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.
43 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins
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.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4946 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
43
now · peak 76
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
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
13.6y ago
latest release · v1.1
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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-04-14 · 1,380 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Suyash Bansal11.7y 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_Dev11.8y ago
Doesn’t require any additional coding. Works well and quite a nice collection of loading animations. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Praveentripathi12.0y ago
plugin doesn’t work with custom themes.. like wwww.bybo.today
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RomainVB12.5y ago
Website flashes before the preloader loads (3 posts) NO ANSWER NO SUPPORT ;-(
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Justin Downey13.5y 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 Albert13.6y 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
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 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
- 2025-04-04 80+ → 70+ down after 1 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 A -
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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