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LoftLoader
Stylish loaders that might leave visitors hanging without JavaScript.
HealthyDeclining
80/100
It provides reliable page loading detection despite some misleading claims about CSS.
Active installs
~75,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 70k+
Rating
4.5★
33 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-12%
Declining
222 → 195 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -12% in the last year
222/day a year ago→195/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayLoftLoader is a well-regarded preloader plugin praised for genuinely waiting for pages to fully load before hiding, though it requires JavaScript to function — contrary to some advertising — and support can be slow.
What people like
- +Actually waits for the full page to load before hiding the preloader, unlike timer-based alternatives×2
- +Easy and quick to set up with useful customization options (background color, transparency, loader style and color)×4
- +Free version works well and delivers on its advertised functionality×3
- +Solves the unstyled content flash (FOUC) problem effectively
- +No conflicts reported with at least one major theme (Divi 4.3)
- +Support response was fast and helpful for at least one user
Common complaints
- −Requires JavaScript to function; pages can hang when JavaScript is disabled, contrary to CSS-only advertising
- −Support can be delayed
- −Preloader fails to close on pages that include a modal
- −Potential for JS conflicts with other plugins or scripts
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.53★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 3%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 33 total
Latest reviews · 33 analyzed
- 2025-03-11★★★★★Works great on my websitesalexanderviteria
- 2025-01-23★★★★★very good!!!quickworking
- 2024-02-18★★★★★This is a REAL preLOADERClaudiu T.
- 2023-10-28★★★★★Startwebstarwebchania
- 2023-03-21★★★★★Fantastic plugin!gregblocklive
- 2023-03-09★★★★★Not CSS Only (as advertised) – Pages Hang on No JavascriptDennis Bareis
- 2022-07-24★★★★★াুিাাাpromiskumar
- 2022-06-11★★★★★Super easy and worksgoofyco
- 2022-05-23★★★★★own image with free versionSourabh Dubey
- 2022-02-19★★★★★Great plugin!clayray
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
206
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
190
Prior 7-day baseline
468
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
5,376
Mean release-day peak (30d)
463
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
+8.4%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.65
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
85%
5★ share in analyzed sample
3%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.55 → 4.53★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered