Best prefetch plugins for WordPress
The most popular prefetch plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Speculative Loading leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Flying Pages (20K+) and Quicklink for WordPress (1K+). All 22 plugins tagged “prefetch” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 prefetch plugins
- 1.
Speculative LoadingThe most installed prefetch plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 18 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Flying Pages20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 79 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
Quicklink for WordPress1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 4.
Preload Images900+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 8 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 5.
HTTP/2 Server Push800+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 11 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 6.
Simple DNS Prefetch200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
Better Resource Hints200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 8.
Oxyplug Prefetch & Prerender100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
DNS Prefetch60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 10.
Prerender and Prefetch60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
All 22 plugins tagged “prefetch”
Speculative Loading
Down in the last 7 days:1#615by WordPress Performance Team2 months ago
Enables browsers to speculatively prerender or prefetch pages to achieve near-instant loads based on user interaction.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 5.0(18)
- Downloads
- 515/day
Flying Pages
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,383by Gijo Varghese5 months ago
Preload pages intelligently to boost site speed and enhance user experience by loading pages before users click, ensuring instant page transitions.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(79)
- Downloads
- 57/day
Quicklink for WordPress
#5,607by WP Munich1 year ago
⚡️ Faster subsequent page-loads by prefetching in-viewport links during idle time.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Preload Images
Down in the last 7 days:2#7,031by Ravikumar Patel2 days ago
Preload or prefetch images, site-wide or per page, for a faster page loading experience.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.6(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
HTTP/2 Server Push
Down in the last 7 days:28#7,360by Dana Ross8 years ago
Enables HTTP/2 server push for local JavaScript and CSS resources.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.2(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple DNS Prefetch
Down in the last 7 days:65#12,742by andrewmoof8 years ago
Adds (or removes) DNS prefetching meta tags to your site and speeds up your page load speed.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Resource Hints
Up in the last 7 days:17#12,985by Alex MacArthur7 years ago
Better Resource Hints will make your WordPress site or application faster and generally more performant by intelligently leveraging resource hints lik …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Oxyplug Prefetch & Prerender
Down in the last 7 days:49#14,263by Oxyplug Team2 months ago
Faster loading next pages by prerendering/prefetching all links a user hovers or addresses you prefer. It improves UX and Core Web Vitals score.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DNS Prefetch
Up in the last 7 days:56#19,868by jp211211 years ago
Adds dns prefetching meta tags to your site.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prerender and Prefetch
Down in the last 7 days:13#19,923by 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
Image Preloading
Up in the last 7 days:203#20,118by tiptinker7 months ago
Modern image preloading/prefetching plugin for WordPress to improve page loading performance.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Instant Links
#20,540by Kevin Batdorf7 years ago
Have your site’s pages load instantly without having to do any custom coding.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Preload Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:355#23,363by Umut2 years ago
Preload Featured Image automatically in posts to increase the PageSpeed Score.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SM
Up in the last 7 days:211#31,423by Sulaiman Misri3 years ago
SM Fetch is built to make your website load blazing fast using Prefetch Algorithm. In order to make this plugin work perfectly, you need to :
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Prefetch URL in Viewport
Down in the last 7 days:580#34,438by Wong Siong Kiat4 years ago
Automatically prefetch all links(URLs) in the viewport and make your website page load faster like a rocket.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fast Forward
Up in the last 7 days:3,110#35,138by Albert Bertilsson14 years ago
Help browsers preload content to speed up the next page view.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LH Prefetch and Render
Up in the last 7 days:8,398#35,279by shawfactor9 years ago
A simple yet effective way of setting which pages to prefetch and prerender on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LH HTTP/2 Server Push
Up in the last 7 days:5,085#41,518by shawfactor9 years ago
Does HTTP/2 Server Push for JavaScript and CSS resources properly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prefetch URLs Manifest Generator for Cloudflare
Up in the last 7 days:3,634#42,182by Kevin Kyburz (@swissky)1 year ago
Generate prefetch manifest files and HTTP Link headers for Cloudflare Enterprise Prefetch URLs.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prefetch visible links
Up in the last 7 days:5,883#42,423by Alex Kozack8 years ago
Preloads the page before the visitor clicks on the link.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PrerenderX
Down in the last 7 days:17,910#67,426by Saeed Tosifyan25 days ago
Next-generation browser preloading and speculation rules control suite with zero external JavaScript overhead.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Speculative Page Loader
Down in the last 7 days:22,568#73,056by WeblineIndia1 year ago
Improve Core Web Vitals and SEO with speculative loading. This plugin prefetches and prerenders web pages to enable near-instant loads and faster perf …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day