Comparison · generated on request
Image Preloading vs Prerender and Prefetch
Both plugins as this registry currently observes them. Figures come from the same daily snapshot, so they are directly comparable, which two separate wordpress.org pages, read minutes apart, are not.
| Image Preloading | Prerender and Prefetch | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Modern image preloading/prefetching plugin for WordPress to improve page loading performance. | Puts Prerender and Prefetch tag in the page. Allowing compatible navigators to do a pre-load of the page you figure the visitor is going to go. |
| Active installs | 50+ | 60+ |
| Rating | 3.7★ (3) | 4.0★ (1) |
| Last release | 5 months ago | 13 years ago |
| Current owner | tiptinker | Francisco Torres |
| Added to directory | 29 Jun 2017 | 12 Nov 2012 |
| Tested up to | WP 6.9.7 | WP 3.4.2 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | false |
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Records: Image Preloading · Prerender and Prefetch