WP Smart Preloader

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 84% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ multmediadesigns

   1.9y ago

   Did work out of the install…but, it is on a timer, vs watching for when the actual heavy loading page completes. I also needed it to run on a particular page and not the whole site.

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2. ★★★★★ silvershine

   2.5y ago

   Once I added the code below to my functions.php file and adjusted the timing it works great. I also like the included loading image #1 better than other preloaders. add_action('wp_footer', function(){ ?> <script> (function($){ $(function () { setTimeout(function() { jQuery('body .smart-page-loader').fadeOut(500, function() { jQuery('body .smart-page-loader').css('opacity', 0); }); }, 1500); }); })(jQuery); </script> <?php }); This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by silvershine. Reason: code didn't appear correctly

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3. ★★★★★ Dennis Bareis

   3.5y ago

   It will cause a blank page to be displayed if Javascript is turned off.

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4. ★★★★★ hoceinabbasi

   5.2y ago

   best preload plugin

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5. ★★★★★ philsimon

   5.7y ago

   This plug-in does exactly what you’d expect. Love it. I installed it on my site. This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by philsimon.

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6. ★★★★★ Ve Mer

   7.1y ago

   Used to work great, now it’s creating an weird loop while on WP-admin. Wonder why? This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by Ve Mer.

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7. ★★★★★ alaswer

   7.4y ago

   It offers 6 predefined preloaders that you can choose from. You can also add your custom preloader code, HTML & CSS. Good job developr, Thank you!

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8. ★★★★★ born2webdesign

   7.7y ago

   Works fine with JS, but is not ‘CSS-only’—without JS, your page stays blank (like with most loader animations). IMO ‘CSS-only’ does not only refer to absence of images, so should work with only CSS. If you want to use JS events, you could use a CSS-only fallback and only inject the JS-dependent loader using JS itself—usable page for everyone and would truly work with ‘only CSS’ (though still not truly ‘CSS-only’).

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.15.2 just changed version 😉 1.15.2
2. — Version 1.15.1 escaping values 1.15.1
3. — Version 1.15 tested upto wordPress 6.0 1.15
4. — Version 1.14 resolved deprecated load function 1.14
5. — Version 1.13 tested upto WordPress ver 5.6 1.13
6. — Version 1.12 Fixed showing loader in elementor active edit state 1.12

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.4 WP Smart Preloader <= 1.15 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-01-20 CVE-2023-23675 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.15 Patched in 1.15.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-06-16 6K+ → 5K+ down after 242 days in tier
2. 2025-10-17 7K+ → 6K+ down after 341 days in tier
3. 2024-11-10 8K+ → 7K+ down after 531 days in tier
4. 2023-05-29 9K+ → 8K+ down

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).

• Safelayout Cute Preloader – CSS3 WordPress Preloader 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• GenerateBlocks 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• WP Popular Posts 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
• YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C
• Public Post Preview 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A

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WP Smart Preloader: 5K+ active installs, 4.4★ (25 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-smart-preloader