Preloader Awesome – Page Loading Animation with Spinner & Gif
by themesawesome · Uncategorized
Also makes 11 other plugins · 2.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Preloader Awesome help You to create page loading animation WordPress with spinner or You can upload Your own GIF.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “loader” for “awesome preloader”. “loader” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “awesome preloader” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
49 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.3%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 30K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 858 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
1.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 858 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 9d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 9d
+0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| awesome preloader | #15 | #24 | 0 |
| loader your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| loading your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| loading screen your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page loader your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| preloader your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 9 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “loader” for “awesome preloader”. “loader” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “awesome preloader” sits at #15 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 772 · peaks are release surges
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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 14 months ago; the previous band took 14 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 25 Jun 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Khaliel4.7y ago
Sadly, nothing at all happens on my website. The plugin is activated and configured, but there is nothing at all. No animation or whatsoever when the pages load. Plus the plugin promises “ten default CSS loaders plus 14 transition styles” and you end up with 4 default CSS loades and 3 transition styles.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more · development strings
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Preloader Awesome help You to create page loading animation WordPress with spinner or You can upload Your o..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use it", "if you need", "use this").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,222 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "page loader" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-23 2K+ → 1K+ down after 424 days in tier
- 2024-06-25 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-24 2K+ → 1K+ down after 35 days in tier
- 2024-05-20 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-05-18 2K+ → 1K+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2024-05-10 1K+ → 2K+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2024-04-30 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-04-28 1K+ → 2K+ up after 13 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).
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Smart Preload DL — installs · 3.6★ · 5 shared tags -
KineticHub Page Loader – Preloader & Branded Loading Screen 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
W Auto Page Pre Loader 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
All-in-One WP Preloader 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
Shihabiiuc Preloader — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
Preloader 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
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