Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience vs Speculative Loading
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
Speculative Loading leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #611, ahead of Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience at #1,375. Over the last 7 days Speculative Loading slipped 1 place and Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience climbed 1 place. Speculative Loading has the largest install base, roughly 3.5× the next: 70K+ active installs against 20K+ for Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience. Downloads this week: Speculative Loading 2,714 and Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience 297. Ratings: Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience 4.9★ from 79 and Speculative Loading 5★ from 18 reviews.
| Metric | Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience | Speculative Loading |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,375 ▲ 1 | #611 ▼ 1 |
| Active installs | 20K+ | 70K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 297 | 2,714 |
| Rating | 4.9★ (79) | 5★ (18) |
| Last updated | May 20, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Current version | 2.4.7 | 1.7.0 |
| Best rank on record | #1,373 | #602 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Aug 2019 | Jan 2024 |
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 Speculative Loading?
By active installs, Speculative Loading: 70K+ sites run it against 20K+ for Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 17, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience or Speculative Loading?
Speculative Loading, at #611 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience at #1,375. 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 Speculative Loading 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.