components/com_users/tmpl/login/default_login.php
+++ b/components/com_users/tmpl/login/default_login.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use Joomla\CMS\Component\ComponentHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
+use Joomla\CMS\Layout\LayoutHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Plugin\PluginHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
 
@@ -39,10 +40,7 @@
 		<?php endif; ?>
 
 		<?php if ($this->params->get('login_image') != '') : ?>
-			<?php $alt = empty($this->params->get('login_image_alt')) && empty($this->params->get('login_image_alt_empty'))
-				? ''
-				: 'alt="' . htmlspecialchars($this->params->get('login_image_alt'), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8') . '"'; ?>
-			<img src="<?php echo $this->escape($this->params->get('login_image')); ?>" class="com-users-login__image login-image" <?php echo $alt; ?>>
+			<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', ['src' => $this->params->get('login_image'), 'class' => 'com-users-login__image login-image', 'alt' => empty($this->params->get('login_image_alt')) && empty($this->params->get('login_image_alt_empty')) ? false : $this->params->get('login_image_alt')]); ?>
 		<?php endif; ?>
 
 	<?php if (($this->params->get('logindescription_show') == 1 && str_replace(' ', '', $this->params->get('login_description')) != '') || $this->params->get('login_image') != '') : ?>
diff --git a/components/com_users/tmpl/login/default_logout.php b/components/com_users/tmpl/login/default_logout.php
index 8b3ac9a6bb38c..dcb130407ebc5 100644
--- a/components/com_users/tmpl/login/default_logout.php
+++ b/components/com_users/tmpl/login/default_logout.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
+use Joomla\CMS\Layout\LayoutHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
 
 ?>
@@ -32,10 +33,7 @@
 	<?php endif; ?>
 
 	<?php if ($this->params->get('logout_image') != '') : ?>
-		<?php $alt = empty($this->params->get('logout_image_alt')) && empty($this->params->get('logout_image_alt_empty'))
-			? ''
-			: 'alt="' . htmlspecialchars($this->params->get('logout_image_alt'), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8') . '"'; ?>
-		<img src="<?php echo $this->escape($this->params->get('logout_image')); ?>" class="com-users-logout__image thumbnail float-end logout-image" <?php echo $alt; ?>>
+		<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', ['src' => $this->params->get('logout_image'), 'class' => 'com-users-logout__image thumbnail float-end logout-image', 'alt' => empty($this->params->get('logout_image_alt')) && empty($this->params->get('logout_image_alt_empty')) ? false : $this->params->get('logout_image_alt')]); ?>
 	<?php endif; ?>
 
 	<?php if (($this->params->get('logoutdescription_show') == 1 && str_replace(' ', '', $this->params->get('logout_description')) != '')|| $this->params->get('logout_image') != '') : ?>
diff --git a/modules/mod_feed/tmpl/default.php b/modules/mod_feed/tmpl/default.php
index 7d2f47cd017a2..b315efe3080de 100644
--- a/modules/mod_feed/tmpl/default.php
+++ b/modules/mod_feed/tmpl/default.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use Joomla\CMS\Filter\OutputFilter;
 use Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
+use Joomla\CMS\Layout\LayoutHelper;
 
 // Check if feed URL has been set
 if (empty ($rssurl))
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@
 		// Feed image
 		if ($feed->image && $params->get('rssimage', 1)) :
 		?>
-			<img src="<?php echo $feed->image->uri; ?>" alt="<?php echo $feed->image->title; ?>"/>
+			<?php echo LayoutHelper::render('joomla.html.image', ['src' => $feed->image->uri, 'alt' => $feed->image->title]); ?>
 		<?php endif; ?>