Best load plugins for WordPress
The most popular load plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Preloader leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Disable Lazy Load (9K+) and Native Lazyload (5K+). All 20 plugins tagged “load” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 load plugins
- 1.
PreloaderThe most installed load plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 41 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 2.
Disable Lazy Load9K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 23 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 3.
Native Lazyload5K+ active installs. Rated 3.0 from 31 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 4.
Custom Preloader100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.
Prerender and Prefetch60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 6.
Ipp Simple Loading40+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 days ago.
- 7.
WP Server30+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 8.
Full Page Load20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 9.
Transiz Routes10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 10.
javascript-image-loader10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
All 20 plugins tagged “load”
Preloader
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,404by Alobaidi4 days ago
Lightweight preloader and loading screen for WordPress. Pick a free CSS template or your own GIF or PNG, set it up in 3 steps.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.1(41)
- Downloads
- 85/day
Disable Lazy Load
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,244by Jeff Starr5 days ago
Activate this plugin to disable the Lazy Loading feature that was added in WP v5.5.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.5(23)
- Downloads
- 55/day
Native Lazyload
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,076by Felix Arntz7 years ago
Lazy-loads media using the native browser feature.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.0(31)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Custom Preloader
Up in the last 7 days:43#16,142by Rajan Gupta1 year ago
Add preloader to your website easily, compatible with all major browsers.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prerender and Prefetch
Down in the last 7 days:32#19,921by Francisco Torres14 years ago
Puts Prerender and Prefetch tag in the page. Allowing compatible navigators to do a pre-load of the page you figure the visitor is going to go.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ipp Simple Loading
Down in the last 7 days:754#22,576by johnguaz2 days ago
Add customizable loading screens to your WordPress site with animated loaders, background effects, logos, and entrance and exit animations.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 17/day
WP Server
Up in the last 7 days:754#24,072by nabtron2 years ago
Show average server load and uptime of your linux server on top in admin panel
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Full Page Load
#26,144by JohnnyPea13 years ago
Smooth page loading.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Transiz Routes
Down in the last 7 days:316#29,590by Transiz10 years ago
Easily integrate your trucks and loads offers on your website in just no time.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day
javascript-image-loader
Down in the last 7 days:296#31,488by karrikas14 years ago
Block images only loading images that user see.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Devrama Image Lazyload
Up in the last 7 days:4,151#38,575by calmgracian12 years ago
Devrama Image Lazyload loads images in the content of your post as you scroll down. It makes the page load faster and reduce server traffic.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rapidly load YouTube （YouTube高速ローダー）
Down in the last 7 days:5,809#41,855by Densuke8 years ago
Speed up loading YouTube videos at your posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Do Not Load jQuery
Down in the last 7 days:10,738#46,026by Websitedesignernc15 years ago
Stops WordPress plugins from loading jQuery.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
AspieSoft Ajax Load Page
#52,305by AspieSoft5 years ago
Easily lazy load another page simply by adding a shortcode with its url.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lightest Lazy Load
#62,583by francescosche5 years ago
The lightest lazy load plugin you will find. For now, at least.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
better load spinner
#67,444by Alejandro Schintu5 years ago
The Woo better load spinner will allow you to modify the loading screen or transcional spinner of Woo, for a better user experience with your customer …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Swiftload
Down in the last 7 days:17,314#73,869by Tadeu Brasil2 years ago
Add a stylish preloader to your website with ease, featuring customizable styling and animations. This feature is compatible with all major browsers, …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day