Preload & Pjax Faster Page Load
by falsandtru · Uncategorized
About 0.5 seconds faster page load of the site, even after you've taken the various means for faster site, without making any changes.
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
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
+3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “ajax”, “fast” and “page” 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 25,752 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 6.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.0, 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 4341 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.0; the current branch is 6.8
3.3★ over 4 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 4341 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pjax your tag | #10 | #10 | 0 |
| ajax your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| fast your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| preload your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “ajax”, “fast” and “page” 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 85 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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
11.9y ago
latest release · v0.4.3 · 13 Dec 2014
27
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.2 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 May 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Vondelphia.com4.6y ago
Can’t go wrong with this plugin if you are just posting text and images on your blog. I really like using this plugin, or Flying Pages by WP Speed Matters… can’t go wrong with either of them.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thewesker12.0y ago
It caused readers to have to click twice on links on my site to get pages to load. Can’t recommend.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ falsandtru12.2y ago
It means there is no need to change existing ones. It does not mean setting has no need. Thank you for your review.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous12.2y ago
BANG — there’s the next page. But it ‘breaks’ all of the pages to which one navigates. I think there’s probably a conflict between this plugin and caching, but the plugin description specifically states that nothing needs changed: About 0.5 seconds faster page load of the site…without making any changes Ergo, I’ve bypassed asking for support and gone straight to review. I would, however, be interested in knowing the environments in which this plugin was tested since there’s nothing all that out-of-the-ordinary about ours.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you have", "if you want").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,076 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ajax" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-08-26 20+ → 10+ down after 23 days in tier
- 2024-08-03 10+ → 20+ up after 106 days in tier
- 2024-04-19 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-04-17 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-04-13 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2024-04-06 10+ → 20+ up after 90 days in tier
- 2024-01-07 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2024-01-02 10+ → 20+ 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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Post Type Switcher 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Page Ordering 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A - P Page Links To 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
Fast Page & Post Duplicator 50K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
Pages with category and tag 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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