Ultimate Preloader
by enid.colic · Uncategorized
Ultimate Preloader will create a preloading screen for your website before all your images (including the images in CSS) are fully loaded.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈59 estimated
Momentum
-37%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “image”, “loader” and “page preloader” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
43 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 11.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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.
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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 5007 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 6.8
3.5★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5007 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| loader your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page preloader your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| preloader your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ultimate preloader your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “image”, “loader” and “page preloader” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 76 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
13.7y ago
latest release · v1.1 · 14 Feb 2013
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 60.
Install history since 14 Apr 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Suyash Bansal11.8y ago
As RomainVB has already mentioned, the website flashes before the loading screen starts. It looks very bad. Please update it. Also there are some images in the setting page that does not exist.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RJ_Dev12.0y ago
Doesn’t require any additional coding. Works well and quite a nice collection of loading animations. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Praveentripathi12.2y ago
plugin doesn’t work with custom themes.. like wwww.bybo.today
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RomainVB12.7y ago
Website flashes before the preloader loads (3 posts) NO ANSWER NO SUPPORT ;-(
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Justin Downey13.6y ago
Super easy to use and looks so great. Thanks for saving us all that time trying to re-invent the wheel!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ronnie Albert13.7y ago
Great work, thanks for sharing.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
2 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 "Ultimate Preloader will create a preloading screen for your website before all your images (including the i..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Plugin doesn’t work for you").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 501 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "page preloader" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 60+ → 50+ down after 337 days in tier
- 2025-11-08 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-07 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-06 70+ → 60+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2025-10-10 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-08 70+ → 60+ down after 127 days in tier
- 2025-06-03 80+ → 70+ down after 58 days in tier
- 2025-04-06 70+ → 80+ up after 2 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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LoftLoader 70K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Preloader 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Safelayout Cute Preloader – CSS3 WordPress Preloader 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Preloader Awesome – Page Loading Animation with Spinner & Gif 1K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Page Loading 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
PageLoader Lite – Loading Screen 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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