Title: PWA Author: Weston Ruter Published: July 12, 2018 Last modified: April 10, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/pwa/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2272148) ![](https://ps.w.org/pwa/assets/icon.svg?rev=1908485) # PWA By [Weston Ruter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westonruter/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pwa.0.8.2.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/#reviews) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pwa/) ## Description > Progressive Web Apps are user experiences that have the reach of the web, and > are: > * [Reliable](https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/#reliable)– > Load instantly and never show the downasaur, even in uncertain network conditions. > * [Fast](https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/#fast) – Respond > quickly to user interactions with silky smooth animations and no janky scrolling. > * [Engaging](https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/#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](https://web.dev/progressive-web-apps/)( PWA) from Google. In general a PWA depends on the following technologies to be available: * [Service Workers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker_API) * [Web App Manifest](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Manifest) * [HTTPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS) This plugin serves as a place to implement support for these in WordPress with the intention of being proposed for core merge, piece by piece. Case in point, the HTTPS functionality from this plugin has largely been made part of Core: [Improved HTTPS detection and migration in WordPress 5.7](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/02/22/improved-https-detection-and-migration-in-wordpress-5-7/). This feature plugin is _not_ intended to obsolete the other plugins and themes which turn WordPress sites into PWAs. Rather, this plugin is intended to provide the PWA building blocks and coordination mechanism for these themes and plugins to not reinvent the wheel and also to not conflict with each other. For example, a theme that implements the app shell model should be able to extend the core service worker while a plugin that provides push notifications should be able to do the same. Themes and plugins no longer should have to each create a service worker on their own, something which is inherently problematic because only one service worker can be active at a time: only one service worker can win. If you are developing a plugin or theme that includes a service worker, consider relying on this PWA plugin, or at least only use the built-in implementation as a fallback for when the PWA plugin is not available. In versions prior to 0.6, no caching strategies were added by default. The only service worker behavior was to serve an offline template when the client’s connection is down or the site is down, and also to serve an error page when the server returns with 500 Internal Server Error. As of 0.6, there is a new “Offline browsing” toggle on the Reading Settings screen in the admin. It is disabled by default, but when enabled a [network-first](https://web.dev/offline-cookbook/#network-falling-back-to-cache) caching strategy is registered for navigations so that the offline page won’t be shown when accessing previously-accessed pages. The network-first strategy is also used for assets from themes, plugins, and WordPress core. In addition, uploaded images get served with a [stale-while-revalidate](https://web.dev/offline-cookbook/#stale-while-revalidate) strategy. For all the details on these changes, see the [pull request](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/pwa-wp/pull/338). Documentation for the plugin can be found on the [GitHub project Wiki](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/pwa-wp/wiki). **Development of this plugin is done [on GitHub](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/pwa-wp). Pull requests welcome. Please see [issues](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/pwa-wp/issues) reported there before going to the [plugin forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pwa).** ## FAQ Please see the [frequently asked questions](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/pwa-wp/wiki/FAQ) on the GitHub project wiki. Don’t see an answer to your question? Please [search the support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pwa/) to see if someone has asked your question. Otherwise, please [open a new support topic](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pwa/#new-post). ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/750fb6d260658a46cf06e4f00889af04eca7230364c4407fab13be73d32688c5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good plugin and awesome support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-the-way-to-go-2/)󠁿 [shawnpita](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shawnpita/) January 15, 2025 this has been one of the most help full plugins in my work ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ed61b204aa7f7fc959d3bb09fb4430080df505e804fd5a7b39eaa5b0f4844569? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[works well](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-well-2931/)󠁿 [nnnln](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nnnln/) May 20, 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 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1ce858de930d27111535c1409ab25a52aaaf0f4be0b84a24a1c803bdee07f96c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does exactly what’s needed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-exactly-whats-needed-7/)󠁿 [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ravanh/) April 6, 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! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8da0986052c1c3899c72f4f06071779e013297278c2daa84c8dde975fdfdb848? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works amazingly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-amazingly-10/)󠁿 [Cristian J. Hidalgo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sircam73/) January 13, 2024 In the Site Identity option, just go and make sure your 512×512 icon is maskable….. and voila. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ddd76c2881f54e19413d11b5f98ddfe39c7073a2a94132ecd0679a674870cfb4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very Good!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-good-7145/)󠁿 [krjojo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krjojo/) November 27, 2023 I like it ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/94e008c8ff93d43e34149e18d77d688e0e7ef4762469ee1e463ab2b480552cec? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[The AVADA options page becomes a blank page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-avada-options-page-becomes-a-blank-page-2/)󠁿 [刘洪鑫](https://profiles.wordpress.org/liuhongxin1993/) November 14, 2023 In the AVADA option page will become a blank page, do not know whether compatibility problems or bugs, switch in the page will become a blank page, need to refresh can be. [ Read all 27 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pwa/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “PWA” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Weston Ruter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westonruter/) * [ Google ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/google/) * [ XWP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xwp/) * [ rtCamp ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rtcamp/) * [ Alberto Medina ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/albertomedina/) “PWA” has been translated into 10 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pwa/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “PWA” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pwa) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pwa/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pwa/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pwa/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pwa/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog For the plugin’s changelog, please see [the Releases page on GitHub](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/pwa-wp/releases). ## Meta * Version **0.8.2** * Last updated **12 months ago** * Active installations **20,000+** * WordPress version ** 6.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 7.2 or higher ** * Languages * [Chinese (China)](https://cn.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/), [English (Australia)](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/), [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/), [Persian](https://fa.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/), [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://br.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/), [Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pwa) * Tags * [progressive web apps](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/progressive-web-apps/) [pwa](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pwa/)[service-workers.](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/service-workers/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/pwa/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 22 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pwa/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pwa/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pwa/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pwa/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 5 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pwa/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pwa/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pwa/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Weston Ruter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westonruter/) * [ Google ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/google/) * [ XWP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xwp/) * [ rtCamp ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rtcamp/) * [ Alberto Medina ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/albertomedina/) ## Support Got something to say? 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