Best spinner plugins for WordPress
The most popular spinner plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Text Spinner leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Custom Spinner for Contact Form 7 (900+) and PageLoader Lite (700+). All 12 plugins tagged “spinner” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 spinner plugins
- 1.
Text SpinnerThe most installed spinner plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 7 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 2.
Custom Spinner for Contact Form 7900+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 3.
PageLoader Lite700+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 4.
WP Preloader100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
uLoader60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 6.
Custom Spinner For WooCommerce60+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Waito Animated Preloader and Loading Screen30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 days ago.
- 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.
WH LoaderFewer than 10 active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 10.
AeroSpin CSS Loading SpinnersFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 days ago.
All 12 plugins tagged “spinner”
Text Spinner
Down in the last 7 days:329#6,098by Hassan Akhtar7 years ago
Allows you to use spintax in your posts, pages and theme files
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Spinner for Contact Form 7
Up in the last 7 days:7#7,075by Peter Raschendorfer2 years ago
Customize the spinning Loader Animation of Contact Form 7
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.0(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
PageLoader Lite
Up in the last 7 days:3#7,971by 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 Preloader
Up in the last 7 days:98#13,190by 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
uLoader
Up in the last 7 days:12#19,088by 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
Custom Spinner For WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:106#19,519by Jose Mortellaro1 month ago
Load your custom spinner for the WooCommerce checkout and cart pages.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Waito Animated Preloader and Loading Screen
#23,991by 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
- 8/day
Full Page Load
#26,144by JohnnyPea13 years ago
Smooth page loading.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WH Loader
#52,570by 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
AeroSpin CSS Loading Spinners
#57,049by 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
- 41/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
Shihabiiuc Preloader
Down in the last 7 days:14,164#70,782by Shihab Ul Hoque1 month ago
A lightweight preloader screen for any WordPress website. Just install and activate. No settings required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day