DWL Preloader
by Gazi Mohammad Yeasin · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 320+ installs across the portfolio →
A beautiful animated preloader plugin for WordPress. Choose from 10 stunning SVG preloader styles with a live preview admin panel.
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Health
B 79/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈300 estimated
Momentum
+0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “loading screen” and “page loader” for “page preloader” and “spinner”. “loading screen” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “page preloader” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “page loader” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “spinner” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
79 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.3%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 211 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
41
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
21%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| svg preloader your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| preloader your tag | #4 | #10 | down 1 |
| preloader plugin | #4 | #9 | 0 |
| site preloader | #3 | #8 | up 1 |
| wordpress preloader | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| page preloader | #5 | #13 | down 1 |
| ripple | #5 | #9 | 0 |
| custom preloader | #3 | #8 | 0 |
| beautiful preloader | #3 | #7 | 0 |
| wp preloader | #6 | #13 | 0 |
| website preloader | #4 | #14 | up 1 |
| solar | #7 | #6 | up 1 |
| wave | #9 | #14 | 0 |
| rotating | #22 | #22 | down 1 |
| heartbeat | #22 | #20 | down 3 |
| spinner | #21 | #18 | 0 |
| animated preloader. your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| loading screen your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page loader your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
39 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 23 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “loading screen” and “page loader” for “page preloader” and “spinner”. “loading screen” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “page preloader” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “page loader” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “spinner” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 261 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
7mo ago
latest release · v3.0 · 3 Apr 2026
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 55% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 300.
At the current install trend, crossing 400+ in roughly 99 days.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A beautiful animated preloader plugin for WordPress. Choose from 10 stunning SVG preloader styles with a li..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,477 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "animated preloader.", "page loader" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-27 200+ → 300+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 300+ → 200+ down after 28 days in tier
- 2026-09-13 200+ → 300+ up after 94 days in tier
- 2026-06-11 100+ → 200+ up after 458 days in tier
- 2025-03-10 200+ → 100+ down after 21 days in tier
- 2025-02-17 100+ → 200+ up after 80 days in tier
- 2024-11-29 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-11-25 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- S Sweet Sharmin Preloader — installs · 3.6★ · 5 shared tags
-
Preloader Awesome – Page Loading Animation with Spinner & Gif 1K+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags D -
WP Preloader 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
KineticHub Page Loader – Preloader & Branded Loading Screen 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Waito Animated Preloader and Loading Screen 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
W Auto Page Pre Loader 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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