Best skeleton plugins for WordPress
The most popular skeleton plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Skeleton Key leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Products Skeleton Loader for WooCommerce (30+) and Gecko Google Calendar (10+). All 6 plugins tagged “skeleton” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 skeleton plugins
- 1.
Skeleton KeyThe most installed skeleton plugin, with 30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 2.
Products Skeleton Loader for WooCommerce30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Gecko Google Calendar10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 4.
DX Plugin Base10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 5.
PagePulse10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
All 6 plugins tagged “skeleton”
Skeleton Key
Down in the last 7 days:524#23,517by sant0sk117 years ago
Gives administrators a skeleton key (their own password) to login as any user they'd like.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Products Skeleton Loader for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:218#24,407by Danish Laeeq1 month ago
Commercial-grade, theme-aware shimmer skeleton loading with optional image branding for WooCommerce product cards, Product Collection blocks, dynamic …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gecko Google Calendar
#30,566by musicalbigfoot8 years ago
Gecko Google Calendar connects your site to Google Calendar and allows events to be displayed on pages using shortcodes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DX Plugin Base
#45,347by Mario Peshev11 years ago
Startup plugin code for new plugin, including the archetype of standard features, admin and core functions to be used in new plugins.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- 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