Image Preloading vs Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Image Preloading

by tiptinker

Health B75

Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation

by Gijo Varghese

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Image PreloadingFlying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Image Preloading	Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+25% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 75	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	82/100	90/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	3	79 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	84/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7mo ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	114	1.6K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.3%	7.9% ✓
Category	Performance	Performance

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Image PreloadingFlying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.