Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience vs Performance Lab
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Performance Lab leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #303, ahead of Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience at #1,386. Over the last 7 days Performance Lab slipped 1 place and Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience slipped 8 places. Performance Lab has the largest install base, roughly 5× the next: 100K+ active installs against 20K+ for Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience. Downloads this week: Performance Lab 5,154 and Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience 423. Ratings: Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience 4.9★ from 79 and Performance Lab 4.3★ from 51 reviews.
| Metric | Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience | Performance Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,386 ▼ 8 | #303 ▼ 1 |
| Active installs | 20K+ | 100K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 423 | 5,154 |
| Rating | 4.9★ (79) | 4.3★ (51) |
| Last updated | May 20, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Current version | 2.4.7 | 4.2.0 |
| Best rank on record | #1,373 | #291 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Aug 2019 | Mar 2022 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience or Performance Lab?
By active installs, Performance Lab: 100K+ sites run it against 20K+ for Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 30, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience or Performance Lab?
Performance Lab, at #303 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience at #1,386. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience or Performance Lab alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.