Ultimate WordPress Preloader
by MagniumThemes · Uncategorized
Add CSS3 crossbrowser animated preloader to your site. Live preloader customizer. Work with ANY theme!
40 health vs 56 average across 12,436 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.22, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2641 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
51
now · peak 157
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-04 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 40+ → 50+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-05-30 50+ → 40+ down after 254 days in tier
- 2025-09-18 60+ → 50+ down after 179 days in tier
- 2025-03-23 70+ → 60+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2025-03-13 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-12 70+ → 60+ down after 159 days in tier
- 2024-10-04 80+ → 70+ down after 167 days in tier
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 -
Safelayout Cute Preloader – CSS3 WordPress Preloader 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Easy Lite Preloader 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Custom Preloader 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
Page Loading Animation 20+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
LoftLoader 70K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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