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PageLoader Lite – Loading Screen

by BonfireThemes · Uncategorized

Also makes 1 other plugin · 1.5K+ installs across the portfolio →

Add a simple to use, lightweight loading screen to your WordPress site. Great for branding!

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.14.

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.

49 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 8/100
WP compatibility 41/100
Rating quality 56/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1486 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+26% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

147

now · peak 211

14830d 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

PageLoader Lite · #7993 you Safelayout Cute Prel · #1914 Preloader Awesome · #6098 uLoader · #18111

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.2Stars · 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.

211per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 98%
v1.0 2.1%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
700–800 ≈750

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

Install history · since 2020-10-22 · 1,421 observations

700Installs · 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.

low confidence

Est. annual revenue

≈$590 range $170–$2.1K

Est. acquisition value

≈$2K range $430–$9.5K

A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The range spans more than 10x because wp.org publishes install counts as broad bands, and conversion and price compound on top. Read the midpoint as an order of magnitude, not a valuation.

How we estimate this

Assumptions

  • Free → paid conversion. 0.5%–2% of active installs pay for the pro tier. Typical for freemium WordPress plugins; the real rate varies a lot by product.
  • Annual price per customer. $49–$129 a year, typical for WordPress plugins rather than this plugin's own pricing.
  • Acquisition multiple. 2.5x–4.5x annual revenue, the going range for small WordPress-plugin businesses, stretched a little because downloads are growing.
  • Install base. 700–800 active installs, from our install estimate (wp.org only publishes the floor).

Inputs

Active installs
700–800
Category
Uncategorized
Pro tier
detected ("Lite" naming, the free tier of a paid product)
Download trend
growing (30d downloads up vs prior 30d)
Reviews
5
Last updated
1486 days ago

Revenue is installs × conversion × price; value is revenue × a typical acquisition multiple. Every factor is an assumption band, so the output is a wide range on purpose. If you're buying or selling, treat this as a starting point for due diligence.

Details

Version
1.1
Last updated
4.1y ago
Added
2018-03-08 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
3.6
Tested up to
6.0.14
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. rupert28
    3.5y ago

    Great plugin, really adds to the professionalism and fanciness of sites, without weighing them down too much, thanks:)

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  2. dvamvourellis
    3.9y ago

    i really like this plugin, it just brakes my website when activated. More specifically, on mobile, it changes the color of the header as well as a the color of some fonts. I hope this gets fixed so i can use it once again

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  3. Berdini
    6.4y ago

    Even the Free Version is ESPECTACULAR !!!

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  4. aarongiebel
    7.0y ago

    An amazing plugin that fits beautifully into my website.

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  5. NIWO
    7.2y ago

    Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. Fatal error: Cannot redeclare add_action_links() (previously declared in C:\xampp\htdocs\wp_dazoon_fsa\wp-content\plugins\green-life-custom-scrollbar\gl-scrollbar.php:71) in C:\xampp\htdocs\wp_dazoon_fsa\wp-content\plugins\pageloader-lite\pageloader-lite.php on line 308 This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by NIWO.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-02 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-01 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-31 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-30 700+ → 800+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-28 800+ → 700+ down after 149 days in tier
  6. 2025-12-30 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-12-29 800+ → 900+ up after 10 days in tier
  8. 2025-12-19 900+ → 800+ down after 532 days in tier

Competes with

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