Best preloader plugins for WordPress
The most popular preloader plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. LoftLoader leads with 70K+ active installs, ahead of Preloader (10K+) and Safelayout Cute Preloader (10K+). All 67 plugins tagged “preloader” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 preloader plugins
- 1.
LoftLoaderThe most installed preloader plugin, with 70K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 33 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
Preloader10K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 41 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 3.
Safelayout Cute Preloader10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 84 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Flat Preloader3K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 18 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 5.
Page Loading Effects2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 11 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 6.
Preloader Awesome1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 7.
BH Custom CSS3 Preloader700+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 6 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.
PageLoader Lite700+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 9.
WP Page Loading700+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.
DWL Preloader300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 67 plugins tagged “preloader”
LoftLoader
Down in the last 7 days:3#604by loftocean5 months ago
An easy to use plugin to add an animated preloader to your website with fully customisations.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.5(33)
- Downloads
- 178/day
Preloader
#1,405by 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
- 90/day
Safelayout Cute Preloader
Down in the last 7 days:8#1,955by safelayout7 days ago
Beautiful pure CSS animated preloader for your WordPress website. A highly lightweight, easy-to-use, and powerful site loader.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(84)
- Downloads
- 196/day
Flat Preloader
Down in the last 7 days:26#4,118by Thien Nguyen3 years ago
Flat Preloader helps you create the loading page with many excited gif icons.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(18)
- Downloads
- 19/day
Page Loading Effects
Down in the last 7 days:16#4,752by Elvin D3 years ago
Are you tired of slow-loading pages on your website? Introducing the ultimate solution - our brand new WP plugin that displays a stunning loading anim …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Preloader Awesome
Down in the last 7 days:15#6,196by themesawesome2 years ago
Preloader Awesome help You to create page loading animation WordPress with spinner or You can upload Your own GIF.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
BH Custom CSS3 Preloader
Up in the last 7 days:24#7,670by ThemesVila23 days ago
It will be enable Preloader on your web site. It includes 8 CSS3 preloader styles, image preloaders etc
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.8(6)
- Downloads
- 22/day
PageLoader Lite
Down in the last 7 days:3#7,980by BonfireThemes4 years ago
Add a simple to use, lightweight loading screen to your WordPress site. Great for branding!
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
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
DWL Preloader
Up in the last 7 days:22#11,037by Gazi Mohammad Yeasin7 months ago
A beautiful animated preloader plugin for WordPress. Choose from 10 stunning SVG preloader styles with a live preview admin panel.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Easy Lite Preloader
Down in the last 7 days:2#12,299by Jerome Angeles5 years ago
Fully customizable, responsive, lightweight preloader.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Preloader
Up in the last 7 days:134#13,150by forgeo.dev5 months ago
A simple, responsive and customizable WordPress preloader with CSS spinners, logo, progress bar, gradient backgrounds, exit animations and more.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Preloader for Divi
Down in the last 7 days:48#13,285by wpcohort2 years ago
Divi Preloader adds preloader to your Divi Based site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fade
Down in the last 7 days:11#15,225by Alobaidi2 years ago
Add fade effect to wordpress easily, CSS3 only, without JavaScript! custom fade color and time, easy to use, compatible with all major browsers.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Preloader
Down in the last 7 days:56#16,214by Rajan Gupta1 year ago
Add preloader to your website easily, compatible with all major browsers.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Preloader
Up in the last 7 days:11#17,459by NikosTsolakos8 years ago
This Plugin it more for the Beauty of your Website! It's hiding your front page until your objects set in their positions! Custom Preloader has A …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.7(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
B Laser Loader
Down in the last 7 days:286#17,591by bPlugins2 months ago
Add a stylish laser loading progress bar like popular streaming and publishing sites to the top of your site. Auto-detects and displays page loading p …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
uLoader
Up in the last 7 days:56#19,160by utpalbarmanbd6 years ago
uLoader is a simple, easy to use preloader. Just install it on your site, and it'll do the rest. If you want your customized preloader with your …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Simple and Nice Preloader
Up in the last 7 days:254#20,145by ShawonPro12 years ago
This plugin is developed to add nice preloaders on your wordpress site.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ultimate Preloader
#20,158by enid.colic13 years ago
Ultimate Preloader will create a preloading screen for your website before all your images (including the images in CSS) are fully loaded.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.5(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
KineticHub Page Loader
Up in the last 7 days:309#22,287by kinetichub16 days ago
WordPress preloader and page loader: branded loading screens with your logo, loading animations, progress styles, transitions, and live preview.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Vavilon Preloader
Down in the last 7 days:23#22,570by edisonbig8 years ago
Скрой от пользователя сайт до полной загрузки
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
Ultimate WordPress Preloader
Down in the last 7 days:365#22,588by MagniumThemes7 years ago
Add CSS3 crossbrowser animated preloader to your site. Live preloader customizer. Work with ANY theme!
