Advanced Preloader
by Sanjay Shankar · Performance
A customizable WordPress preloader plugin that enhances user experience with beautiful loading animations while your site content loads.
70 health vs 74 average across 326 Performance plugins
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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Since 2025-02-24 · 508 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
55
now · peak 90
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2025-02-25 · 504 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-18 10+ → 20+ up after 224 days in band
- 2025-06-08 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Preloader 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Flat Preloader 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Preloader Awesome – Page Loading Animation with Spinner & Gif 1K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Page Loading 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth 3M+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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