9 Best Loading Page Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Loading Page has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 9 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 9 closest alternatives to Loading Page
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Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects – Ghost Kit
4.6 (46) 7,000+ active installsAnimate WordPress blocks with reveal, scroll, mouse and loop effects, set in the block settings.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks
4.7 (70) 90,000+ active installsAdd CSS animations and scroll effects to any Gutenberg block. Choose from fade, slide, zoom & more, with delay and duration controls — no code needed.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated 26 days ago.
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Confetti
Paid version available5.0 (48) 3,000+ active installsAdd some fun and excitement to your site with confetti effects on any page of your WordPress site. Premium version integrates automatically with popul …
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated April 1, 2026.
- 4
4.8 (27) 10,000+ active installsAllows to add animations to block editor blocks on scroll.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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Greenshift – animation and page builder blocks
4.8 (107) 70,000+ active installsMore than 20 special blocks for Gutenberg to build complex pages and animations with highest possible web vitals score.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 5 days ago.
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5.0 (33) 3,000+ active installsEnable maintenance mode in one click with stunning animations and customizable access for specific users.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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AnimateGL Animations for WordPress – Elementor & Gutenberg Blocks Animations
5.0 (22) 3,000+ active installsCSS & WebGL Animations for Elementor & Gutenberg Blocks Animations, animations from CSS class, scroll animations, lock to scrollbar.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since May 8, 2025.
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Animation Addons for Elementor – GSAP Motion Elementor Addons & Website Templates
4.6 (66) 10,000+ active installsGSAP-powered free Elementor addons with motion effects, templates, widgets, extensions, and a header & footer builder.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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5.0 (66) 800+ active installsAdd reading position indicator on page top.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. 800+ installs against 10,000+, rated 5.0 against 4.6, last updated July 21, 2026.
Switching from Loading Page: common questions
What is the best alternative to Loading Page?
Ghost Kit is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 7,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Loading Page alternative has the most users?
Blocks Animation, with 90,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Loading Page alternative is rated highest?
Reading Position Indicator, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 66 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Loading Page alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Loading Page score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Loading Page on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Ghost Kit is the closest match to Loading Page by the data we track, and Blocks Animation has the widest reach with 90,000+ active installs. Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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