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 2.9(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pressfore Preloaders
#22,619by pressfore8 years ago
Best free wordpress preloaders plugin for creating stunning spinners/preloaders which will be displayed while your page is loading.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Waito Animated Preloader and Loading Screen
Up in the last 7 days:856#23,757by Plugsbe6 days ago
Animated preloader and loading screen for WordPress. 41 free loader templates, progress bar, logo loader and live previews. No code, no jQuery.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Nice Loader
Down in the last 7 days:36#24,106by Alex Volkov2 years ago
WP Nice Loader allows you control over page preloader, font size, themes and more.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PageFluent
Up in the last 7 days:375#25,539by WPJutsu3 months ago
Make your WordPress site feel premium — smooth page transitions and loaders, zero coding required.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Preloader
Up in the last 7 days:520#25,774by Sanjay Shankar17 days ago
A customizable WordPress preloader plugin that enhances user experience with beautiful loading animations while your site content loads.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/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
W Auto Page Pre Loader
Down in the last 7 days:22#26,653by Adnan Hyder Pervez5 months ago
W Auto Page Pre Loader adds a smooth loading screen before your website content appears. It improves perceived speed, enhances user experience, and le …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Page Loading Animation
#26,729by Mehedi Hasan kanon4 years ago
Preloader Animation plugin is very helpful for you if you find an animation add before loading your website. Here you can add animation easily before …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Fakeloader
Down in the last 7 days:437#27,687by Md. Shamim Shahnewaz9 years ago
WP Fakeloader is a simple and customizable wordpress preloader plugin based on fakeloader js.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Quick Preloader
#31,782by Sumon Hasan10 years ago
This plugin will enable custom background color and custom preloader image url in your wordpress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Football Preloader
Up in the last 7 days:7,581#38,288by bikel10 years ago
This plugin allow you to show Football animations before loading full content of your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
iceCred Preloader
Down in the last 7 days:7,483#43,393by icecred9 years ago
A nice and simple wordpress preloader by iceCred.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Olympic Preloader
#43,908by bikel10 years ago
This plugin allow you to show Olympic animations before loading full content of your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
All-in-One WP Preloader
Down in the last 7 days:577#46,659by Monzur Alam21 days ago
Add a beautiful loading screen to your site. Pick from 7 animated designs, set your logo and color, and see it live before you save.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PagePulse
Down in the last 7 days:3,260#47,623by Mahesh Thorat9 days ago
Loading experiences for WordPress: page transitions, 33 CSS loaders, element, form, AJAX and WooCommerce loaders, progress bars, skeletons and an API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Jeba WP Preloader
#48,299by Md Jahed11 years ago
Jeba WP Preloader is an awesome Preloader, super lightweight plugin for your wordpress website a nice Preloader.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advert Preloader
Down in the last 7 days:3,666#48,431by Ivan M12 years ago
AdvertLoader is a plugin designed to increase your earnings by using adverts which will be shown to users just before all other content loads.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smooth Preloader
Up in the last 7 days:20,150#50,846by Mizanur Rahaman1 year ago
Smooth Preloader is a lightweight plugin that adds a visually appealing preloader animation to your WordPress website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gou PreLoader
Up in the last 7 days:12,336#51,813by Aslam Khan Gouran10 months ago
Extension for WordPress to manage PreLoader on your website. Lightweight plugin and easy to customize and user friendly.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WH Loader
Up in the last 7 days:15,758#52,012by Jubayer Hossain7 months ago
A sleek Windows 11 style preloader for your website. Fully customizable brand name and colors via the WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PreloadX
Down in the last 7 days:2,697#52,706by Vishwas R2 months ago
Customize your site's preloader with 17 modern CSS loaders, responsive percentage sizing, exit transitions, display rules, and custom background …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
myEasy-Preloader
#55,010by Temitope Somuwa6 days ago
A lightweight full-screen preloader that shows your own logo and text while your pages load.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 30/day
Wyvern Toolkit
Up in the last 7 days:3,656#55,229by codewyvern3 years ago
Wyvern Toolkit is a fast, reliable, and affordable professional WordPress plugin that does everything you need to create and manage an amazing website …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Preloader Bundle
#55,290by Sajjad Hossain Sagor5 months ago
Add Beautiful Preloader Into Your Site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Preloader Studio
Up in the last 7 days:4,642#61,517by codelith14 days ago
Create animated preloaders, responsive bottom menus, WooCommerce product layouts, and custom account forms with optional theme overrides.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AeroSpin CSS Loading Spinners
#63,811by WPClearPath6 days ago
Displays customizable loading spinners and overlays on the frontend during page transitions and form submissions. Built by WPClearPath.com.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 26/day
Intro Animation
Up in the last 7 days:522#67,276by hossam4041 year ago
A lightweight WordPress plugin to display a customizable intro page animation with text, logo, colors, and layout styles.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day