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Speculative Loading
v1.7.0
Enables browsers to speculatively prerender or prefetch pages to achieve near-instant loads based on user interaction.
by WordPress Performance Team · Website
javascriptperformanceprefetchprerenderspeculation rules
- Rank
- #611 24h 0 · 7d 0
- Est. installs
- 71,641 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 511K all time
- Rating
- 5.0 ★ 18 reviews
- Official installs
- 70,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 1 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- 100% of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1.3 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
2 months ago
Last release
- Version
- 1.7.0
- Requires WP
- 6.9
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- On WP.org since
- 2024
About Speculative Loading
Speculative Loading is a WordPress plugin by WordPress Performance Team, first published on WordPress.org in 2024. It has 70,000+ active installations and 510,520 downloads in total, and ranks #611 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Its directory rank held steady over the past week. Users rate it 5.0 out of 5 across 18 reviews. Version 1.7.0 was released 2 months ago. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 6.9 and PHP 7.4 or later. In the last two months, 1 of 1 support thread was marked resolved (100%). It is listed under javascript, performance, prefetch, prerender and speculation rules. Plugins with a similar focus include Async JavaScript, Flying Pages and Use Google Libraries.
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