diff --git a/wp-includes/default-filters.php b/wp-includes/default-filters.php
index 1a20c919d2..adba75fcd7 100644
--- a/wp-includes/default-filters.php
+++ b/wp-includes/default-filters.php
@@ -195,16 +195,17 @@ add_filter( 'the_content', 'convert_smilies', 20 );
 add_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' );
 add_filter( 'the_content', 'shortcode_unautop' );
 add_filter( 'the_content', 'prepend_attachment' );
-add_filter( 'the_content', 'wp_filter_content_tags' );
 add_filter( 'the_content', 'wp_replace_insecure_home_url' );
+add_filter( 'the_content', 'do_shortcode', 11 ); // AFTER wpautop().
+add_filter( 'the_content', 'wp_filter_content_tags', 12 ); // Runs after do_shortcode().
 
 add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'wptexturize' );
 add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'convert_smilies' );
 add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'convert_chars' );
 add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'wpautop' );
 add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'shortcode_unautop' );
-add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'wp_filter_content_tags' );
 add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'wp_replace_insecure_home_url' );
+add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'wp_filter_content_tags', 12 );
 add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt', 10, 2 );
 
 add_filter( 'the_post_thumbnail_caption', 'wptexturize' );
@@ -230,13 +231,13 @@ add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'wptexturize' );
 add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'convert_smilies', 20 );
 add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'wpautop' );
 add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'shortcode_unautop' );
-add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'wp_filter_content_tags' );
 add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'wp_replace_insecure_home_url' );
 add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'do_shortcode', 11 ); // Runs after wpautop(); note that $post global will be null when shortcodes run.
+add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'wp_filter_content_tags', 12 ); // Runs after do_shortcode().
 
 add_filter( 'widget_block_content', 'do_blocks', 9 );
-add_filter( 'widget_block_content', 'wp_filter_content_tags' );
 add_filter( 'widget_block_content', 'do_shortcode', 11 );
+add_filter( 'widget_block_content', 'wp_filter_content_tags', 12 ); // Runs after do_shortcode().
 
 add_filter( 'block_type_metadata', 'wp_migrate_old_typography_shape' );
 
@@ -625,9 +626,6 @@ add_action( 'change_locale', 'create_initial_taxonomies' );
 add_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_canonical' );
 add_action( 'template_redirect', 'wp_redirect_admin_locations', 1000 );
 
-// Shortcodes.
-add_filter( 'the_content', 'do_shortcode', 11 ); // AFTER wpautop().
-
 // Media.
 add_action( 'wp_playlist_scripts', 'wp_playlist_scripts' );
 add_action( 'customize_controls_enqueue_scripts', 'wp_plupload_default_settings' );
diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 76f77c2a90..f94d3170a5 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -3980,7 +3980,7 @@ function wp_trim_excerpt( $text = '', $post = null ) {
 		 * within the excerpt are stripped out. Modifying the tags here
 		 * is wasteful and can lead to bugs in the image counting logic.
 		 */
-		$filter_image_removed = remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wp_filter_content_tags' );
+		$filter_image_removed = remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wp_filter_content_tags', 12 );
 
 		/*
 		 * Temporarily unhook do_blocks() since excerpt_remove_blocks( $text )
@@ -4003,7 +4003,7 @@ function wp_trim_excerpt( $text = '', $post = null ) {
 		 * which is generally used for the filter callback in WordPress core.
 		 */
 		if ( $filter_image_removed ) {
-			add_filter( 'the_content', 'wp_filter_content_tags' );
+			add_filter( 'the_content', 'wp_filter_content_tags', 12 );
 		}
 
 		/* translators: Maximum number of words used in a post excerpt. */
diff --git a/wp-includes/media.php b/wp-includes/media.php
index 13fa8e9930..988086e009 100644
--- a/wp-includes/media.php
+++ b/wp-includes/media.php
@@ -5649,16 +5649,20 @@ function wp_get_loading_optimization_attributes( $tag_name, $attr, $context ) {
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Skip programmatically created images within post content as they need to be handled together with the other
-	 * images within the post content.
+	 * Skip programmatically created images within content blobs as they need to be handled together with the other
+	 * images within the post content or widget content.
 	 * Without this clause, they would already be considered within their own context which skews the image count and
 	 * can result in the first post content image being lazy-loaded or an image further down the page being marked as a
 	 * high priority.
 	 */
-	// TODO: Handle shortcode images together with the content (see https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58853).
-	if ( 'the_content' !== $context && 'do_shortcode' !== $context && doing_filter( 'the_content' ) ) {
+	if (
+		'the_content' !== $context && doing_filter( 'the_content' ) ||
+		'widget_text_content' !== $context && doing_filter( 'widget_text_content' ) ||
+		'widget_block_content' !== $context && doing_filter( 'widget_block_content' )
+	) {
 		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/media.php */
 		return apply_filters( 'wp_get_loading_optimization_attributes', $loading_attrs, $tag_name, $attr, $context );
+
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 9cf213f3c6..f461397d37 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.4-alpha-56692';
+$wp_version = '6.4-alpha-56693';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.