Best page loading plugins for WordPress
The most popular page loading plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Page Loading leads with 700+ active installs, ahead of Stylish Preloader (20+) and AJAX Loading (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “page loading” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 page loading plugins
- 1.
WP Page LoadingThe most installed page loading plugin, with 700+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Stylish Preloader20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 3.AJAX Loading
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
DoBar10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 4 plugins tagged “page loading”

WP Page Loading
Down in the last 7 days:25#8,007by NTC1 year ago
10+ layouts - Simple, light and great! Add preloader to your website easily, responsive and retina, full customization, compatible with all major brow …
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Stylish Preloader
#26,011by Muhammad Ahmad6 years ago
Stylish Preloader plugin use for loading your wrodpress page. Stylish Preloader is integrated in the WordPress Customizer, so you can change every set …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AJAX Loading
#39,150by Mahesh Thorat9 days ago
Load pages without a full reload: AJAX navigation with loaders, page transitions, SEO metadata sync, accessibility and safe fallbacks.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

DoBar
Up in the last 7 days:8,019#39,567by WPDO1 year ago
Simply display a loading bar to your fontend and backend pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day