PWA
WordPress feature plugin to bring Progressive Web App (PWA) capabilities to Core
4.3(27 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 11 months agoAs of April 2026, PWA is a WordPress pwa plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 27 reviews. It has been downloaded 596K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.6+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Downloads are down 38% this week. Top alternative: Super Progressive Web Apps.
4.3/527 reviews
20K+active installs
596K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
Progressive Web Apps are user experiences that have the reach of the web, and are:
- Reliable – Load instantly and never show the downasaur, even in uncertain network conditions.
- Fast – Respond quickly to user interactions with silky smooth animations and no janky scrolling.
- Engaging – Feel like a natural app on the device, with an immersive user experience.
This new level of quality allows Progressive Web Apps to earn a place on the user’s home screen.
Continue reading more about Progressive Web Apps (PWA) from Google.
In general a PWA depends on the following technologies to be available:
This plugin serves as a place to implement support for these in WordPress with the intention of being proposed for core merge, piece b…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Good plugin and awesome support
by shawnpita·1 year ago
this has been one of the most help full plugins in my work
- This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by shawnpita.
works well
by nnnln·1 year ago
I didn’t notice much of a difference when I tried it about 2 years ago, but now it seems to be working well. In my case
Does exactly what’s needed
by Rolf Allard van Hagen·1 year ago
It just works out of the box. No frills, no thunder, it just does exactly what is should do.
And responsive support to boot. Excellent work!
Works amazingly
by Cristian J. Hidalgo·2 years ago
In the Site Identity option, just go and make sure your 512×512 icon is maskable…..and voila.
Very Good!
by krjojo·2 years ago
I like it
Download Trends
Today: 48Yesterday: 74This week: 434Period total: 35K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.8
78.1%
v0.7
9.8%
Other
6.7%
v0.6
5.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
For the plugin’s changelog, please see the Releases page on GitHub.
Contributors
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