PWA
WordPress feature plugin to bring Progressive Web App (PWA) capabilities to Core
Overview
Compatibility
Customer support & learning resources
Main benefits
Reliable in uncertain networks
Fast user interactions
Engaging user experience
Supports service workers
HTTPS functionality integration
About this plugin
Categories: Integration and APIs
Version: 0.8.1
Last updated: 15-07-2024
WordPress version: 6.4
Tested up to: 6.6
PHP version required: 7.0
Languages: English (Australia), English (Canada) [+7]
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Overview
The Progressive Web Apps (PWA) plugin for WordPress is designed to enhance user experience by implementing PWA technologies directly into WordPress sites. These technologies make web applications reliable, fast, and engaging—ensuring instant loading, smooth animations, and a native-app-like feel. By incorporating PWA components such as Service Workers, Web App Manifests, and HTTPS, the plugin sets the foundation for creating sophisticated PWAs within the WordPress ecosystem. Notably, it aids in the seamless integration of various PWA functionalities provided by other themes and plugins, preventing conflicts and redundancy. This plugin also introduces offline browsing capabilities and efficient caching strategies, aiming to maintain functionality even under poor network conditions. Ongoing development and collaboration are conducted on GitHub, where extensive documentation and issue tracking keep contributors informed and aligned.
Reliable
- Load instantly and never show the downasaur
- Works even in uncertain network conditions
Fast
- Respond quickly to user interactions
- Provides silky smooth animations
- No janky scrolling
Engaging
- Feels like a natural app on the device
- Offers an immersive user experience
- Can earn a place on the user’s home screen
Coordination Mechanism
- Provides PWA building blocks for themes and plugins
- Prevents conflicts by allowing only one service worker to be active
- Themes and plugins can extend the core service worker
- Reduces the need for each theme or plugin to create its own service worker
Rating and reviews
Lucid Gen
18 Jun, 2024
Hello developers,
There are 2 problems that you should improve.
My website uses SVG files for icons and the logo. The SVG files not be loaded when offline (both iOS and Android).
PWA can not load CSS files when I enable compress and combile CSS in Litespeed cache plugin (both iOS and Android).
Thank you!
nnnln
20 May, 2024
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
Rolf Allard van Hagen
06 Apr, 2024
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!
Cristian J. Hidalgo
12 Jan, 2024
In the Site Identity option, just go and make sure your 512×512 icon is maskable…..and voila.
krjojo
26 Nov, 2023
I like it