Lightweight Loading Bar
Add a YouTube-style loading bar to your website easily! Extremely lightweight plugin that only adds 810 bytes to your page size.
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·10 active installs·Updated 7 years agoAs of April 2026, Lightweight Loading Bar is a WordPress loader plugin with 10 active installations and a 1/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Preloader.
1/51 reviews
10active installs
1.2K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
Lightweight Loading Bar
Add a YouTube-style loading bar to your website easily! Extremely lightweight plugin that only adds 810 bytes to your page size. It also does not add anything to your database. Change color, height, and all options of the loading bar a configuration file easily. This style of preloader has a much more minimalist design and is not annoying at all compared to other full screen designs. Because most mobile browsers already have a built in loading bar, we allow you to disable it on devices smaller than 600px by default. This plugin has been tested with WP Rocket and should be fully compatible with other cache plugins as well. Please post bug reports, issues, and feature requests on WordPress.org Support Forums and I will respond ASAP! If you liked the plugin please rat…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.8.0+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.4
Updating will overwrite your current configuration.
- From version 1.4 and on updating will no longer overwrite your configuration. You now have a dedicated file that contains the settings. If the config file does not exist it will be created on the page load.
- NEW – Added a configuration file to prevent settings loss on updates.
- DEV – Removed .htaccess file as there is no reason to have it.
- DEV – Added to and improved the instructions.
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