Custom Preloader
by Rajan Gupta · Uncategorized
Add preloader to your website easily, compatible with all major browsers.
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
C 59/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈190 estimated
Momentum
-19%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “load” for “wordpress preloader”. “load” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “wordpress preloader” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
59 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.7%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 5.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 571 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 571 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.
42
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
+1.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| custom preloader | #9 | #18 | 0 |
| preloader your tag | #22 | #22 | down 1 |
| wp preloader | #18 | #24 | up 1 |
| preloader plugin | #23 | #20 | down 1 |
| wordpress preloader | #24 | #23 | down 5 |
| website preloader | #19 | #21 | up 1 |
| load your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| loader your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| loading your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| preload your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 2 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
- Swap “load” for “wordpress preloader”. “load” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “wordpress preloader” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 296 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.6y ago
latest release · v1.1.1 · 8 Apr 2025
3
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ panneylal4.3y ago
Hey !! it great working for me
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sikandar Aazam4.3y ago
Nice and very easy to use
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8
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
3 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 "Add preloader to your website easily, compatible with all major browsers."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or 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 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 258 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "loading" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-22 90+ → 100+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2025-08-01 80+ → 90+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2025-07-09 70+ → 80+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2025-06-07 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-06 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-05 60+ → 70+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2025-05-20 50+ → 60+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2025-05-06 40+ → 50+ up after 15 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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Preloader 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 5 shared tags B -
Safelayout Cute Preloader – CSS3 WordPress Preloader 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Preloader Awesome – Page Loading Animation with Spinner & Gif 1K+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags D -
WP Page Loading 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C -
Loading Bar 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Ipp Simple Loading 40+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
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