WP Pace

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1. ★★★★★ Nikola Papratovic

   10.7y ago

   Just something I was looking for 🙂

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2. ★★★★★ trickz100

   12.2y ago

   Works great for me! Many thanks! One thing, however. I noticed that it only works when I’m logged in. If I was logged out, the progress bar didn’t appear at all! For anyone else having the problem, I worked out a fix for this: 1) Go to the plugin folder on your server and open: “wp-pace/methods/pace-sidewide.php” 2) Find (On line 23): if ( is_user_logged_in() ) { $loggedin = ‘.pace .pace-progress {margin-top: 32px}’; }else{ $loggedin = ”; } Replace: if ( is_user_logged_in() ) { $loggedin = ‘.pace .pace-progress {margin-top: 32px}’; }else if ( !is_user_logged_in() ){ $loggedin = ‘.pace .pace-progress {margin-top: 32px}’; } I hope this helps 🙂 Once again, thanks for this great plugin! – Trickz100

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3. ★★★★★ LiQuiD_FeAR

   12.2y ago

   Super nice plugin. I had looked at Pace in the past. I bought a progress bar off codecanyon and it was a total rip off. I was sour over it for months and now I find this! You built a very nice plugin. It does an accurate job of loading. Easy to setup and modify css. 5/5 Sincerely, Chris

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4. ★★★★★ youpain

   12.3y ago

   Simple, thanks 🙂

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5. ★★★★★ imaginemonkey

   12.6y ago

   This is an awesome plugin. I was trying to enqueue this script myself, but was having no luck. My problem, though, is that in IE11 and Firefox 26, on page-load, the flat progress bar will only load half way through the page very quickly. However, in Chrome, it loads all the way slowly.

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6. ★★★★★ george4n

   12.9y ago

   This plugin is excellent. I used it on a site I made, if anyone wants to see what it looks like, it is activated site wide here. What I like most about the plugin is it is so light-weight and really fast. It comes with a few choices of templates as well. Great for a free plugin. Well done James!

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7. ★★★★★ issaaccbb

   12.9y ago

   Had a client who was angry the images were loading too long (rolls eyes) WP Pace give a simple, easy to see loading bar. It sticks to the screen and has several options. Wonderful plugin! Definitely recommend to any site that suffers loading times.

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8. ★★★★★ jamesdbruner

   12.9y ago

   Well it’s true… and it’s a pretty neat plugin anyways so why not.

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Automated 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

1. 2026-06-01 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2026-05-29 80+ → 90+ up after 32 days in tier
3. 2026-04-27 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-04-26 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2026-04-25 90+ → 80+ down after 47 days in tier
6. 2026-03-09 80+ → 90+ up after 76 days in tier
7. 2025-12-23 90+ → 80+ down after 16 days in tier
8. 2025-12-07 80+ → 90+ up after 43 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).

• L LoadGo for WP 60+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
• B Laser Loader – Show Visitors Your Pages Are Loading in Style 90+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• Preloader 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
• Native Lazyload 5K+ installs · 3.3★ · 1 shared tag F
• Free Shipping Label and Progress Bar for WooCommerce 5K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Flat Preloader 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D

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WP Pace: 80+ active installs, 5.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-pace