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LoftLoader

by loftocean · Uncategorized

Also makes 4 other plugins · 70.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

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An easy to use plugin to add an animated preloader to your website with fully customisations.

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87 Health · A
Maintenance 99/100
Rating quality 85/100
Support 70/100

87 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

70K+

Active installs

≈76K estimated

850.5K

Total downloads

since 2016

4.37★

Rating (adjusted)

4.5★ raw · 33 reviews

-8%

6.5K

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

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.

96 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 85/100
Listing tuning 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-8% vs prior 30d
194Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

6.5K

now · peak 36.3K

6.3K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

LoftLoader · #593 you BH Custom CSS3 Prelo · #7340 DWL Preloader · #12538 Ultimate Preloader · #19570

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.5Stars · Aug 26

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.

91per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How 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

8mo ago

latest release · v2.5.2

33

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.5.2 · 8mo ago2.5.1 · 1.7y ago2.5.0 · 1.9y ago2.4.0 · 3.7y ago2.3.8 · 4.5y ago2.3.7 · 4.8y ago2.3.6 · 5.4y ago2.3.5 · 5.6y ago2.3.4 · 5.8y ago2.3.3 · 5.8y ago2.3.2 · 6.0y ago2.3.1 · 6.0y ago2.3 · 6.1y ago2.2.2 · 6.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.5 77%
v2.4 15%
v2.3 7%
Older / other versions 1.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “70K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
70K–80K ≈76K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-10-06 · 1,443 observations

70KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

Ratings · 33 reviews

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5★
28 4★
0 3★
2 2★
1 1★
2

Details

Version
2.5.3
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2016-03-01 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
6.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
5.6
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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 2.5.3 Fixed: Minor compatibility error in PHP 8.4 and later 2.5.3
  2. — Version 2.5.2 Improved: Compatibility with WordPress 6.9 2.5.2
  3. — Version 2.5.1 Fixed: Undefined property issue on file class-loftloader-front.php 2.5.1
  4. — Version 2.5.0 Improved: Settings panel style refined Improved: Compatibility with WordPress 6.6 2.5.0
  5. — Version 2.4.0 New: New ending animation – “No Animation” Fixed: Compatibility with third party plugin “Disable Blog” Improved: Compatibility with WordPress 6.1 2.4.0
  6. — Version 2.3.8 New: Option to remove plugin data after deactivating the plugin Improved: Compatibility with WordPress 5.9 2.3.8

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 131 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Chinese (Taiwan) 100%
Korean 100%
Russian 95%
Japanese 48%
Swedish 48%
Spanish (Mexico) 30%
Bulgarian 8%
Catalan 8%
Chinese (China) 8%
Czech 8%
Danish 8%
Dutch 8%
English (Canada) 8%
Finnish 8%
French (France) 8%
German 8%
German (Formal) 8%
Hebrew 8%
Hungarian 8%
Norwegian (Bokmål) 8%
Persian 8%
Polish 8%
Portuguese (Brazil) 8%
Portuguese (Portugal) 8%

Plus 107 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-01-28 80K+ → 70K+ down after 2 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-26 70K+ → 80K+ up after 5 days in tier
  3. 2026-01-21 80K+ → 70K+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-01-20 70K+ → 80K+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2026-01-18 80K+ → 70K+ down after 173 days in tier
  6. 2025-07-29 70K+ → 80K+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-07-28 80K+ → 70K+ down after 68 days in tier
  8. 2025-05-21 70K+ → 80K+ up after 869 days in tier

Competes with

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